Happy Busy New Year!

The first half of 2011 is going to be one of the busiest 6 months of my life. I have a stack of commissions I'm working on, many of which I'll share here in a few months, and I'll be working on 20 new paintings for another solo exhibition in June at the EFG.

I'll do the best I can and share some images of work in progress as I go along.

I hope you had a great holiday season and Happy New Year! Now back to work...

William Landay

Writer William Landay recently wrote a blog entry about my work after discovering it on the web. Check it out, I think he does a very good job of capturing my motives as an artist.

1¢ Gumballs

1¢ Gumballs
40" x 30" — Oil/Canvas — 2010
• Sold (Collection of J.Crew)

This has been a familiar theme of mine for the last several years. There's something to behold with these large scale bubble gum machines. There's no way you can tell while looking at the 2.5" thumbnail on your computer screen, but this painting is large. The vibrant blue of the machine and the mutli-colored gumballs pull me in.

I can distinctly remember how quickly gum would lose its flavor when I was a kid. But still, seeing a vending machine was always exciting and worth every penny. I guess the best thing about recreating them in paintings is that it helps the flavor last much, much longer in my memory.