http://www.kirbyphalen.com/portraiture daily 0.75 2023-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1667705904079-BLALBQU0KGYRB4AG5Q6R/image.jpg drawings - 11/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1667705904079-BLALBQU0KGYRB4AG5Q6R/image.jpg drawings - 11/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1667706013421-PUWJJIB9VP5CVWKC12OD/image.jpg drawings - 11.4.22 i c k https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1638490670818-4PVJZHC6EMQCO1FFVSF2/image-asset.jpeg drawings - s p u n https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1638490634576-Y3A3F771CQZYW61JBZRX/image-asset.jpeg drawings - puffed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484448172332-6SMD41PV2LJKG0KG7WC3/FullSizeRender.jpg drawings - manicured alien shoppers pop up gallery in highland park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484448198719-EOH9BKYZAWA8ZFHV6XRA/FullSizeRender_1.jpg drawings - a bench in highland park ink pen doodle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1480720008646-64FGE5E1F81F7G2TRPZ2/FullSizeRender+%2826%29.jpg drawings - happiness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1480703596972-CU53V4J90Z7H1SK2YFWI/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg drawings - her https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1480702540667-CUP68WZ28VPGEN2VVUXG/FullSizeRender.jpg drawings - coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478016706709-IYPLNNAMWOFD8993X9M5/FullSizeRender+%2815%29.jpg drawings - nama stay cats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478023041136-8LVU1HWJG69N9VI7NTM3/IMG_3764.JPG drawings - the stunned loner feeling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478022864883-LEMOF6IO814SCY617MLN/IMG_3763.JPG drawings - the possibility of friendship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1480701160375-RPROH3WSW2C2YP9TTQ5F/FullSizeRender_2.jpg drawings - peopling pen and water color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1477670495944-5UBR1KNPEQBX8QVVLQ0J/SubstandardFullSizeRender+%287%29.jpg drawings - super moon       in a dream that night my uncle was reading to a large room with a small audience and he waved a bottle at me, he needed a drink. he said Get me something with nature in it.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1477672249699-476L2WK4HPX4FEOB1PBA/FullSizeRender+%289%29.jpg drawings - hair super moon dream continued: i find a small refrigerator in a screened in room. outside there are white and orange rocks, a coyote appears with a kill - a raccoon. the coyote is on his hind legs throwing the dead raccoon around like a cat. then a rat appears, he's with the coyote, he takes a piece of the raccoon and runs off. i kneel down to open the refrigerator when my cousin enters the room and reaches from behind me into the box and pulls out a bottle of water. i said That's all he meant. she nods, leaves, i look outside again and all the animals have gone but mysterious quills remain. i never saw the porcupine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478016694867-6FWSB1JSFNP7RZ0LTPJM/SubstandardFullSizeRender+%2810%29.jpg drawings - cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478016727165-Q4ZB3N5IVGD2YZ951PB5/IMG_3745.JPG drawings - cake 2 birthdays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478016544575-LDSF9E25WWN3ED5E2ZPC/FullSizeRender+%2814%29.jpg drawings - gift horse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953652541-8F5T070BTSBAN2ELLBJX/SubstandardFullSizeRender_3.jpg drawings - dissolving road in a dream i was a passenger in an old loud car and suddenly the road ended and we dropped out of the sky. the dream feelings were calm, i knew it was a dream because of the sepia filter on the landscape. initially i thought we'd died, but nothing was different, we just went on driving down the new road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953748913-78JS9SW6NX1I97SEA82X/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg drawings - men and women https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953697392-X16IQG0IO7U5V9EJ7TKN/SubstandardFullSizeRender_4.jpg drawings - self reflection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953984405-85JI09ZQFRLNKPPD0LJU/SubstandardFullSizeRender_1.jpg drawings - the shackles of genes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953794689-0Q1KW0U169QIM9VQSKPW/SubstandardFullSizeRender_2.jpg drawings - milk carton before i drew this i told a friend i felt like a face on a milk carton in another universe. somewhere they are looking for me, the lost one. she laughed and said, but it's beautifully sad, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1477670391633-W04AR3NKIXBXQYEXOBQP/SubstandardFullSizeRender+%287%29.jpg drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953834491-HJ61P4ZOYLE87QO05SYV/FullSizeRender.jpg drawings - the business of eyes and mouths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473952329275-D9MSJ8D7S9L841ES1NAI/ciggirl.jpg drawings - cig face or butt face - i made this into a shirt. it's not as popular as the camel tee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473968732892-DAVINAB1AS9ZTO43BS83/Photo+on+2012-10-08+at+15.01.jpg drawings - the hague 1 i used to sit in the kitchen and draw with the window open during winter. this is from that sketchpad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473968829474-YIZP1F0FXGQMGBJUNZ53/Photo+on+2012-10-09+at+15.51.jpg drawings - the hague 2 i like the girl on the right, i wish my face had that kind of extra space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473968776757-S8AZT6ASHFVGMKL5FGPU/Photo+on+2012-10-08+at+15.27+%232.jpg drawings - the hague 3 panic attack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473968995560-9VK9RM4R40LB7RMEMRM1/Photo+on+2012-10-11+at+15.59+%232.jpg drawings - the hague 4 the splitting dinner party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268875475-0PPTZWFCY65LIZNFB0MT/IMG_3367.JPG drawings - bow and arrow charcoal drawing. inspired by an old photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473953557083-F306QC7EO932SOZ9WZTR/SubstandardFullSizeRender_5.jpg drawings - big horned sheep taos. hiking down to the hot springs i kept my gaze at my feet until i looked across the river. they had big white butts and seemed to be multiplying. nuclear families were emerging from all directions. they were meeting at the watering hole. another hiker stopped to admire them and when he asked what we were looking at i said the wrong animal. i didn't know. i should have said that, but at the time i thought i knew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268901143-2GU921M558KG09P0JEUU/IMG_3396.jpg drawings - condi & palin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268931938-AW9TLS50FP0ASRGFNQH8/IMG_2952.JPG drawings - hunter 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268991728-7YOGUVZ76NG901KLH1IN/IMG_3394.jpg drawings - hunter 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268970834-8N01TRW082ZTNKGRBWC4/IMG_3371.JPG drawings - personality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268971712-MQQRY9YGKS9LKF9UECNQ/IMG_3375.JPG drawings - celebrity alienation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268972118-MG0QNLEIPFOQQOQW0CHD/IMG_3381.JPG drawings - little creatures when you show someone something spectacular https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269012507-KFMLDNODBM7Z45Z979VF/IMG_3420.JPG drawings - the thrill of making art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269033674-VOMQNAXBNCZTTH5FT7DL/IMG_3446.JPG drawings - psychedelic blurs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269060046-YF23J4CHAI5P9RRE0QPO/IMG_3524.JPG drawings - shoestrings charcoal, part of a larger piece i never finished. my best friend used to tie my shoes at school because i didn't know how to yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474410185610-N3GJOH16B1XEK4YHBFWX/IMG_3529.JPG drawings - donald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474410204453-T217LU6V0460QG6GDGDP/IMG_3530.JPG drawings - dick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269100112-8JL0RA25TCSI1J7PTMJD/IMG_1370.jpg drawings - buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269089165-4ZGTO3HH9GPHF5SU5J9B/photo+1-6.JPG drawings - tena reading ink pen doodle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269090057-D23FUY0B0BSHVR00F97J/photo+2-5.JPG drawings - what's for dinner https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/57d04c1c59cc6867e7ff76e8/57d04c62d1758ee2ec43555c/1473268834659/ drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269090954-F42E23HC6CHIAE73IE7X/photo+3-4.JPG drawings - shirley jackson had four children and her books are really funny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269119321-G5TM1R5ARCNZU8DLK12Q/photo+2-3.JPG drawings - dora may is my grandmother. she has dementia. i'm the smiling thing she's holding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269119117-ZKC9JUORYG8O4FHQQIQV/photo+3-3.JPG drawings - early friends i got tired of people at a young age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269191447-A6LB0LJGORO11A0DZ59L/photo+3-1.JPG drawings - young nabokov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269142072-KJWUDIHCWZRFA3PVHWBF/photo+5.JPG drawings - hindsight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269229781-IYQ7ZZB9HL0X7V2PZYXU/unnamed.jpg drawings - beauty's sad side ink pen with some collage... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269174686-RM3SHJDS84KBTKQRBHYH/photo+2-2.JPG drawings - delphine i just like her face. i made her into a magnet and a notepad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269190381-YNSLIVQMOE6BBQTUK5AJ/photo+1-1.JPG drawings - holiday card i can't remember the receiver of this card, but they liked it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269191123-TKMB067IQ5B5RBMMF95E/photo+2-1.JPG drawings - donnie ink pen and charcoal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269211465-PJXJ03RNLJ86I2WZUXUL/photo+3-2.JPG drawings - edward christmas day when TBS plays a christmas story over and over my sister can watch it more than once, she can watch it all day. she loves certain movies like that. she never gets tired of them. this is a christmas card i drew for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269229639-HRBAHBJICGBQR372P7XR/unnamed-1.jpg drawings - another holiday card my mom or dad got this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473269230131-VYB2XVR9LEZ37NQQHXCN/unnamed-2.jpg drawings - kirb on the cob self portrait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270667732-KDE22WVZK6GDOG8F1Y0V/photo+3.JPG drawings - when my heart hurt i drew this with charcoal, then added some acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270696429-AL1CJF9WFUGOPEHQL7H3/IMG_3442.JPG drawings - that substitute teacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473954213019-48H3RRS5KMWF96G9FY6K/camel+tee.jpeg drawings - camel tee shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473961515300-AJSJWN5CDQ1MYXR3FJ38/FullSizeRender+%281%29.jpg drawings - ted cruz ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473961644139-C8B7JVVWADSQ1LE3C9UU/SubstandardFullSizeRender+%281%29.jpg drawings - ted nuff said https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473961363548-A34BH2YO88AKUSUNFTMS/FullSizeRender+%282%29.jpg drawings - ted ted ted when he wrote me back he didn't answer my question. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473954271199-8824MJQJ0HUTLV0PP6KS/us.jpg drawings - girls and self doubt sometimes this is what it feels like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473955449233-TY2FY3PO88IZ3G0WMYWV/type.jpg drawings - whimsical my version https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473969111781-3Z0G3B8A0OVLXZQN265M/type4.jpg drawings - curves he wanted me to capture the curves, he wanted something more realistic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473954323632-HVOFY3WXRVJSPM2UP7WJ/FullSizeRender.jpg drawings - true love squid people. this is my interpretation of what happens when two people fall in love. it's a cosmic mess. guts everywhere. brighter lights and softer everything. when it appears to fade it doesn't, it just becomes more complicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473986903145-VSF1GDIY3E4DVO6MVNCT/FullSizeRender_1.jpg drawings - my single life which i can still do now, i just haven't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473984470055-MSUWHTLXFCV1KVW3V4LE/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg drawings - final touches black ink and a pen. i knew 2015 was going to be an important year but i didn't know what would make it so - this is in october, just before my birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474061719372-VBIYCLTTXQM6NYQH45GI/IMG_1299.JPG drawings - nude unoriginal ink pen drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478016486020-4UFH4D24VTYFNLYUAG2I/FullSizeRender+%2813%29.jpg drawings - spider eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478022641134-CPZVQ4RJZ483NWY273ZZ/IMG_3762.JPG drawings - getting it right posing for pictures, dressing for the occasion, interviews, the unnatural state of being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1478022925283-EV0ED26LFI8Q0DOTU6WE/IMG_3765.JPG drawings - when late night stars go out http://www.kirbyphalen.com/paintings daily 0.75 2022-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1667705125662-VSV2BH32B5GWBCRYGLLG/FullSizeRender_2.jpg mixed media - peopling pen and water color, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1667705125662-VSV2BH32B5GWBCRYGLLG/FullSizeRender_2.jpg mixed media - peopling pen and water color, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1638490297923-1S6MNR0VY9XL808TAQ5E/image-asset.jpeg mixed media - card 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484446627572-HQISKF14CZBKE1SXZS3G/FullSizeRender_1.jpg mixed media - cat grinch 2016. pen and paint. this is the card i gave my parents for christmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484446642300-WOYPJ9THPF8F8OV19DYZ/FullSizeRender_2.jpg mixed media - reindeer dachshund 2016, pen and paint, christmas card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484446655902-NRABRI9JA3X4K60SOK5O/FullSizeRender_3.jpg mixed media - christmas cock 2016, pen and paint. christmas card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484446710167-91LMHTWOGGJH6N8WGAS3/FullSizeRender.jpg mixed media - jingle bell jester 2016, pen and paint, christmas card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1484448306124-0UNRDAGE4PHC4N0J59IC/FullSizeRender_7.jpg mixed media - terrier card for my dad, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1483555022480-UZ0HCKIKPP1K9RUHD7YF/FullSizeRender.jpg mixed media - holiday card green thing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1483554903050-B0SJJBTGVWSO7LTYL3EA/FullSizeRender_2.jpg mixed media - holiday card red thing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1483554942988-XSSLMEVZVEPFNAQGLYKP/FullSizeRender_1.jpg mixed media - holiday card green thing 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1477670353459-Q1FIEMV9TVKTWTRR02W6/FullSizeRender+%2810%29.jpg mixed media - games https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270085847-I3TC4HI3D92ERZPD39AJ/FullSizeRender.jpg mixed media - business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1483554787535-CLDMHPY1WGTBB510WNLY/FullSizeRender.jpg mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270461316-0NXOE2ZFVRDXY9W46GNE/photo+4-2.jpg mixed media - to reestablish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270085833-BBEPMSYQP6RWRPVK4ZWM/IMG_2028.JPG mixed media - vanity fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270094276-VRAJAV3UQGRQ92B1DZL0/IMG_2071.JPG mixed media - culture it's easy to comment through multimedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270503665-EM32AUQIJA9R4Z6FJQCD/photo+4-1.JPG mixed media - nerves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1483554857366-7B7WE01J3NKZQNPIJGHD/FullSizeRender.jpg mixed media - holiday card https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270527770-LOUL24UDAJP4UVHUYAXU/photo+1-3.JPG mixed media - a card i made for a friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473268924819-ALSUIPADQR2NMB1IFY97/IMG_3365.JPG mixed media - me, jesus, welty this is mostly charcoal, done in taos, inspired by black and white photographs and the book of short stories i was reading by eudora welty. jesus is holding a joint and passing it to me, i'm in the overalls with the sunglasses and hat. that's who i was that summer. in the lefthand corner there is a little girl with a bow and arrow and a man standing behind her. this image is most important because it represents all that occurred that summer. this piece is framed and lives with the little girl with the bow and arrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985733402-3GCQKPIH6XWCV2BHHUAJ/IMG_1561.JPG mixed media - facing the page 2015. red and black ink. sold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985757055-F81IUHS7X5PLAW9Z0PM4/IMG_1822.JPG mixed media - lightning legs black ink pen and red ink. it's sold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1477670271755-3H68OCHF8CP797SESTVN/FullSizeRender+%2810%29.jpg mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985779683-YGHL8P2R30AYRK56FRN3/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg mixed media - hat lady 2015, october. black pen and red ink. sold. http://www.kirbyphalen.com/paintings-1 daily 0.75 2023-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1682039198351-7YX1UQUIDZ5L91K4JQKV/image-asset.jpeg paintings - K L acrylic / canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1682039198351-7YX1UQUIDZ5L91K4JQKV/image-asset.jpeg paintings - K L acrylic / canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1682039304488-6KBWBRJVQAY01PF8FH4P/image-asset.jpeg paintings - question acrylic / canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1674002171742-9VCFOUZ039VD18BHJC2E/image-asset.jpeg paintings - i don't want another person's life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1668359552990-DUKFMHUT9X7G6G0657NG/image.jpg paintings - just sex acrylic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1668360012149-N62V2BEENLIOWOQEIY39/just+sex+.jpg paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1668360136783-OZ4XR4RPRY134I4I21G8/image-asset.jpeg paintings - texture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1668360068953-56UKXMRZN9WLN94D44SQ/kara+scary.jpg paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1667706316592-UAYY724I0L9A4QHT7KH2/image.jpg paintings - groove acrylic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1638490227172-NWSDS366302B33N9UCSH/image-asset.jpeg paintings - kitty kirby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1638490144418-2XBUMOV678EHXJ6Q2CBG/image-asset.jpeg paintings - bits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1638490027320-IK695V78TZC5KKF8UVEF/image-asset.jpeg paintings - Afghanistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1503183329341-TQL7VDYVOO7CQO2Q4KAR/FullSizeRender+%2846%29.jpg paintings - portait 1 acrylic on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1492616757821-40CBQZWHL9ECL03CK2R4/FullSizeRender+%2838%29.jpg paintings - 12617 january 26 acrylic   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1488397402023-3UIS25ND0CGB6J9UOTPA/FullSizeRender+%2837%29.jpg paintings - young professionals and dead experts feb 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966400817-8JCE870HN7ANWRUHC28E/IMG_0672.jpg paintings - recital this is me at my sister's dance recital. it's oil on canvas, 2011. a photograph from my baby album inspired this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473986396249-8PQV98CLIQZBFJAS24XJ/SubstandardFullSizeRender+%284%29.jpg paintings - rooster cogburn 2016. acrylic paint on canvas. i didn't have my car for a few days so i couldn't get to the studio. i covered the floor with towels and with the three tubes of paint i had at home i did this. he kind of formed himself, i like him because he told me who he was right away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474060770514-PSFFPVQ0YD0L0P8NGP78/FullSizeRender+%284%29.jpg paintings - PLANS 2016. acrylic on a floor plan found in a dumpster. it was in perfect shape, it was someone's house rolled up and trashed and it was huge. i enjoyed practicing control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966953801-LXX7BR4PS28UN89HIH5K/IMG_2182.JPG paintings - night terror this was done around the same time as daemon, same acrylic ink and paint, same inspiration, this one is just a little more explosive looking. i experimented a lot with this one, i found new ways to manipulate the materials. this is from 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473967131556-93A957W8FQTV17WH0QK0/IMG_2177.JPG paintings - sharing a house this is looking back on leaving the nest at seventeen, it's night terror and the terror of facts, it's acrylic ink and paint on canvas, on the thick, tight kind that i prefer. i had this piece on the floor and i worked it from all sides so it can be hung four ways for same and different scenes. it's from 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1503183147535-LQAWIHNRB8RAYYCB2OOS/FullSizeRender+%2846%29.jpg paintings - portait 1 acrylic on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966419700-ZF9G4WNEQRBH2IN0YRR4/photo+4.JPG paintings - oct 30 another photo from baby album, but i added the weapon. 2014. this is acrylic on paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473967850379-JPO3LIW9NFXYS59YU0MV/IMG_2029.JPG paintings - water sign this is water color on canvas paper from 2015. i did this as a warm up before starting on a bigger piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270276217-28F6D0TN7OAPIQLICIHV/IMG_0670.jpg paintings - personalities this is the same little girl twice. on one hand she is photo ready, on the other hand she is ready to fight. this is an oil on canvas from 2011. it sold last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473967176828-ZYF5MUDEWLXU1KR3NC9M/IMG_0984.jpg paintings - skull gardens this is oil on canvas from 2010. i had a lot going on when i painted this, early twenties angst, demons and dreams and an anywhere direction. i've held onto this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270164623-2VKJXKDBDP1XINLCM6R3/IMG_2176.JPG paintings - daemon this is inspired by my night terror. i'm awake as far as i can tell, but if that were true, what happens wouldn't be happening and i wouldn't see what i see. this is acrylic ink and paint on canvas, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473967029826-CQNV2M0S92I3147LVJPX/IMG_2148.JPG paintings - san bernardino 2015, acrylic ink and paint, i was angry at the canvas, the media, the gun people, everything. this is how i felt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270216587-WYSFBVIEC10W0MZGK1W8/FullSizeRender.jpg paintings - rorschach 2016. black acrylic on canvas paper. it's my invisible band of spirit people and animals. one side is my world and one side is their world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1503183309252-AWYOMYBUZYB1VGKQ9E7Z/FullSizeRender+%2846%29.jpg paintings - portait 1 acrylic on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1480703008366-E8BEJSBZWXSMUQVYUUV7/IMG_2388.JPG paintings - meth's 2nd impression 2016, acrylic on canvas. this is living in a law office now. i've never tried meth, but i'm close to a few people who have been addicted to it. it's like the drug takes a perfectly good mind and rewires it to live for it. all reason seems to scatter, parts of the brain turn off, happy parts light up until they burn out. it's dark, but it's not one of my darker pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966911677-BIJN858GM9TU6UVFBE4P/IMG_2353.JPG paintings - moody 2016, acrylic ink and paint on canvas. i started this on the easel and then moved it to the floor and then back to the easel. i fought with it. it made me feel inadequate, maybe it was the size, it's larger than the majority of my work (at the time). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966795095-JFEECHC93254DU0C6KSM/IMG_2381.JPG paintings - stranger 2016. acrylic paint on canvas, similar to rooster cogburn in that i did this from home with what paint i had. it's called stranger because i was becoming that. or the land got strange, probably both. it was an uncomfortable phase of growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966859517-XBHPE7KVJG3M1A0IUR7T/Photo+on+2010-12-13+at+19.22.jpg paintings - cats in a bar sold in 2015 but it's from 2010. it's acrylic on canvas. i did this in dallas after returning from taos. i was about to have a second surgery and i was painting those days to check out of my reality completely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966765031-X7K3LFFYY8Y3X87932PE/IMG_0666.jpg paintings - skirting 2010. acrylic on canvas, taos. i stayed up on the portal with the spiders until about three in the morning with this piece and its fraternal twin. they're playful pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270290574-NXOZDPTCZQ2S17MZDL5K/IMG_0673.jpg paintings - venice on adderall 2010. sold, acrylic on canvas. this is actually two pieces, the bottom is venice on adderall. i would work on two paintings at a time and it turned out that these two belonged together, stacked as one. it's busy with scenes and popping color, i'd read a story about venice that stuck with me and the adderall reference is about heightened senses and constant movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473270302733-G2PJ0DSTL97YWY8WE2EE/IMG_0674.JPG paintings - the top half of venice 2010, see venice on adderall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473967646140-Y6IOP59HLJOJ0B0QHX0U/IMG_0669.jpg paintings - walmart customers 2010. acrylic on canvas. it's not about walmart customers in general, it was inspired by an experience i had at the walmart in taos. these are not real people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473965028015-G8258GNBYZ8JPZN2UWMY/IMG_0391.jpg paintings - 10 2010. acrylic on canvas, taos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966126213-DWWX8ZO197J3DR4DIRSJ/IMG_0985.jpg paintings - prairie fire 2010. oil on thin canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1492616694770-G9XQARY65P6MDNX7HW5A/FullSizeRender+%2838%29.jpg paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966665234-ZDE9B3T1Q6H3XVX0BFIM/IMG_0989.jpg paintings - 102 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473966703563-VP39FLO94RMVU11U51HQ/Photo+on+2010-08-11+at+22.23+%235.jpg paintings - 103 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985460846-1M0XG48F97X0D2GVP4GA/IMG_1931.JPG paintings - heavy patterns 2015. spray paint, acrylic ink and paint. i was a chemist on this day. this hangs by my bathroom. i like what went wrong, my messy layering, up close i like the textures and holes, it's gritty. i was dealing too heavily with doubt, this piece did what i needed it to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1492704445395-X9XA7INOKIIARZ4LMHTR/IMG_2100.JPG paintings - firestarters 2016. acrylic ink and paint on canvas. it's a horrible idea, but in this piece it's just a reaction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1492704557232-NT1CEK4AIWL1HA8HGQFC/SubstandardFullSizeRender_1.jpg paintings - legs on a bike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985618757-ASW7H3W2QJS0YBW0PLZZ/SubstandardFullSizeRender_2.jpg paintings - the outsiders acrylic on canvas. 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473986629137-48TG00B2BYTO6IFXEC1G/FullSizeRender.jpg paintings - 456 acrylic on canvas, 2016, mayhem. ready for change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985829662-G7CC40NSU5RAMOE3KQYM/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg paintings - creature 2016. acrylic on canvas. this is another night terror inspired piece. something came to me with legs like noodles and low hanging arms, no knees or elbows, just this wobbly thing and i wasn't afraid i was mesmerized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473986443639-P0XTFURA83573ADS3OGK/IMG_2436.JPG paintings - red untitled 2016. sold. acrylic on canvas. this was a floor piece, i stomped around this one with paint stained boots. the movement around this one was high-speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474060893172-KOON6ZPO7RMPEHNP7GP4/IMG_2209.JPG paintings - maturity 2016. acrylic on canvas. i played a lot with layering on this piece. i was in breakthrough mode, but i wasn't to the other side yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474409985210-RTR5F92DI393OWGV7OOU/IMG_2326.JPG paintings - horses 2016. acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1488397380340-DDCOVV88O0Z05KWB5FC2/FullSizeRender+%2837%29.jpg paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473985866609-HWGHWY0HVTDHHU05JEEC/IMG_2422.JPG paintings - music to my eyes. 2016. acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474061292627-JL8HR5408FOWHW2P317U/IMG_2217.JPG paintings - ice water 2016. sold. acrylic on canvas. i started to enjoy this piece about halfway through - when it revealed itself to me. it's the peaceful water behind the protective firewall. it makes me aware of frames and extremes and reflective stillness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1492705868813-482KTZ01PTOB7OQ0XCNU/IMG_2352.JPG paintings - blue 2016. acrylic on canvas. this piece was satisfying to work with because of the gobs of paint that happened. photographing this painting was difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1473986545907-HDEE0IWLFU8ILSRUUMBT/IMG_2383.JPG paintings - 789 2016. acrylic on canvas. new mixing ideas for colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474061349737-8B3IK2NDTE2B2FZQ3J0O/IMG_2336.JPG paintings - crazed 2016. acrylic ink and paint. i visited jackson pollock's work at the DMA. i left feeling fearless. it lasted for a little series. making this one felt good, like i'd made my own pizza dough and i got to throw it around and add stuff and watching it bake was part of the fun. i had the canvas on the floor and i ran in circles around it, possessed-like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474061382591-RX4WB15GQ9P8LHS66P2C/SubstandardFullSizeRender_2.jpg paintings - bangs sold, 2016, acrylic on canvas. it was clear what it was from the beginning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474061411494-QH6IL1OUQCOCV1P14ZXV/IMG_2325.JPG paintings - figures 2016. acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1492706023080-MF2JVR31KWEDZ2XTCL4X/IMG_2156.JPG paintings - san 2 2015. sold. acrylic ink and paint on canvas. this goes with the pieces called san bernardino and guns. same anger, same attempt to spread it out and get rid of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1474060847122-KBVKSX9Y4C13YRNR83PM/IMG_2147.JPG paintings - guns 2015. acrylic ink and paint on canvas. i did this with the san bernardino piece. it was a lot of spraying and dipping and waiting, not much thinking, just doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1487952352534-4IM4P0JPTYYWI5UH9SY5/FullSizeRender+%2833%29.jpg paintings - dead experts acrylic on canvas, Feb 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d04af7e58c62c68b6e22f2/1480720208166-W2DB3EWUATJ5KLEGOYDE/FullSizeRender_2.jpg paintings - 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