Happy Holidays to all. For a detailed explanation of the pastiche this year please look at the holiday archive at the wren and the mistletoe.

"chicken wings revisited", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesI used these women once for a gocco print which I printed on magazine pages, originally on one that had a recipe for chicken wings. So, that was the original name for them. I just don't think anything...

"our dad took our dog away", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inchesAnd original small version, acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inches.

"we buried him yesterday", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesMore to come in the next round of larger interpretations. See whole body of work on flickr.

"they were only pretty for a short time", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inches Now that there are ten pieces in this series I will need to concentrate on making each one into a six inch canvas.See the whole series on flickr.

"antigone and ismene", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesJake had no idea where I got the original photographs and tonight he commented "They look like upstate (NY)." And that is exactly where they are from... Buffalo. Funny that he picked up on that."andreas...

"little did they know there was a harem in the basement", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inchesThis image has a strong connection for me in the faces of the workers, I was compelled to make the larger version right away, continuing with the series of very small to small to...

"little did they know there was a harem in the basement", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesThis is what the woman who owns the house that used to belong to my mother's family told us when we went to visit her in greece.

The latest ABAD (A Book About Death) show is opening in Seattle on November 11, 2011. This is my entry. Since dreaming about teeth indicates some sort of death (or so I am told) they seemed significant to go with the photo of a band of high school boys from an old...

"she left us alone too long", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inchesI am continuing with the larger interpretation in the small clann  series based on the original 2.5 x 2.5 inch image (on the left).

"the dance was in her blood", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesSee more of the series on flickr.

"she wasn't there when santos died", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesSee more of the series on flickr.