"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.

"she looked at me oddly", collage on paper, 4 x 6 inches In this series of collages I am exploring the relationship between discrimination, color and age by using the pages from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, superimposing the "invisible" bodies of the highly...

"she didn't feel like smiling", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesSee more of the series on flickr.

"he forgot me", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inches

"money matters", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inchesTo push the abstraction of the small clann paintings I want to blow them up to six inch canvases and repaint them, and after that further experiment with a large rectangular zoom repainted with larger brushes. This is...

"eleanor", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inches Here is the final painting of Eleanor on canvas. I used the original photo, did a quick study and then did a more detailed final (see progression below).

"she waited a long time", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesNew series featuring images found in the same photo album from upstate New York. Today I painted these two small images and two larger versions (of previously painted miniatures) on 6 x 6 inch...