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:-) It’s Cold Out There d Conomy S Terrible, Hope High School “Community Haunted High School” plywood signage, graphite, staples, pajamas, white cotton T-Shirt found on the basketball courts of Billy Taylor Park, Kermit the Frog onsie, fine artist student grade acrylic paint, professional artist pastel, some nerve, 18″ tall +-, 2013     3/4 view... Continue reading :-) It’s Cold Out There d Conomy S Terrible

Hank Aaron Hit Hank Aaron’s 755th Homerun, 2 found cotton t-shirt from the hardcore basketball courts of Billy Taylor Park located atop Cypress Hill, Providence, Rhode Island; discarded/found Hope High School “Community Haunted High School” plywood signage, staples, student grade acrylic paint, professional grade acrylic paint, professional student grade pastel. Dimension: 24.4″ tall +-, 2013 3/4 view  ... Continue reading Hank Aaron Hit Hank Aaron’s 755th Homerun

  F I Smoked Cigarettes I ‘ d B Smoking 1 Right NOW, discarded/found Hope High School “Community Haunted High School” plywood signage, professional acrylic paint, professional chalk pastels, professional staples, professional professionalism, found T-shirt from the hard-knock basketball courts of Billy Taylor Park, Providence, RI. (144/12 x 2)” tall +-, 2013 3/4 view   backside... Continue reading F I Smoked Cigarettes I ‘ d B Smoking 1 Right NOW

  Good 1s Stay Ready, plywood, plywood, discarded/found Hope High School “Community Haunted High School” plywood signage tid bit, found rock-cement mixture from driveway.   3/4 view = .75 view    

Laser High 5, section of my son’s wooden dresser drawer, his old underwear, staples, 5.01″ tall +-, 2013          

  Wolf Larsen vs. Death Larsen, firewood, grime, filth, paint residue, debris, 14″ tall -+ (dminesoins vray), 2013                    

  MidNight Drunk Dropping His Bowling Ballz, JC Penny dresser shelf siding, the most beautiful woman in the whole world’s old cowgirl shirt from The Gap, staples, acrylic paint, pastel, pastel chunk bits, pastel powder, pastel dust, 8″ x 16/4″ +-, 2013       (detail)   (detail)             front revealed... Continue reading MidNight Drunk Dropping His Bowling Ballz

  I Like Lookin Thru D Window 2 C D Desert, plywood, particle board, floor board, acrylic, gesso, pastel, nail, 11.000011″ tall +-, 2013                   

F u don’t have Tamales U dont have Christma$, fireplace wood, scrap wood, plywood, dust, debris, student grade professional grade paint-contractor paint, tension, pressure, gravity, 2012                      

The Grass S Always Greener, plywood, “I Buy Junk Cars LLC” flier, flour, water, 10 1/2″ +-, 2012        

Red Hot Chili Peppers Tattoo, bored board, pastel, 64″/8″ tall +-, 2012    

  Sueño tus Sueños, bark, plywood for professionals, student grade acrylic paint for professionals, spray paint for graffiti vandals (not lawn chairs), steel, 7.07014021028″ tall +-, 2012     (front-side revealed)    

  Roses are Roses, Violets are Violets. Red is Red. Blue is Blue., found sweaty black Sean Jean t-shirt, wooden crate scraps, fine artist grade pastel, professional student grade acrylic paint, staples, 16.123456789″ tall – +, 2012          

  A $ure Thang in uh un$ure World, pink dirty-dishwater rag, student grade acrylic paint, professional fine artist pastel bits, sandbox sand, bored board, flannel Thomas the Train pajamas, 7.987654321″ tall -+, 2012      

  U want to know who wants U, gray wife-beater shirt found on the basketball courts of Billy Taylor Park, wooden crate scraps, fine artist pastel, sandbox sand from Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School, 196.938″/14″ tall -+, 2012          

  Bad Freestyle Rapper: You Get What You Pay For, white cotton t-shirt found on Billy Taylor basketball courts, plywood found at Billy Taylor park renovation/construction site, student grade acrylic paint found in the art store, staples found in the hardware store, drop-cloth canvas bits, my son’s old denim jean seams, 22.22233993982″ tall -+, 2012  ... Continue reading Bad Freestyle Rapper: You Get What You Pay For

  Spy Kids Two, slate board, acrylic paint, staples, paper, flour, water, mix well, 14 1/3″ tall -+, 2012   backside revealed        

Kinda miss Cholos, son’s old clean underwear with doodoo stain, found plywood, staples, 7.001″ tall, 2012 front-side revealed —– HA!      

Walk the Talk If You Can Talk the Walk, crazy-fresh-dope plywood w/ some dirty scum, ink, dimensions vary – 6.66663″ tall when compressed, 2012 front-side revealed    

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, wood, spray paint for graffiti, gesso for houses, a lot of angst. 14.4″ wide (three parts), 2012   3/4 view      

HOT bod 2D ResQ, plywood panel, KILLZ primer, GOLDEN acrylic, AMERICAN EAGLE bag, 8.12345″ tall -+, 2012     backside revealed…or I mean the front revealed…   (Now the top left piece is missing.) — I’ve got to document this on a non-white wall, but frankly, no pun intended, I heart the white wall. There... Continue reading HOT bod 2D ResQ

Handsaw Massacre, wood panel, professional artist paint, student grade paint, professional student acrylic paint, found white-sweaty-under t-shirt reeking of bad cologne, 9.99999994″ tall -+, 2012     backside and studio assistant revealed      

Speech Speech Speech Delay, found purchased wood, purchased found wood, fine academic artist acrylic paint, primer, junk mail, war story, 6 1/1″ tall, 2012   Backside revealed…or is it the front that is revealed?? I don’t know. Whatever you want. Front. Back. Side to Side. Tootsie Roll. Whoop! There it is.        ... Continue reading Speech Speech Speech Delay

  They Grow Up So Fast Not Fast Enough, my baby boy’s cotton onesie (unless you have been around babies or have one, it is unlikely you know what a onesie is), water-based paint, wood from an old home-made wooden entertainment center, no staples, stretched w/ NO STAPLES. This has been quite a feat using NO... Continue reading They Grow Up So Fast Not Fast Enough

Emerging Adulthood, wrinkled cotton t-shirt, staples, academic grade acrylic paint, professional grade acrylic paint, professional academic grade paint, wood bits, 14.14″ tall-+, 2012.   backside, and where I went to lunch, revealed      

If I Saw You I Would Look at You Then Look Away, super fine artist canvas for fine artist painting, academic acrylic paint, salvaged wood bits, staples, 8.939393939393″ tall, 2012      

R to the I to the P , plywood, found shirt, acrylic paint, tension, 5.949″ tall -+ (two parts), 2012         Found this shirt on the basketball court. If it was yours, I’m sorry you forgot it there.              

B xtra Careful 2day, wood, pastel, trouble, angst, anxiety, relief, 36/6″ tall -+ (three parts), 2012             These cut-out pieces, as I take the liberty of saying, have been an utterly painful pain in the side of my pain. I must have decorated (yes, I just said decorate), the surface... Continue reading B xtra Careful 2day

  Billy Taylor #7, newfound plywood, acrylic paint, staples, cotton T-shirt found at Billy Taylor Park basketball courts, dried sweat, 4.9” h, 2012       backside revealed — and toe fungus      

Adopt a Dawg, fine artist fine-artist pastels, fine-artist pastel dust, eraser dust from fine-artist pastel, a pinch of student-grade academic acrylic paint, wood from an old DIY entertainment center. 700/9.2″ tall more or less (two parts), 2012          

#GOOOOOOOOOOOL-D, repurposed dismantled wooden shelf, fine artist fine pastel, academic acrylic paint, filth, eraser dust, 10 22/22” tall, 2012      

  Intergalactic, acrylic paint, paint contractor’s canvas drop-cloth, plywood, staples, 14 1/43″ tall -+, 2012     Created to measure the level of a combination of feelings including euphoria, ecstasy, excitement (usually but not limited to non sexual excitement), light-heartedness, and general glee situated between two or more galaxies. Far out, man.        

You ll Always B Missd, found shirt, painter’s paint, plywood, two staples, hard time, but not hard time like prison time, just hard time as in pain in the rear, 6.66″ tall mas o menos, 2012.                                      ... Continue reading You ll Always B Missd

Wherever U R There U Go, slat board, found Boston Celtics basketball jersey via Billy Taylor Park, staples, sore inner-thigh muscle, little guilt, 7.333232323232″ tall more or less, 2012 backside revealed   360 dunk in your face. Tough guys and gals, hot and humid on the mid-day basketball court, strut their stuff. They take off... Continue reading Wherever U R There U Go

almost Relevant, fine artist’s fine art pastel, fine pastel dust, sample board from interior design company given to Paul Housberg Glass Project, 7″ x 7.11″ roughly, 2012.            

Suggested Reading, wood, pastel, paint (three parts, lots of fun). 5.5555555″ tall -+, 2012  

Next Time U Find Yoself N an Argument, Rather than Defend Ur Position, C F U Can C the Other Point of View 1st,  wood, pastel, paint, 4″ tall -+, 2012  

Understand Separate Realities, oil, canvas, filth, grime, wood. 17″ tall -+, 2011          

Smile at Strangers, Look into Their Eyes and Say Hello, found plywood, found sweatshirt, no staples, no screws. That s it. Dimensions: 11.11″ tall -+, 2012.      

  Imagine Everyone S Enlightened Except U, found wood, found shirt, purchased nail, borrowed hammer, stolen idea. 11″ tall -+, 2012            

Cut Yourself Some Slack, found plywood, paint, old Hanes undershirt, staples. Dimensions: 12″ tall -+, 2012  

Let Others be “Right” Most of the Time, found plywood, water-based paint, Hanes white undershirt, staples. Dimensions: 9.333″, 2012  

Adopt a Child Thru the Mail, floor board, children’s underwear (my son’s), water-based paint, staples. Dimensions: 7″ tall -+, 2012

  Please Try, bottom of orange bin, fine artist oil paint, 9″ tall -+, 2012  

  This Bud s Four U, floor board, plywood, particle board, board board, bored board, bored boar, 7″ tall -+, 2012      

  That s Not My Bunny That s Just a Guy w/ a Mustache, floor board, paper, black wash, white wash, splintered edges, 6.9390033030303309449″ tall -+, 2012      

  Next Mastapeace Lullaby, plywood, acid rain, pollution, global warming, ADHD, 49/2.3493920″ tall -+, 2012                

Practice Patience, orange wooden bin, hair, water-based acrylic paint for children 21 and under, sawdust, filth, grime, gross, 5.939″ tall, 2012       3/4 view     detail of a detail of detailed detail

Ol’ Wil’ Wes’ Paraphernalia, wood, staples, acrylic paint, old worn out cotton undershirt. Dimensions: 23.9393″ tall -+, 2012 3/4 view    

Clean The Grease Traps Dear, wood, staples, orange juice carton cover. Dimensions: 7 99/9999999939390″ tall -+, 2012      

Three Horrible Nights, wood, canvas drop-cloth, cotton underwear (SpongeBob Edition), staples. Dimensions: 45/5″ tall -+, 2012 backside revealed    

A White Lady and a Black Lady Playing in the Park, wood, oil paint, artist canvas, canvas drop-cloth, staples, negative space. Dimensions: 21 1/223″ tall -+. 2012    

YOU Can To, wood, burlap, cotton underwear (CARS), staples. Dimensions: 8.3393939329202″ -+, 2012   )backside revealed(

Tale U$ Y, wood, canvas, oil paint, staples. Dimensions: 8″ tall -+, 2012      

Ingrown Toenails Splintered Edges, plywood, canvas, oil paint, thinking cap, 7.2372″ tall -+, 2012

Life’s a Beach’d Whale, oil paint, scrap canvas brush, oil paint grime, filth, residue, 14″ tall -+, 2012

  Still Live, oil paint, canvas drop-cloth, wood, frustration, angst, 24″ wide -+, 2012    

Your Purchase of Any Order Discounted up to Fool Price, canvas drop-cloth, oil, wood bits, discarded art parts, oil paint residue, 38″ tall -+, 2012

Still Aloof, oil paint, drop-cloth canvas, art bits, paint grime, 15″ tall -+, 2012   It is seemingly very very very rare when there is a painting I’ve made and actually love it.  Most likely I may look back come a few more weeks or months with a change of heart, but maybe not. This... Continue reading Still Aloof

Undocumented Mexican woman Domestically Abused outside Walgreens , canvas, oil, wood bits, paint residue, 7″ tall -+, 2012

You Can’t Go around Our Town touching Things W/ Those Filthy Mitts, acrylic, canvas, wood, discarded art bits, 8″ -+, 2012

Save Over $80 in Baskets Full of Savings, canvas, acrylic, loose bits, art do-dats, 8″ tall -+, 2012  

Gang Tattoo Removal, ink, wood, my son’s old outgrown underwear (clean), 4″ tall, 2012

Mister Fancy Pants, oil paint, grime, recycled art bits, my son’s old outgrown “SpongeBob” edition underwear, staples backside revealed  

Talkin’ Trash Talkin’, wood, oil paint, trash, staples, 2012 backside revealed The oil from the rear, with time, will seep to the front creating a slightly visible impression of the painting’s structural wooden framework…..I hope.  

Minorities Expected 2 B Majority, art bits, canvas drop-cloth, oil paint, oil paint grime, filth, debris, my son’s old outgrown undershirt , staples, nail, 2012

Money Supermarket, oil, wood, staples, “Stop and Shop” newspaper sales ad, 2012   My oldest son had for a Pre-K homework assignment to invent a name for a grocery store. He came up with “Money”. He is a damn genius.

Check N Near Buy, Rhode Island real estate ad, glue, wood, a little bit of rubbing, a little bit of hugging, staple. Dimensions: 5.02″ tall more or less backside revealed

Appreciation is Imminent F U Enjoy Something, ink, filth, canvas, wood, staples. Dimensions: 5.4″ tall, 2012  

Long Time Awaits Mainly Nothing, wood, paper…for drawing it says, oil paint grime, staples, acrylic paint,. Dimensions: 12.2″ tall, 2012

Remain Elusive Two Achieve Manny Things, wood, Brawny Paper Towels, Elmer’s glue, ink, debris. Dimensions: 5 1/20″ tall more or less, 2012  

You R So That You Don’t Always, canvas, wood, paint residue, filth, Home Depot “Paint Crackle” medium, staples, screws, nails, pins. Dimensions: 12.24″ tall more or less, 2012    

Fruity Pebbles, motor oil paint, dust, hair, mother nature, termite infested wood bits, staples, nails, fine artist drop-cloth. Dimensions vary, 2011 Installation varies. That’s part of why I love these multi-pieces sooo much. They are completely flexible and open-minded with arms spread wide. Install them in a line: side to side or top to bottom,... Continue reading Fruity Pebbles

Up To Their Balls N Debt, the finest artist oil paint, even finer quality watercolour paint, discarded art bits, the strongest staples ever manufactured, and the ugliest/oldest white under-shirt my son ever used. Dimensions: near 8″ tall, 2011 I’d say this is the first time where the “back” of the piece is actually the front... Continue reading Up To Their Balls N Debt

Time to Cut Your Pelo, wood, sawdust, fine artist oil paint of the highest caliber, my son’s old shirt, discarded and forgotten art bits, particle board, studio filth/grime, hair, cobwebs, Dimensions: roughly 10 inches tall, 2011        

Follow Directions, fine artist oil paint, fine artist filth, fine artist grime, regular guy staples, wood bits, discarded art, canvas drop-cloth, dimensions vary: more or less under 10″, 2011