Additional Work

"Sorry, We're All Out"

(16" x 20", acrylic on canvas)

PRICE: $650

My intention with this piece was to comment on the lack of services that so many people across the world need and don't receive--be it healthcare, proper nutrition, or some type of thetherapeutic services. However, the first person who saw this piece believed it to be a commentary on drug abuse, which also makes perfect sense. Really, it is up to the viewer to assign their own personal meaning to the piece.

The background serves as a juxtaposition to further emphasize the struggling, emaciated subjects in the piece.

One of My T-Shirt Designs

I designed this image with pencil, ink and magic marker for the t-shirts that everyone in Union College's Spring 2008 production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" received. I scanned the image into my computer, then helped make the tshirts with iron-on transfers (available at any craft store). They turned out really well, and the t-shirts still look great a year later. :-)

A Few More Pieces...

1. "Lone Wolf"

4"x 6" watercolor

PRICE: $35

2. "Water Under the Bridge"

16"x 20" acrylic on canvas board

PRICE: $200

3. "African Love"

16" x 20" acrylic on canvas

**displayed January 2004 at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA for the Berkshire County High School Art Show**

PRICE: $500

4. "Like Eating Glass"

2-1/2' x 3-1/2' acrylic and mixed media on canvas

PRICE: $850

5."Folk Saw" ~14" in length acrylic on sandblasted saw

(NOT FOR SALE)

More Examples of My Artwork

1. "Self Portrait 2007," charcoal on paper, 2-1/2' x 3-1/2' (30"x 42")

2. "Kentucky," acrylic on canvas, 3' x 2'

3. ""Our House," acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

4. "Zach," pastel on paper, 16" x 19"

Note: These works are NOT for sale, but they serve as a part of my portfolio.

Mural Pictures!

Two years ago during my Spring Break, I was hired by a local business to paint a mural in the back room of Berkshire Costumer on North St. in Pittsfield. They wanted to begin hosting children's birthday parties there, and their only request was that it be a castle scene. I was given complete freedom to design around that theme, and these photos show you what I came up with. There were six walls total, and I had to paint around the room that they would be using as a costume-change area. I did it all in a week, working seven days straight from 10am - 8pm. Enjoy!

Set Design and Construction at Union College

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The blue set is from Union's spring 2007 production of Aristophanes' "The Birds." I assisted with all construction and painting, and painted the tree on the front of the sliding doors for the set. I also used a bandsaw to cut out approximately 250 birds on cardboard for set decorations.

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The red and black set is from Union College's fall 2007 production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (script by Stephen Dietz). Aside from assisting Charles Steckler, our professor of Scenic Design, with the actual design of the set, I helped lead the Production I & II classes in the construction and painting of the set. (This was my Independent Study.) The set was a forced perspective, with the top of each wall sloping downward. This played with the audience's sense of balance and comfort with the atypical lines. The ceiling was a massive spiderweb created out of canvas, netting, spray epoxy, and huge foam strips. It took about two months to create and was well worth it!

The New War: Tent Caterpillars vs. Union College

There are many problems that have recently popped up on our campus, and one of these issues is the influx of not-so-well-meaning caterpillars. They have been known to belay themselves from the branches of trees like ninjas on crack with the intention of making that annoying girl from your English class squeal like that rabbit that got carried away by the massive hawk last week. Many students have expressed concern as to the amount of caterpillars and their disruption of what was once a tranquil, relaxing run to class 15 minutes late spilling Starbucks coffee everywhere and cussing at the old lady in front of you who refuses to move her wrinkly ass any faster. Quite frankly, the students and faculty hate these caterpillars. “I harbor a lot of resentment and anger toward the tent caterpillars who have taken to the deforestation of our sugar maples and other deciduous trees,” said young Mallory Homes, a sophomore math major. While she may have just had a bad experience with caterpillars (maybe because I put one in her cereal yesterday morning), she has pretty much spoken for all of us. Students here are wondering what the administration is going to do about this infestation. Efforts by the students to reduce the amount of caterpillars on campus have included, but are not limited to, fumigation via smoking in Jackson’s Garden, and high-pitched noise via screaming about how good the sex was with your last boyfriend as you drunkenly tap-danced beneath my window last Saturday night. Much to our dismay, however, none of these actions have yielded results, and students are still not satisfied with the number of caterpillars still maliciously spinning their webs. Rest assured, Union College, for efforts to contain the caterpillar population have begun! There was a guy spraying a tree with insecticide in front of the Social Sciences building last week. So we obviously have nothing to worry abou