My first pothead was accidentally born as I was creating the figure of a nude woman out of clay. As I was attaching her head the thought occurred to me: what in the world am I going to do with this? So I lopped off the top of her head, scooped it out and turned her into a salsa bowl. And so the potheads came to be. My potheads are all sketches that will, one day, adorn a dinner table.
The art in this book is composed of photographic images, ink, charcoal and graphite sketches, oil pastels, oil paintings and watercolors. I photograph all of my own work and often color my ink, charcoal and graphite sketches digitally. Many people don’t approve of digitally manipulated artwork; however, some people push paint, some people push clay, some people push light pixels....and some people push pencils! They are all different positions on the perspective horizon, a world unto themselves, surrounded by infinities and interacting with other infinities....More >< Less