Lazarus
Last year I drew a large pastel based on Rembrandt’s 1832 etching The Raising of Lazarus. Rembrandt’s Jesus’ seems a bit well-fed; but there’s a lot of drama as everyone is awestruck at the miracle. Lazarus looks feeble; he was dead for four days, so the state of his cognition is highly questionable, at best....
The Triumph of Death
In 1990, the first Gulf War was in full swing, much like today’s indiscriminate bloodbaths and dear friends like David Wojnarowicz were dying of AIDS. So for my second solo show at the venerable Grace Borgenicht Gallery on 57th Street (kitty corner from Trump Tower), I chose to make a large pastel revisioning of Brueghel’s...
Naked Raygun comic/etched vinyl
In 2023 I designed the image to be etched onto a vinyl record by beloved Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, then did a 16 page color comic book to accompany the record in collaboration with punk cartoonist Josh Bayer. This was promoted and sold via a successful Kickstarter campaign; and we had a great release...
