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this is part of an ongoing series based on my grandfather's barbershop from the 1930's but relates to the issues of today. It is an oil on canvas, 24"x24" completed 2011 and is sold to Cal State University Northridge for their private collection. (thumbnail)
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This mixed media piece started with the idea of a broken door and how to recycle it to explain youth. It measures 16 1/2" x 11" and has been an ongoing piece began in 2010, reworked, added to, and completed in 2012. (thumbnail)
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This is a mixed media piece and measures 15"x12" and was origially begun in 2010 completed in 2012. (thumbnail)
This is a mixed media piece on broken door with homemade frames from sand and wood. It measures (thumbnail)
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This is a mixed media piece that began in 2010 and was completed along with all the door pieces in 2012. It measures 14 1/2" by 18" (thumbnail)
This mixed media piece measures 22"x25" and is meant to be seen as installation art for the broken door installation. Began in 2010 and worked on and completed by 2012. (thumbnail)
This mixed media piece describes a determined young woman hardened by life. It measures 24"x22" and is part of the unhinged installation. Began in 2010 and finally completed in 2012. (thumbnail)
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Figurative portrait of my cousin Suzie (thumbnail)
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Unique barbershop painting print of a teenage male getting a haircut. (thumbnail)
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I examine female identity, and the outer and inner scars we wear. I am my own warrior. (thumbnail)
barbershop where many stories and people of diversity have exchanges. (thumbnail)
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This mixed media piece measures 8"x9" and centers on youth and the teen years and the search for identity. These wood pieces began with my son's broken door and evolved from 2010 completed in 2012. (thumbnail)
This oil painting on two canvas is a dyptik measuring 24"x 60" and was completed 2013. (thumbnail)
Part of a dyptik titled Barbershop Boys. This piece measures 24"x30" alone. Completed 2013. (thumbnail)
Part of a dyptik titled Barbershop Boys. This piece measures 24"x30" alone. Completed 2013. (thumbnail)
Painting detailing the history of Northridge and the present. Surreal imagery in acrylic this measures 19 1/2"x25 1/2" and was completed in 2013. (thumbnail)
This is a mixed graphite colored pencil drawing on arches paper. It is framed and measures 43" x 27" (thumbnail)
A small girl looks at the world with fear and uncertainty for a future. Confusion and anxiety results. (thumbnail)
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz is going to journey into the new Northridge Village. She is accompanied by two CSUN students and they will journey on the yellow brick road to see the past and present. Celebrities and landmark places will be seen. (thumbnail)
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I Want To Show It So Let Me

Mixed media collages are connected to the idea of Bios and Zoe. the body eventually dies and youth is gone but the spirits threads move to the next generation. Past histories of different cultures grow and are regenerated.

9"H x 5.5"W