If They Only Knew oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, found objects on canvas, 36" x 48"
The newsroom fills our collective brain with information clips of life’s bizarre
and surreal headlines. How often do we get the real story?
Check, Please oil, sculpture, fabric, found objects, jewelry on canvas 36" x 36"
A cerebral game of chess is being played between the forces of good and evil,
where good is winning. The cat watches as the devilish powers disregard
the rules and attempt an underhanded invasion.
Another Day at the Office, oil, sculpture, fabric, mixed media on canvas, 30" x 36"
newspaper clippings chronicling September 11, 2001 cover the floor and walls. Final
article completed painting in 2011 when Bin Laden was killed.
Patriot Act oil, sculpture, tile, fabric, paper, found objects on canvas 24" x 36"
The tranquil and panoramic hot-tub setting, where the characters privately
luxuriate, is in
stark contrast to the provisions of the Patriot Act, which seductively
diminishes our fundamental liberties.
Sold Down The River oil on canvas 40" x 30"
Anna Nicole Smith is more important to the networks than Katrina;
while Scooter Libby becomes flotsam of the administration’s continuing ride on the back
of the military industrial complex right over the American people.
It Goes With The Chair oil on canvases 36" x 36"
People often buy artwork to match their couch, and given the delicate subject of capital
punishment, along with the media, and public opinion, It Goes With the Couch Chair also considers
the karmic implications of a society that legally kills.
Cafe Four-Twenty oil, sculpture, wood, fabric, found objects, paper on canvas 40" x 30" x 4"
CNN oil on canvas 36 " x 48"
The costume party rages on as tanks come over the bridge.
The crowd is
sprinkled with
those prepared for the carnival of war.
Good Life oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, semi precious stones, found objects on canvas 30" x 40"
Guests luxuriate, cohabitating with drilling rig.
Helmet Hair oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, plastic, found objects on canvas 24" X 18"
Woman collects bullets from the war themed slot machine.
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I'm Just Saying oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, leather, found objects on canvas 48 " x 120" (3 panels)
The unrepresented come together in the fight for justice against all odds.
The 3d police, children & dog exaggerate both the aggressor and the victim mentality.
Barack Obama Presidential inauguration invites hope backdropped by Bush's helicopter
departure; prejudice boil over and many wait with impatience and skepticism.
Millennium Models oil on canvas 48 " x 48"
Haute Coutere reflects the Post 9/11 culture of the war on terror, while the Statute of Liberty lies in ruins.
Bush & Powell oil, sculpture, fabric, paper. found objects on canvas 30" x 40"
Not only are Bush and Powell powerful men, they are a cable car stop in San Francisco.
Billboards comment on the Middle Eastern crisis.
Hashtag Dummy POTUS oil on canvas 30" x 24"
Still Wading oil on canvas 36" x 48"
Betty Friedan leads womankind to its destiny across the bridge of control.
The Triple Goddess, symbol of female lifecycles, announces powerhouses Hillary Clinton,
Nancy Pelosi, slaughtered Benizir Bhutto and pregnant girl in Pope’s folds before the world stage.
No Free Lunch oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, found objects on canvas 48" x 48"
The near future of commercial travel is highlighted: advertisements blare on the
overhead compartments, while the air hostess sells oxygen, toilet paper and water.
Bernie Madoff sits beside a woman studying up on his corruption in Madoff Gate.
Amnesty oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, found objects on canvas 36" x 48"
Encircled by Homeland Security fences, the diverse crop of citizen-seekers wait
patiently at the immigration lawyer’s office.
Supremes oil on canvas 36" x 48"
The Statue of Liberty is on trial, while the historical figures in the gallery
represent good and evil, from Clarence Darrow, Thurgood Marshall, Gandhi, Dalai Lama,
Abraham Lincoln, to Nixon, Bush, Cheney, Rove, Bin Laden, Sadam Hussein, among others.
Looking Up oil, sculpture, fabric, paper, found objects on canvas 48" x 36"
The stock exchange in all its madness, highlighting our culture's relationship to money.
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 Pile Of . . . oil, wire, paper on canvas 24" x 30" The Bush regime is depicted in the naked pile, while Abu Zubaydah, one of the terrorists held at Guantánamo Bay, is leaning on Cheney's heart machine, obviously his moralless substitution for a heart.  Modern Deluge oil on canvas 40 " x 30" "Nancy Calef, out of San Francisco, gives us Modern Deluge, The big, rough oil shows cartoon characters like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Condi, and John Ashcroft sitting together while Laura gazes, stoned and fawn-like, at her husband at his desk. Behind her husband's George Bush mask is Osama bin Laden; from his belly protrudes Dick Cheney's face like an evil Siamese twin on X-Files. Over the Capitol's sky- line float Martha Stewart and Michael Jackson, while Tyco, MCI and WorldCom go unnoticed. It's a nicely naïf (and beautifully bitter) painting; it's Grandma Moses with a subscription to Covert Action Information Quarterly." Rebecca Schoenkopf OC Weekly 2004 Review of Monkey Business -- POTUS - Koo's Art Gallery Click thumbnails to enlarge
Elephant in the Room, oil, sculpture, paper, fabric, found objects on canvas, 48" x 60"  The Ref oil, sculpture, fabric, found objects on canvas, 36" x 48" Nature looks on as earth battles man. The audience is peppered with influential environmental  War Room, oil, paper, plastic on canvas, 24" x 30" Manipulative powers, while silencing other opinions, control our involvement in war not taking into |
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