“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
— Cesar A. Cruz, poet, activist, educator
Hello. Thank you so much for visiting. I’m an artist and writer based in the beautiful Monterey Bay area on the scenic central coast of California.
Using traditional wet and dry artists’ media, digital images or comic art, I create provocative art that draws from personal experiences, dreams and altered states to challenge viewers’ assumptions of what is real and normal.
Following in the ancient traditions of artists as storytellers and truthsayers of the tribal community, I combine visual images and words. My work aims to subvert the dominant culture of inequality, whether that culture is reflected in politics, daily life or what passes for entertainment.
Please visit my portfolio to browse or purchase original fine art and prints.
Work that I can’t quite shoehorn into the gallery collections of trauma and transcendence might show up in my blog. I invite and welcome your comments.
Failure to Communicate
PAINTINGS
My first exhibition of 2024 is at the Arc Gallery in San Francisco. This is a juried national group exhibition with the theme Fantasy. Art opening and reception will be on Saturday, May 11th, 2024, 7 - 9 PM PST.