paintings polyptychs tongues grids

It's a consequence of being looked at - a response to the investigation of the gaze.  Child-like and sexual, the
tongue paintings reveal revulsion, humor and desire.

They are also a response to the myth of Medusa, usually depicted beheaded and sticking out her tongue.  The
sight of her was enough to turn men to stone.  In this way, she is a metaphor for a man confronting female sex-
uality, which literally stiffens him.

I started making these as singular images, but over time, these paintings have becoming elements in the polyptchs,
exacerbating the tensions in the organization of pictoral space.

		the sentry 2009, oil on panel, 17 x 22 inches (Click to enlarge)
		the server 2009, oil on panel, 16 x 16 inches (Click to enlarge)
		the traveller 2006-9, oil on panel, 17 x 22 inches
		the believer 2009, oil on panel, 7 x 9 inches
		Carlo 2008, oil on panel, 13 x 18 inches (click to enlarge)
		Paul (the sleeper) 2008, oil on panel, 13 x 18 inches (click to enlarge)
		Theo 2008, oil on panel, 10 inches square
		the redhead 2008, oil on panel, 12 inches square
		Reed (the pacifist) 2008, oil on canvas, 12 inches square
		Mike 2008, oil on panel, 3 x 6 inches
		Adam 2006, oil on panel, 24 inches square Private Collection.
		Wayne 2006, oil on panel, 16 inches square
		Andy 2006, oil on panel, 12 inches square Private Collection
		Tommy 2005, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
		Matt 2004, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
		Robert 2004, oil on birch panel, 16 inches square Private collection

 

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