In the spirit of Bob Dylan‘s "basement tapes," the Basement Work comprises ideas that are experimental and dimensional. This work breathes new life into found and discarded materials, upcycling them into art.
One More Day
2025
house paint and acrylic markers on tarp
72 x 46 inches
Blanc sur Blanc
2023
54 by 38 inches
Torn raw canvas glued to raw canvas and painted
Homage to Rothko
2005
cut and sewn antique camel bags affixed to canvas
54 x 38 inches
Nod to Rothko
2023
cut and sewn hand-printed fabrics remnants, thread, and oil paint affixed to canvas
54 x 38 inches
Green and Red and Rust
2024
cut and sewn hand-printed fabrics remnants, thread, and oil paint affixed to canvas
54 x 38 inches
Beyond Words
2026
Mixed Media
54 x 40 inches
Tattered, Not Torn
2024
used carpets fragments, graphite, acrylic paint on cradled wood panels
26 x 20 inches, 12 x 9 inches each panel
Ascension
2023
92 x 54 inches
Jigsaw I
2024
discarded carpet remnants cut and mounted on wood, paint, framed with old discarded ladders
70 x 65 inches
Jigsaw II
2024
discarded carpet remnants cut and mounted on wood, paint, framed with old discarded ladders
Primal
2024
carpet and drop cloth fragments, encaustic, oil paint, graphite on cradled wood panels
7 x 5 (each panel)
Weeping Hearts
2023
Mixed media: fragments of used canvas, flipped over, stitched together and painted over with layers of paint and liquid graphite, old paint rags shaped with starch and affixed to canvas on board
46 by 64 inches
Weeping Hydrangeas
2020
Graphite and oil paint on canvas
40 x 30 inches
Don't Fence Me In
2023
Canvas, paint, dress, barbed wire
48 x 36 inches
Of the Earth
2026
Mixed Media
each panel 20 x 16 inches
My Brother is Going To Live
2005
cut and sewn antique camel bags affixed to canvas
54 x 80 inches
Enigmatic
2025
Mixed media
55 x 72 inches
Weaving the Woven
2023
cut and woven strips of antique, hand-dyed camel bags and paint, mounted on canvas and wood, framed with old discarded ladders
60 x 78 inches
Three by Three
2023
cut antique hand-dyed camel bags, paint, mounted on canvas and wood, framed with old discarded ladders
64 x 72 inches
Tangled Web
2023
woven raw wool roving, wood, framed with old discarded ladders
64 x 72 inches
Weeping Hearts
2023
Mixed media: fragments of used canvas, flipped over, stitched together and painted over with layers of paint and liquid graphite, old paint rags shaped with starch and affixed to canvas on board