Portfolio > Gates

My paintings feature familiar Brooklyn sights cropped, collaged and simplified in order to capture a concentrated experience that refers to the interpersonal and supernatural. Wrought iron gates and architecture are the background to every glance of Brooklyn’s surroundings. By pairing the open invitation of domestic architecture and firm boundaries of decorative gates, the paintings deliver a sense of promise and denial. A deep space is implied but the depth is fragile. Color, sensuous surface, and familiar foliage entice; but, still a longing remains.

Till Dusk Do Us Part
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
28"x35"
2023
Two Heads Are Better Than One
Oil, Acrylic, Paper, Foamcore, Wood, Plaster
16"x20"
2023
Hallowed Hibiscus
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
16"x20"
2023
Ups and Downs
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
24"x30"
2022
Twist of Fate
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
16"x20"
2023
Parenthetical Roses
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
16"x20"
2022
Jumping Through Hoops Again
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2022
Jumping Through Hoops Again and Again
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
9"x12"
2022
Between You And Me
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
24"x30"
2022
Core Crew
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Painted Wood Frame
16"x20"
2022
Get To The Point
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2021
Beat Around The Bush
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2021
Out Of The Box
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2021
Mixed Emotions
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2019
Jinx
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2019
In The Loop
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2020
Bouncing Back
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24"x30"
2019
Ups and Downs
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Hoochie Coochie
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Night Cap
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Rose Colored Glasses
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Sidekick
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Solitary
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Three's a Crowd
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2020
Gate for George Floyd
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Resin Frame
9"x12"
2022
$1500
Look But Don’t Touch
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
24”x 30”, Framed Appx 30”x36”
2018
$4000
Red and Yellow, Black and White
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
9”x12”, Framed Appx 14”x18”
2019
Shrug It Off
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
9”x12”, Framed Appx 14”x18”
2018
Jumping Through Hoops
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
9”x12”, Framed Appx 14”x18”
2018
"Gates (Checkered and Tangled Past)"
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Mounted to Panel, Framed
24"x30"
2018
Gates (Budding Independence)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24x30", Framed: 33x41"
2018
Gates (One Thing After Another)
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
24x30"
2017
Gates (Falling Out)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Framed
24x30", Framed: 33x41"
2017
$3250
Gates (Golden Mean)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Mounted to Panel, Framed
9x12", Framed: 15x18"
2018
Gates (High Browed)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Mounted to Panel, Framed
9x12", Framed: 15x18"
2018
Gates (Coming Full Circle)
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Mounted to Board, Framed
9x12", Framed: 15x18"
2017
$1100
Jordans In The Air
Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Panel
36"x48"
2016
$5000
“Gates (Pink Walkup)”
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Over Panel
24"x30"
2016
Gates (Promise)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Over Panel
24"x30"
2016
Gates (Autonomous)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Over Panel
24"x30"
2016