The artwork on this site covers a wide range of media and genres. The site is in-process which means it offers a view of the evolution of my work and something of the thought behind it, as opposed to presenting any product line. It's a fairly voluminous site, and I don't expect you to eat it all. At present I've begun to explore mostly along the lines of digitally manipulated imagery. Other important areas of work are Paintings in Oil; Dolls; Reflective Collages; and Drawings. I personally have always felt that the "art" that an artist makes is more the record of the passage of the life and mind of a creative person, than marketing. As such, I'm more interested in engaging in a dialogue with the audience, and in expressing my points-of-view through my life's work.

Digital imagery is continuing, but I'm turning back in the studio to more "plastic" works -- oil painting, water-color, collage, and drawing in ink on paper. My oil painting is in the process of turning a corner. I'm experimenting with a glazing system of colors on slow and patient work. It progresses. The Collages are done in reflective materials, and tend to be grounded in personal mythology.

NOTES on THE GOETIA

This series continues to progress into a fourth year, and has grown a lot in terms of my abilities and depth. These are primarily 'photo-manipulations,' and hopefully convey dark whimsy. The earliest of these images dates from mid-April of '08. Certainly they are an attempt to make sense of and represent through interpretation, a period of chthonic change in my life and in the lives of everyone I know. There's also an evocative side to these characters and through 2011 I hope to explore more in that area.

Descriptive Reviews beside the imagery are taken from Aleister Crowley's and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers' observations in the "THE GOETIA -- The Lesser Key of Solomon the King" as introduced by Aleister Crowley. Red Wheel/Weiser Books, 1995. With the exception of the description of Lucifer which is taken from Wikipedia.

The images are not meant to be illustrated graphic accuracies which toe the lines drawn in Crowley/Mathers' descriptions, but are rather, personal and in many cases in-process interpretations, based on the intrinsic aspects of the characters evoked in the section entitled, "Shemhamphorash." These are personal artistic interpretations intended to reflect internal processes and reflections inspired by the dark era through which we are presently surviving, and in no way are meant to reflect the views or processes of the Ordo Templi Orientis, or any other order, temple, or church. I certainly do not intend to get involved in or take a side in any of the internal politics of Order of the Golden Dawn, or any other group concerned with arcane wisdom.

I am moving out of a period of using only my own portrait as the basis for the transformations of genies depicted in the "Goetia." My first attempt using a model is with the forty-second of them, the mermaid Vepar. Here I begin to realize that some of these entities are female. I hope to depict more of them as such. I was initially hesitant to go beyond my own image, but thought the best I could hope for in terms of depicting myself as female would be a masquerade. I've chosen therefore to remove the restriction to the self-portrait, so as touch a deeper truth.

Note: In some ways I've found similarities in digital manipulations to the utilization of a "black mirror," in magickal evocation -- and this may pose a question about the utility of a computer or video screen in place of the traditional polished black stone for ceremonial applications, particularly for those more inclined towards creative rituals like those in"Chaos Magick."

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This is a lot of stuff. It covers several media, a number of years, and a diverse range of lines of thought. I'd like to direct it towards creating full ritual events complete with setting, realizable props and garments, and overall liturgy. Piece by piece though, it moves forward slowly in a great mass of sketches and moments working on details of individual paintings and such. I find myself redoubling my energies towards the Arts in these times. There is no doubt in my mind as to their importance as a civilizing tool amidst the Homo Sapiens. As such I'm open to trading ideas and/or collaborations with kindred spirited artists.

I'm open to conversation about the Arts. I'm open to hear your point-of-view and interest. Contact me if you'd like.

We are all potentially the historic representatives of some very challenging times. Do it well. Enjoy!