Bridal Suspension
[br] [br] "Bridal Suspension"; watercolor on paper, self-made frame, ruched satin, bound, and tied with vintage bra straps with applied cup rosettes and garters. Displayed with hidden perfumed sachets attached in the corners. 52"h x 42"w. This painting was inspired by...
Modern Armor
[br] [br] "Modern Armor", charcoal on board, tie-silk mat, self-made frame, 6"w molding, with applied leather, cut from vintage jackets, industrial zippers, grommets and rabbits foot, 50"h x 43"w [br] The drawing "Modern Armor" is about the icon that this jacket...
Heroes
[br] [br] "Heroes", oil on canvas, self made frame with applied Veteran's Silk flowers , 56"h x 68"w In its most simplistic terms "Where have all the soldiers gone?" [br] Once this series of fashion related icons developed it didn't long before I took my old hippie...
Out of the Closet
[br] [br] "Out of the Closet", acrylic on canvas, self made frame, applied leather with vintage plastic jewels and zipper, 50"h x 43"w. Here the all to obvious nowadays, and by its title “Out of the Closet”, remains in its spirit, the mantra for all those who felt...
Cruelty and Beauty
[br] [br] “Cruelty and Beauty”, pencil drawing on board, self made frame, book matched veneer alligator and crocodile hide (made from broken vintage purses), 36″h x 46″w. When haven't sacrifices made in pursuing the beautification and decoration of human beings? Kohl...
Franz Kline’s Studio
[br] [br] "Franz Kline's Studio" White chalk and conte (Fr.) crayon on black paper, self made frame with applied faux zebra skin, 36"h x 46"w As a young art student in high school, on my trips into New York City, I often went to MOMA, the then adjacent Whitney, and...
First Love
[br] [br] "First Love" Colored pencil on board, self made frame, deer skin, stained and whip stitched rawhide binding. 33″h x 42″w… This drawing was the first one in the series of body coverings, "Art as Fashion/ Fashion as Art", that I did. My childhood baseball...
Sunset on America – The story
