Artist Gallery

Photography

Baby is a SPCA Tampa bay adoptable shelter dog 

Painting

Photography

This is a photograph taken with a Minolta X370 35mm film camera using Kodak Tri-X Pan 400 film. It is of some of the ruins of the old gunpowder mill complex, built by Asa Taylor in 1816 and operated by the Laflin & Rand Powder Company after 1869, located in the Town of Newburgh, NY in Algonquin Park. The mill produced gun powder for local residents for hunting and sport at the time before producing finer smokeless powder used by the Union Army in the Civil War.

Works on Paper

marker on paper

Photography

Waves

Works on Paper

18x24 Pointillism portrait in India Ink on watercolor paper of an elderly African American woman. Work signed under my previous name as J White Nelson. 

Works on Paper

I drew this during a study hall at school. The picture was really small considering I had to squint at the screen of my iPod to see it. Done entirely in pen, and I'm actually surprised on how well it came out. :)

Works on Paper

Watercolor on paper.

Sculpture

A paper mache grizzly bear and salmon.

Painting

In this painting I wanted to elicit both feelings of serenity and exhilaration, by including the peaceful, beautiful night sky and the Honda S2000. This is reminiscent of late night drives up the mountains, when the world is sleeping and darkness seems to extend for miles.

Sculpture

Hand-built coil pot. Carved design.
Clay.

Works on Paper

Painting

9x12 acrylic landscape / framed, ready to hang / for sale / unfinished edges /

Painting

This is a painting of my version of a man walking threw the dessert and sitting pondering where the extra set of foot prints is coming from.

Works on Paper

Musicians painted from photo. This was exercise done in Chris Sullivan watercolor class, thru Coastline College. I used the white of the paper and large colorful shapes to move the viewer thru the painting.

Photography

Works on Paper

Photography

My reflection of Dr.King through my lens.

Works on Paper

colored pencil drawing

Painting

Works on Paper

This drawing was show at the NAP 2013 "On Our Own Time" Exhibition at the University of Arizona. The drawing was completed in 2011 and is part of my series called The Living Machines. These works depict machine creatures living in futuristic landscapes.

Painting

Mixed Media

SDED-CC, 2022
Acrylic on canvas giclee print over plywood, and 27 x 5/8 x 5/8 inch wood
24 x 27 x 1/4 in (61 x 69 x 0.6 cm)
SDED-CC was conceived years ago but (like all good things) only today delivered to your viewing pleasure. Since my main interest is merging 2-D and 3-D through an intellectual 2.5 dimension, this piece is one of my finest that uses the fontalumi gesture to help the transition. The red rectangular prism is physically protruding through the surface as if coming out from the space Lucio Fontana believed needed to be freed from behind the canvas.
Serving the 2D to 3D illusion, a blue band is overlapping the (red) 3-D element redefining the forward-backward dynamic. For the mirage of depth a Culture Hustle Stuart Semple black 3.0 paint was used helping the bright red popping out even more.

Painting

COLORED PENCILS ON GRAY CARDBOARD

Painting

Acrylic on paper of prayer flags at the Maui Dharma Center.
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Painting

Acrylic painting. Being very sick for all of February, I now wonder if I was fighting COVID-19.

Mixed Media

Generational Trauma Unmasked - 6 - 11x14 inch canvas broads depicting the life of the dreadful mask worn by many Black Americans throughout the history of America. Each board shows the pain felt by the individual in direct relation to the events taking place around them, but the mask hides their true feelings and emotions for their survival. Throughout time the mask becomes worn and damaged and the younger generations don’t feel the need to hide their true selves. The last board reflects our hope for our future generations and the burning of the mask.

Works on Paper

Painting

Acrylic and latex on Bark
26" x 26"
2010

Painting

This series of artwork consists of five-seven 48”x48”x1.5” pieces of work. Using acrylic paint and pouring medium, I mixed plethoras of color together and streamed them onto canvas. As the colors cascaded down and deluged the canvas, I dragged objects through them to create unique patterns. I added a coral reef filled with varieties of underwater plants and fish to live in that reef. Each fish had a different personality, and as I painted I found myself feeling what I imagined the fish felt: the harmony of living among others, the tranquility of being under the ocean, and the contentment of being where they wanted to be.
I first started this Under the Sea series at the beginning of coronavirus lockdown. I felt as if under the sea was the safest place on earth at that time, so decided to depict a seascape on my canvas. I was able to paint in peace, and worried about nothing else. These pieces continued to bring me pacification until the day I got the news that my son had contracted coronavirus, and was admitted into the hospital in serious condition. Then, all at once, the artwork was abandoned and I felt as if I had fallen into a black hole. I could no longer find the energy to finish these paintings. I could do nothing but think of my son, praying that he would be okay, and for many weeks the series sat alone in my studio. After my son recovered from his close encounter with the COVID-19 virus, I felt as if I could finally come face-to-face with these paintings, and finish them. However, my mind was still in disarray and my emotional health had not quite recovered yet, so I took my time finishing the works. I wanted to capture the inner peace I felt when I first started painting. Every day I would work longer and longer until I took a step back and found the series was complete, and my emotions were healed. These paintings gradually enabled me to recover from the devastating shock of possibly losing a child, and helped me cope with those terrible feelings.

Mixed Media

Painting

oil, 16x20