American Youth is a series of paintings depicting the experience of returning to live in my hometown of Fort Worth, Texas after being away for almost 10 years. I've spent the better part of this year consumed with it. Every flat surface of the studio has been covered in Lincoln Logs, cap guns, wind-up robots and dinosaur figurines. Grocery money was spent on thrift store toys and hours went by as I re-read the diaries I had written as a kid. I climbed back into my childhood and now it's time to resurface. I'm done with the series and the series is done with me. So long cowboy...
Jacks Landscape
oil on wood, 48"x32", 2012
Doll Landscape
oil on wood, 48"x32", 2012
Dinos
oil on vintage wallpaper,13"x11", 2012
Birds
oil on vintage wallpaper, 13"x11", 2012
Guns
oil on vintage wallpaper, 13"x11", 2012
Cowboys & Indians
oil on vintage wallpaper, 13"x11", 2012
Jacks
oil on vintage wallpaper, 13"x11", 2012
Ode to the Joan Vollmer-William Tell Incident
oil on wood, 46"x34", 2012
Can Phone
oil on wood, 46"x34", 2012
American Youth Airborne
oil on wood, 50"x34", 2012
American Youth on Land
oil on wood, 50"x34", 2012
American Youth at Sea
oil on wood, 50"x34", 2012
Dino Cowboy Standoff
pastel, 8"x10", 2012
Robo Wagon
embroidery, 8"x10", 2012
Pink Boot Convo
acrylic and pastel, 8"x10", 2012
way to go, pal!
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