For most of these pieces, I have taken pre-existing paintings and torn them up to create completely new works using safety pins or glue.
I love these methods because the process of figuring out their rules and implications is an ongoing challenge and provides a continuous source of new ideas and possibilities.
Click on the thumbnails for larger pictures. The pieces progress from newest to oldest.
"Lust" 24" x 24" Acrylic on canvas w/ Safety Pins
"9 Flats" Acrylic on Canvas. 30" x 30". I post this to show some paintings that I'd normally cut up to make safety-pin pieces.
"Mondrianesque Woven Weaves" 24"x 24" Acrylic on Canvas, Woven repeatedly
"Tribute To Jasper Johns" 24" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas w/ Safety Pins
"Painting For My Father" 36" x 22" Acrylic on Canvas w/ Safety Pins
"Synthesis" 2008 Acrylic on Canvas w/ Safety Pins
"Dropcloth Remix" 24 x 24" Acrylic on Canvas w/ Safety Pins
"Multicolor Cascades" 22" x 18" Acrylic on Canvas w/ Safety Pins
"Interlocking Holes" 40" x 40"
"Levin Wedding" 24" x 10" each
"16 Dualities"
"Mirage"
"16 Dualities" Detail
"16 Dualities" Detail
"Summertime" 16" x 21", Acrylic on Canvas with Safety Pins, mounted on 20 individual frames, mounted together
"Summertime" Detail
Bunnie
Bunnie Detail
Nested Rectangles
Multicolor Pin Weave
Red Flower
"Interlocking Holes"
"Intersecting Weaves"
"Parallax"
"3 Stage Blue Cascades"
"Red Purple Hole Cascade"
"Salmon"
"Holes"
"Green Cascades"
"KOS(D)"
"Black Hole"
"Dots"
"Red Orange Dot"
"Dropcloth Remix" 24 x 24" Acrylic on Canvas w/ Safety Pins
"Earth Tone Dropcloth with Rings" Acrylic on Canvas
