Acrylic Paintings

41" x 54"
In my stuffed animals series, I was trying to abstract the images to get down to positive and negative shapes. Also limiting the palette to a few colors, about three or four, further abstracts the images.

101" x 76"
Using my wife’s grandson, Teague, as subject material, I’m paying homage to Andy Warhol.

45" x 35"
Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo artist in American album history, is honored with an Andy Warhol style of tribute.

24" x 36"
In a magazine article written about my art work, it was noted that my works were “Pop Icons”. In our current society, our time and money is spent on our “toys” such as fancy cars, big screen televisions and summer home22s. The ultimate “toy” is a little red Corvette with a 350 cubic inch displacement in the engine. The title is in the body of the painting.

54" x 40"
Almost everything that we know about Vincent Van Gogh comes from the numerous letters that he wrote to his brother Theo. A self-portrait of Van Gogh enlarged and replicated using the words Vincent used to explain his work to his brother.

39" x 66"
On a trip to my home22town of Little Falls, NY, I visited the Nicholas Herkimer Homestead, a State Historic Site. During the Revolutionary War, the British sent three armies to divide the American Colonies. One army went North from New York City, One went South from Lake Champlain, and the third, led by Colonel Barry St. Leger, went East from Lake Ontario. They were to meet in the Albany New York area and thus divide the New England Colonies from the Virginia Colonies. The Colonists beat back all three British Armies. At the Battle of Oriskany, General Herkimer, although severely wounded, was propped up under a tree and led his troops to defeat Colonel St. Leger. Herkimer died a few days later from his wounds. I interpreted a famous painting by F.C. Yohn. The General, hot and thirsty, is instructing his aide to “Go Get Me A Hot Dog And A Coke”. After the humor of the situation is appreciated, I hope that people will realize that war is no picnic.

48" x 78"
The US Army Recruiters had been on campus where I had worked. They had left hundreds of T-Shirt iron-on transfers of James Montgomery Flagg’s Uncle Sam telling all of the students to “Be All You Can Be”. This is my war/anti-war statement asking the students “What Can You Be?” Can you be for war? Can you be for peace?

48" x 48"
Painted as a tribute to Van Gogh on the 100th anniversary of his death. In total darkness, the title shows up in phosphorescent paint in his hat brim.

40" x 40"
Born Reginald K. Dwight, this is my tribute to singer Elton John.

48" x 36"
Dumbo’s friend Timothy in my stuffed animal series.

36" x 36"
The Epcot Center’s resident dragon.

48" x 48"
I was working with the nude figure in photography and evolved into silk screen prints and eventually into acrylic paintings.

16" x 16"
A small statement on the abstracted nude.

36" x 25"
My father’s cousin was Irving Prestopnik, award winning jazz clarinetist of the 1930’s and 1940’s, changed his name to Fazola with the urging of Louis Prima.

55" x 35"
Honoring both Garth Brooks and Andy Warhol.

29" x 23"
Depicting the images of Charles Darwin, and first and second season winners of the popular television series “Survivor”, Richard Hatch and Tina Wesson. Gloria Gaynor sang “I Will Survive”.

31" x 31"
Michelangelo’s St. Peter’s Pieta is used as a subject matter. Friends, of course, are Mary and Jesus.

40" x 30"
Stuffed flying elephants.

55" x 55"
Collage of the four characters from the “Batman Forever” movie. The Riddler’s question mark logo has been transformed into a dollar sign. Does creativity drive Hollywood today, or is it the “Almighty Dollar”?

60" x 48"
My niece had just been born and my family decided that since I was an artist that I needed to do a work of art for her. They suggested that I do some cute kittens, puppies or bunnies. I told them that I was a serious artist and I didn’t do “cute kittens, puppies or bunnies”, but they insisted. I found a “cute” cartoon bunny and made a silkscreen stencil and a subsequent checkerboard patterned hand colored print of some bunnies. Never one to waste a good stencil, I asked myself what could be more boring that looking at 57 painted bunnies. The answer of course is 58 painted bunnies.

24" x 36"
I see a bunch of Daffy Duck Clones. I noticed that the bottom row, third from left is the only one looking at me, so that is the Daffy that is paying attention and must be the real one in a group of impostors.

30" x 35"
I’ve elevated Dick Clark and Casey Kasem to Sainthood. By promoting rock and roll, they’ve changed the face of popular music in America and the world. They’re on Televisions with 45 RPM records as speakers, 45 RPM spindle discs as TV knobs. Flat halos give it a Byzantine, Mosaic Cathedral effect. An Elvis LP serves as Dick Clark’s halo and a Beatles LP for Casey Kasem.

50" x 44"
Anuszkiewicz made a painting. Springbock Company made a jigsaw puzzle out of it. I made a painting out of a puzzle piece. Is there another logical step?

60" x 40"
As a teacher, I walked out of my classroom one day and stepped on a Ronald McDonald toy template. Two days later, I went past a grand opening of a McDonalds Restaurant. A three story inflatable Ronald McDonald was swaying in the wind above the restaurant. His obnoxious red hair and red lips are everywhere. I painted him and then I painted him out.

37" x 37"
After a visit to Washington DC, our Nation’s Capital, I collaged photo-copies of five images around Washington, including a student friend, a Congresswoman, and myself. I superimposed the subway map on the city and included the words from the US Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Part of my tribute in honoring the United States of America.

30" x 40"
The first of my stuffed animals series. Shapes and colors are my subject matters.

42" x 36"
This is Micky’s best friend rendered in golds and browns.

40" x 36"
After reading the book “Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain” by Betty Edwards and teaching the techniques illustrated in the book, I started thinking, “I wonder if the right side of the brain looks different from the left side?” The right side would be multi-colored and made up of strange and exciting shapes. The left side would probably be gray and lined up in neat rows.

52" x 36"
With respect for Andy Warhol and his work, one day I thought I saw his ghost driving my VW Bus. I rubbed my eyes and there he was driving an “A W Bus”. Now I’m looking for the ghost of Elvis and Marilyn Monroe.

36" x 48"
After a visit to Greece, I collaged six images from that visit. I included the map of Greece, with the city of Athens subway system superimposed on the photo images. Also included, is the description of “The Sacred Rock of the Acropolis” written in the Greek alphabet.

46" x 46"
This is another one of my pop icons.

52" x 42"
Someone gave me a large canvas map of North America. After looking at it on and off for over ten years, I finally discovered that by turning the map upside down, squinting real hard, and using a lot of imagination, North America looks like a big animal of some kind…maybe a dog. I couldn’t get rid of the horn, pork chop or turd.