Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Work in progress: Killers of the State


Condoleezza Rice's earring is a skull and cross bones. I'm painting an American flag pin on her jacket. Hillary Clinton's visible earring is the world.
Condoleezza Rice's exploits are common knowledge and much discussed, but Hillary Clinton's greatest crimes seem to be her marriage to former president Bill Clinton and that she's a woman. These women are helping and have helped to expand the American frontier and both have aided in the stripping of our civil liberties. Hillary Clinton voted for the Patriot Act in 2001 and it's renewal in 2006. Her political tactics and choices receive less attention. Let's judge these civil servants based on their politics and not their personal lives or gender.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Work in progress: The Ladies Love Cool James...

" The Ladies Love Cool James "
oil on canvas
15 in. x 30 in.

This is part of the "PyschoPop" series that as of now includes portraits of David Bowie, Nancy Spungen and Lou Reed.
I'm still in the under painting stage with this one. These paintings are portraits of pop culture icons that defied gender roles and were pivotal to the punk music scene. Disco mystics, Dum Dum Boys and Space Oddities.



(left to right)
Miss Nancy if You're Nasty.
Oil on canvas paper

PyschoPop!
oil on wood

Hot Tramp, I Love you so.
Oil on board

The portrait of Lou Reed can be viewed at http://www.myspace.com/milacharleston

Work in progress: Condoleezza & Hillary