Every once in a while I do a painting that just totally works out. I mean on a deeper level. I've got all this bombast going on here which makes me look like a bit of a hard ass. Well... that depends our your view point, I guess. The edgy, feisty and sarcastic me makes for better press and better presses your buttons. There you go. But I also know there is a lot of fun and beauty in the world and, on occasion, I like to try capture it in my art. I have rare glimpse of true peace and joy. Those moments are fleeting... but I have had enough of them to know they are real and maybe we all have a pleasant surprise waiting for us on the other side. This painting started as a table... the top of the table is now the painting. I started with a hokey peace and devil thing on the table without much feeling behind it. The table sat in the basement for years and I finally got pissed moving it around and dismantled it. I kept the top because there were elements in the painting I really liked. Then I met some neighbors... who turned out to be real sweethearts... And they asked me to come up with a painting for them. They love their many dogs, cats and horses, so I knew I needed to work some of them into the mix. Then I remembered this table top and instantly knew it was right to build their painting using it as a base. The table top found the meaning it was looking for all along. So there you go... if you found this page and read the copy... this is the side of me that fights for dominance with the more pointed and tacky side of me.

Jerry & Shelly
48 x 35 x 3