LICK!
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print. Three panels 17” x 38” each, 2025
A man and his dog. I set out to do a portrait of my friend and could not find a way that resonated with me. Until we did our umpteenth shoot and Gooner got affectionate. It’s a true portrait of Mike and Gooner. And the best way to illustrate the effect of having a portion of the sheet printed with an inkjet and the rest with silkscreen.
Grace
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print 44” x 34” 2024
Every so often, the grace of movement in daily life is art. (Left image is John Singer Sargents’ Study of a Spanish Dancer)
Hotdog Man
Four-Color Silkscreen in 9 panels
62” x 42”
2024
Dan is the Happy Dog hotdog man, famous everywhere and usually seen on River Street in Santa Cruz. He’s cool, interested in art, music, beer, creative mustards. If you’re around come sample one of his dogs.
Keith
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
60” x 32”
2024
Thought I’d try a three level approach with the background all silkscreen, Keith printed at 30% transparent on an Epson, and the foreground all Epson.
Me!
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
30” x 40”
2024
An indulgence. This self-portrait created to reflect a multilevel, sometimes messy personality.
Form or Substance?
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
44” x 44”
2023
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Here’s an environment that lends itself very well to the contrast seen between inkjet and silkscreen printing. A harsh and cold decor for a swanky restaurant mellows a bit thanks to the beautiful humans that work to serve.
This is Your Fucking Planet
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
40” x 24”
2023
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If we treat our environment in a disgusting way, why do we think we can get the people in power to make the changes we so critically need?
Dave
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
17” x 22”
2023
Selfie with a Leica
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
42” x 32”
2023
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Selfie by Alain DeBorger with his 1939 Leica camera. This is a study of black and white photography silkscreened using four-color separations.
Hula Oops!
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
44” x 39”
2022
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A tribute to Cesar, master bartender, and to the joy of sharing drinks with friends. This is an unusual blend of inkjet (left side fades to white) and silkscreen which gradually fades from left to white.
Primary Man
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
38” x 31”
2022
Jared has a strong and very rich personality. Not pastel colors there. This silkscreened portrait, with the primary color squares inkjet, displays a bright, luminous place with a man that fits there well.
Les Mûres
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
38” x 24”
2022
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I took this picture a very long time ago with a Nikon and some Kodachrome. Converting the slide to a digital version gave the inkjet part of the image an interesting grain that plays well with the screen dot of the silkscreened portion.
Hommage a Mohamed Mbougar Saar
Inkjet and Silkscreen Print
Nine panels of 17” x 22”
2022
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Buried inside somewhere in Mohamed MBougar Saar’s wonderful novel, La Plus Secrete Memoire des Hommes, lies the wonderful sentence that you see on the piece. This 9-panel silkscreen/inkjet print is an illustration of the not yet formed day referenced in the sentence. I gave this abstract thought a concrete setting like the early commute by subway, unformed and as yet undefined. I wanted errors in the separations, uncontrollable outcomes, disjointed panels because that’s what the beginning of a day often is for those who have to be up and out and ready to work.Translated: “In the day’s waiting room, the first sounds were becoming impatient.”
