Portfolio > Heart Works

I had open heart surgery in 2012 to replace my aortic valve with a pig valve. It was a slow recovery. I exorcised my anxieties by doing art concerned with the heart. In one large drawing the Pig has come back for it's valve. The eyes of the suicide king are collaged from a picture of the man who shot up a theater in Colorado and proclaimed himself the Joker.

The Ace of Hearts
acrylic on paper
4 1/2"x8"
2013
Suicide King of Hearts  as Joker
acrylic and mixed median paper
4 1/2"x8"
2013
Queen of hearts with child
acrylic and mixed media on paper
4 1/2"x8"
2013
Jack is Guy Fawkes
acrylic and mixed media on paper
4 1/2"x8"
2013
The Pig and I
mixed drawing mediums on collaged paper
2013
Shop the Pig
painted wood cutout with collage
2013
Generations
acrylic and mixed medium on wooden cutout
2013
Melt your cold cold heart
painted wood cutout with collage
2013
White King
acrylic and mixed media on paper
2013