Characters In Search of a Story
Characters In Search of a Story borrows from Luigi Pirandello's 1921 play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, an experimental work that explores the relationship between reality and fiction, and the nature of art and reality. There is an enigmatic, sustained, and undefined sense about these works that I find intriguing and open to interpretation. The ambiguous nature and anonymity of the characters allows the viewer to serve as author simply by providing a narrative. However, by refusing to provide a narrative, the characters still exist and live private lives as with the majority of people we encounter on a daily basis.
“Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. Because a character will never die! A man will die, a writer, the instrument of creation: but what he has created will never die!”
WALKING MAN Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 11" x 15" c. 2000
RAIN QUEEN Pen and gesso on Stonehenge 10" x 10" 10/28/2021
THEN THE STARS BEGAN TO FALL Pen, ink and gesso on Stonehenge 10" x 10" 11/01/2021
CHARON Pen, ink and gesso on Stonehenge 10" x 10" 11/04/2021
NEW PRIMITIVE (AT THE BORDER) Monotype on Rives B.F.K. c. 1999 Collection of Christopher A. and Jennifer A., New York, USA
DOGLEG AFTERNOON Pen, ink and gesso on Stonehenge 10" x 10" 10/28/2021
IT WAS HERS TO KEEP Graphite, ink pen and gesso on Stonehenge 7.5" x 11" 11/05/2021 Collection of Diane L., Florida, USA
BIRTH OF BOTTICELLI Pen, ink and gesso on Stonehenge 10" x 10" 11/11/2021
CAPRICE Graphite, pen/ink wash on Stonehenge 20" x 20" 11/17/2021
ENIGMA #1 (LADY LIBERTY) Charcoal on Stonehenge 22" X 30" 12/25/2020 Collection of Zachery T. New York, USA
WALKING MAN Charcoal on Stonehenge 22" x 30" Collection of Donna T., Florida, USA
DARK FIGURE Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 22" x 30" c. 2000 Collection of Mavis Y., USA/International
FIGURE IN A LANDSCAPE Monotype 12" x 12" c. 2001 Collection of Erin B. Florida, USA
FIGURE IN A LANDSCAPE Monotype 12" x 12" c. 2003
MAN IN LANDSCAPE Monotype and oil on Rives B.F.K. 12" x 12" c. 2001 Purchased in private auction
FIGURE OF MAN WITH PET DEER Monotype on Rives B.F.K. c. 5" x 7" c. 2000
ABSTRACTED MAN IN LANDSCAPE Monotype and oil on Rives B.F.K. c. 6" x 8" c. 2000
DOG AND BOAT Monotype on Rives B.F.K. mounted on panel 12" x 12" 2016
GONE FISHING Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 3.5" x 5.5" c. 2000
NIGHT PASSAGE Oil on panel 7" x 7" 10/09/2024
MAN WITH HAT Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 11" x 15" c. 2008
FIGURE WITH FISH Monotype and gyotaku on Rives B.F.K. c. 1998
STANDING MAN Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 11" x 15" c. 2008
HORNED FIGURE 6" x 11" Monotype on Rives B.F.K. c. 1992 Sold to collector in 2018
LAZARUS SEATED Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 11" x 15" c. 2008
LAZARUS SEATED Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 11" x 15" c. 2008
LAZARUS ARISE Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 5" x 7" c. 1999
DARK ANGEL Monotype on Arches 11" x 15" c. 1993 Collection of Drew O., Florida, USA
OGRE DYNAMIC Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 5" x 7" c. 1999
ARCHANGEL Monotype on Arches 18" x 24" c. 1993 Private collection: Florida, USA
CHANGELING Monotype on Arches c. 18" x 24" c. 1993 Collection of Beth R., Florida, USA
COUCH COUPLE Monotype on Arches 9" x 11" c. 1995
JOINED AT THE HIP Monotype on Arches 9" x 11" c. 1995
PARK BENCH Monotype on Rives B.F.K. c. 15" x 11" c. 1999
SILHOUETTED FIGURE Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 5" x 7" c. 1999