“New Toy”(for Monk), 2010, oil/baltic birch, 12”-12”. For jazz musician and composer Thelonious Sphere Monk.
“Aquatic World”, 2009, oil/baltic birch, 24"-22". From the “Science Frictions” series. The world under water and out of time.
"Zim Zum", 2010, oil/baltic birch, 19"-27". A Kabbalistic shape shifting and contracting. From the “Science Frictions” series.
"Eve", 2009, oil/baltic birch, 15"-19". Serpents are not necessarily meant as symbols of evil or temptation in some cultures but are also symbols of good.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
"Ping", 1992 (revised 1997), oil/wood with ping pong ball, 14”-15”. For comedy genius and television star Ernie Kovacs.
"Pong", 1992 (revised 1997, for Bill Walton) oil/ping pong ball/wood, 12.5"-12.5". For my friend sculptor Bill Walton(1931-2010).
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Marina Franca (Marina Salz, my mother) in a publicity photo for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo which she danced with between 1938 and 1940.