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Discovery

Discovery, 1994
Discovery, 1994
Discovery

Discovery, 1994

This photo of a futuristic conquistador is from early in my career. The background is a photo of marble stairs from the atrium of the World Trade Center, which was then was flipped, mirrored, and combined with a comp of blue buildings and a red sunset, a 3d render of the image mapped onto a sphere and the wooden man is an actual sculpture from a mansion in the UK.

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Flying Squirrel

Flying Squirrel
Flying Squirrel
Flying Squirrel

Flying Squirrel, 2023

The source image for ‘Flying Squirrel’ came from a vintage McDonald’s in California, that looks exactly the same as it did in the 1950s. While waiting for a cheeseburger, I snapped a photo of one of the golden arches, and when the final piece was assembled, it reminded me of one of the vintage spacecraft from 1930s science fiction films, being piloted by an angry little cartoon squirrel.

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Landing Bay 01

Landing Bay 01
Landing Bay 01
Landing Bay 01

Landing Bay 01, 2007

This minimalist serenity of this image is reminiscent of a set from a science-fiction movie. It’s geometric architecture and the fact that light comes from both above and below makes it feel like we are floating in the upper atmosphere, waiting for transport to arrive. The subject for the source image came was a subway stop in Los Angeles.

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Stars and Stripes

Stars And Stripes
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes, 2018

Stars and stripes is reminiscent of jet contrails left behind after a patriotic air show. The composition of elements created by steel bars, barbed wire, and razor wire, could be viewed as a commentary on the erosion of the American dream, as well as criticism of the rise of America’s anti-immigrant and anti-crime policies that have resulted in the highest incarceration per capita of any industrialized nation.

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Automaton

Automaton
Automaton
Automaton

Automaton, 2017

This piece looks like a giant floating mouth  or animated character that is about to speak. The source image is taken looking directly up the at the façade of a Museum in Los Angeles, and I was surprised at the sublime nature of the creature that emerged in the final piece. A lot of my art is based on our instinctual ability to detect faces as an evolutionary survival trait, so look closely for the faces in my work, and you will see an array of great characters.

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Angry Planet

Angry Planet
Angry Planet
Angry Planet

Angry Planet, 2023

The source image for angry planet came from the renovation of the Motion Picture Museum in Los Angeles, while it was still under construction. The title is derived from the fact that the two eyes in the center of the planet don’t look happy because of all the construction going on.

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Flying

Flying
Flying
Flying

Flying, 1996

This image always reminded me of Sand Yachts sailing across a mirage on the desert, and the shadow of the bird on the right most tent, gives the impression that they are cruising along at top speed. The source image is actually a photo of the tent tops at my cousins wedding, and the shadow of the bird was actually created by the very tip of the branch of a pine branch.

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Floating Glass Cube

Floating Glass Cube
Floating Glass Cube
Floating Glass Cube

Floating Glass Cube, 2019

This image looks like a glass box with a brass frame that is floating in front of an intricate background with late 1800s architectural detailing. This photo is actually not a composite; it is a single image that was taken in the entrance of Pasadena City Hall in California, looking straight up. The cube is a giant chandelier hanging from the ceiling, with just the right light to give it some dimensionality.

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Legislature of Gravity

Legislature Of Gravity
Legislature of Gravity
Legislature of Gravity

Legislature of Gravity, 2022

The interesting thing about this image is that as the viewer approaches, the image transforms from resembling four columns at a distance, to 8 hallways as more and more fine details are revealed. The image was shot in one of the outer porticos of a hotel in Washington DC, which ultimately resulted in a complex structure, reminiscent of the types of buildings in which legislatures reside. Since lamps extend both from the floor and the ceiling, this is not a space for gravity, but rather the space were laws are made to govern gravity.

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Sunflower Bridge

Sunflower Bridge
Sunflower Bridge
Sunflower Bridge

Sunflower Bridge, 2008

This image was taken in a field near Fillmore, California, were several decommissioned tussle bridges were sitting in the field, waiting to be incorporated into a new housing development nearby. After this came together, it resembles some kind of flying apparatus that had put down in a field of sunflowers.

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The Hive

Empty Hive
The Hive
The Hive

The Hive, 2008

The source for the hive is a photo of the porch from an abandoned house in Northern Virginia. Abandoned buildings are fascinating, because without maintenance nature, encroaches and reclaims what once belonged to it. In this case, the mirroring effect created lots of little insects and other entities, which are actively working to build a home in the abandoned space left by people who, no longer assert their mastery over nature.

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Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point, 2006

Vanishing point started as a photo of a sealed off loading dock of a giant warehouse, in the arts district of downtown Los Angeles. The resulting image disappears far back into the distance, and is reminiscing of artistic perspective, studies, disappearing at a central point on the horizon.

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Feeding Time

Feeding Time
Feeding Time
Feeding Time

Feeding Time, 2011

Feeding time came from a shot inside an old school greenhouse in Baltimore that was constructed in 1888. Once processed, the open doors in the center looked a lot like the mouth of a steampunk duck, and if you look deeper inside that mouth, you can see all kinds of creatures waiting to be fed.

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Centerpede

Centerpede
Centerpede
Centerpede

Centerpede, 2022

Centerpede looks like some giant creature crawling around with thousands of legs, observing you with the giant eye positioned in the middle of its anatomy. The source image is simply a fence corner somewhere in Van Nuys, CA, but the red color and in contrast with the blue sky creates a perception of organic complexity.

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Diamond House

DIamond House
Diamond House
Diamond House

Diamond House, 2018

This complex construction is reminiscent of many modern buildings in Los Angeles, and was in fact a storefront under construction on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. The interplay of the different shapes made from glass and concrete create the feeling of a complex structure levitating in the atmosphere that could be the future home of today’s billionaires.

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Instrument of Mass Distraction

Instrument Of Mass Distraction
Instrument of Mass Distraction
Instrument Of Mass Distraction

Instrument of Mass Distraction, 2018

The source image is photo of portable corona typewriter from the early 1900s, which is the precursor of today’s portable computers and other communication devices. Typewriter keyboards remain a primary tool used to separate us from oblivion, and the skill with which it is wielded deeply affects our perceptions, reality and all that follows. When I mirrored the image, it resembled an Accordion, and made me want to put a twist on the concept of ‘the pen is mightier than the sword,’ on a global, WMD sized scale.

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Bushy Hair

Bushy Hair
Bushy Hair
Bushy Hair

Bushy Hair, 1996

Bushy hair was created when I was photographing a woman and asked her to go stand under a tree that looked really big, but the foliage completely obscured the upper part of her body and looked like a comically giant curly hair-do. A few years later, while playing with some images of the  Anaheim Convention Center, I added several of these fantastic trees to the futuristic environment.

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WTC, NYC

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WTC, NYC, 1991
WTC, NYC

WTC, NYC,  1991

I’m not sure of the exact date this picture was taken because it was shot on film, but it is not a composite. One day in 1990 or 1991, I ventured out to the west shoreline of Manhattan, and was struck by this rusted beam from the long ago demolition of a building on a pier. By trying to make the broken steel beam a part of the background skyline, I was trying confuse the viewer’s sense of depth and scale, but also make a visual statement that sooner or later mankind’s greatest accomplishments would be lying in ruins, not realizing at the time that a only decade later, the World Trade Center would itself be a twisted pile of broken steel.

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GeoVascular

GeoVascular
GeoVascular
GeoVascular

GeoVascular, 2022

The source image for this is a tree in West Hollywood that I photographed while walking around with an infrared camera. Once processed, I noticed that when inverted, the image looked like a pair of lungs with an exposed vascular system, which seemed like a good metaphor for the degradation of our environment.

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The Architect

The Architect
The Architect
The Architect

The Architect, 1994

The architect himself is actually a stained glass window designer, combined with Gothic architecture from a building in Cheltenham, UK, as well as a wooden sculpture from a mansion in the same area, and the clear calm waters of the Menai straits, in North Wales. The different elements create an image that comments on man’s mastery over nature, or the divine plan for all of us.

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The Librarian

The Librarian
The Librarian
The Librarian

The Librarian, 2011

The source image for this is the sign of a building in Santa Monica with art deco features.
Once the image was processed, I was struck by how the image affects depth perception, beyond the details of the canopy looking somewhat like the pages of an open book, along with what looks like a stern face, reminded me perfectly of every librarian that has ever told me to be quiet.

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Glass Maze

Glass Maze
Glass Maze
Glass Maze

Glass Maze, 2011

The original source image, for this was the complex façade of an apartment building in New York City. The way the balconies and modern features on the front of the building reflect into the glass create a very complex shape, and when it was processed, all sense of perspective disappeared and it seems like a confusing inter-dimensional labyrinth.

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Diety

Diety
Diety
Diety

Diety, 2022

This image was created from a photo of the lobby of a museum in Washington DC. The LED display on the ceiling would randomly change, but at the moment that I took this picture it was floral. When I processed the image, a creature emerged at the end of what looked like an elaborate atrium, suggesting that it was some sort of a supreme being.

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Nose Job

Nose Job
Nose Job
Nose Job

Nose Job, 1992

‘Nose Job’ started off as an exercise in facial retouching that got a little out of hand, and ended up winning an Ilford award for Electronic Imaging in 1994. During the process, I wondered what it would look like if the subject’s nose were connected to her jawline. After inserting a spectacular sky in the background, it looked amazing, but I was still nervous when presenting it to the model, because I wasn’t sure how she would take it. But she laughed, and said she was going to send it to her boyfriend and tell him that she had a nose job. Hence the title.

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