ART ARCHIVE WORKS FROM 2001-2002 2002 Inside/Outside (The President's) UFO A Pair of Pears (after DiChirico) Still Life with Cherries Lost Time 12" x 12" pieces: La Mer If He Were Purple Pinstripe Magnolia Milan Composite 2001 Sunset Palms Lost & Found Molekular Still Life with Palms Compartments The Lovers (after Man Ray) FuelSell Memory ARTWORK FROM 2000-2001 Accident Waiting to Happen Airport Cinema Crossroads Escalator Gene Pool Heaven/Hell Imaginary Friend In Transit Save Sole Kitchen Sphere2a Telecom Avenue Untitled "A" Untitled "C"		PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS FROM 2002-2004 Creative spirit seems to co-exist or even thrive in areas of urban decay. The interplay of inexpensive rent, dilapidation, and danger seem to draw artists into an area which in turn becomes the cutting edge of gentrification. The works in this series are photographs printed digitally using archival ink and mounted onto stretched canvas. Each work is unique (i.e. not part of an edition). The group of photos titled "Artist Studio Building, Long Island City, New York" were taken of the surface of a building used by artists for studio space. The building also housed a sweatshop downstairs with the upper floors being used as artist studio space. Contrasts and comparisons can be made between the needs of the sweatshop workers to survive with the aspirations of the artists to freely express themselves. This idea may not necessarily be evident in the group of photos but the imagery is suggestive of what exists on the surface and what lies underneath. The group of photos taken in Paterson, New Jersey titled "2 Doors Down" was taken of a former industrial community on the verge of gentrification. The images are suggestive of how the community currently is and what it is in the process of becoming. I find myself drawn to the colors and textures of urban decay – the richness of the aesthetic of entropy. Graffiti, deteriorating architecture, ethnic diversity, and communities surviving under the hardship of economic dis-empowerment are environments full of life and drama, as well as, crime and hardship. The aspiration is towards renewal but at what cost? Could we find different ways to live and work among the existing residents? What role does the artist play in this gentrification scheme? (These works are an ongoing series.) Newark page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 Long Island City page 1 page 2 Paterson page 1