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• Vrindavan Metamorphosis

  Inspired by a trip to India and a visit to a homeless widow’s shelter in Vrindavan.

• Skateboard Decks

  Here’s a look at a few skateboard decks I designed. All designs began as pencil drawings which I then redrew in Illustrator to create a a scalable vector image. from left: “Fly it”, “Origins”, and “Jump It”

• Pink Katydid

  These must be among the coolest and rarest insects out there. You can take a look at what a real one looks like here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/32354 Lately I’ve been inspired by the color pink, not your typical bubblegum pink,  but that really funky fuschia and hot pink that conjures images of 60s mod fashion. My friend [...]

• Manduca Sexta

  16″x20″ acrylic painting on collaged surface. The collaged layer is comprised of random slices of subway maps, mostly Tokyo, although I believe there are some Paris maps in there as well. The insect silouhette is of the manduca sexta moth also known as the tobacco hornworm. It’s no secret I have a fascination for insects, [...]

• Mango Macaws

  inspired by a dream I had… I am walking out of a forest to the edge of a lake that seems to blur in and out of focus. Before me is this strangely shaped tree with reptilian roots and branches teeming with large mangoes. Up on the tips of branches much too delicate to support [...]

• painting on bags

  Now you can carry my art over your shoulder and store your precious valuables inside…I’m designing, construction and painting my designs on bags and purses for my new company Üka. Totally one of a kind and very, very special. Read more about these here…get yours here. Keep in mind that due to the amount of [...]

• Musca Domestica

  And continuing to follow my latest trend of insect inspired designs, here is a mock-up of a T-shirt design featuring our friend the housefly derived from one of my pencil sketches. These T-shirts will eventually be on sale at ukastyle.com

• A couple of T-shirt designs

  After launching Üka, my small accessory company, I invested in a small screen printing system and have begun creating T-shirts from my artwork. These were my first 2 designs. More to come soon. All prints are created using eco-friendly water-based inks. These and other designs (when available) can be purchased in my etsy store.

• Paper Dolls Paper Dolls

  from left: “Paper Doll” graphite, ink and watercolor (SOLD). “Gender Roles for You and Me” mixed media (SOLD)

• Experimental Processes

  The very last art class I took before graduating college was called Experimental Processes. It was a class that intended to take painting students out of their comfort zone and allow them to experiment with non-traditional media. My most successful piece I felt was a self portrait, combining paint with one of my photo-plates left [...]