In the theatre world, the actor/character separation is always a dilemma. In the Ancient world, the mask was the solution.
I needed a change after painting on canvas for the last four years. In my case, the mask is my tool for impersonating a sculptor and re-working all the cardboard boxes that come through my store.
Acrobat
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
20" x 12" / Private collection
Bacchus 2
Mixed media on cardboard, March 2009
21" x 12" / Private collection
Barbara
Mixed media on cardboard, March 2009
18" x 12"/ Private collection
Brad
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
22" x 17" / Private collection
Derek T
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
25 " x 17" / Private collection
Emily
Mixed media on cardboard / April 2009
17" x 13" / Private collection
J.B.
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
21"x12" / Private collection
Jim
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
22" x 17" / Private collection
Joe B
Mixed media on cardboard / May 2009
27" x 19" / Private collection
Kitty Witty
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
20" x 12" / Private Collection
Liz
Mixed media on cardboard / April 2009
18" x 13"
Lorraine
Mixed media on cardboard, August 2009
21" x 14" / Private collection
Mask 1
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
15" x 10" / Private collection
Possibility
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
17" x 10"
Cretan
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
19" x 10" / Private collection
Mask 5
Mixed media on cardboard, 2009
18" x 11" / Private collection