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SMALLTOWN BOYZ

This series examines violence against the LGBTQIA+ community from the 1980s to the present day. As a young gay man who moved to New York in 1989, I was profoundly impacted by the gay and trans bashing that was rampant during that time—no doubt motivated by the fear and homophobia that exploded with the advent of the AIDS crisis. The series features portraits of gay, lesbian, and gender-nonnormative individuals, all bearing visible signs of brutalization. These marks of violence are depicted using floral motifs, highlighting the absurdity of man’s inhumanity to man, while serving as a symbolic nod to the flower’s historical connection to homosexuality, with references such as the pansy as slang and the florist stereotype.

ENLIGHTENED BEINGS

Some people ask me if these are machine elves, the inter-dimensional beings encountered during an ayahuasca trip. Others wonder whether they are alien deities who’ve come to protect and advance mankind. No matter how you define them, these avatars will hasten your path to total spiritual enlightenment.

ALDEBARAN

A fictional planet made famous in a Rolling Stones song. Aldebaran is an ideal world where racial boundaries do not exist, napalm is a harmless substance, pills are not addictive, and ski season is year round.

Bacchanal

Not since pagan Rome has there been an era as giddily hedonistic as the glittering 1970s. It was a time when the relentless pursuit of pleasure became society’s raison d'être. Studio 54’s infamous man-in-the-moon-with-a-coke-spoon, along with the RORER 714 Quaalude, become core icons around which this louche 70s narrative unfolds. Christian symbolism, juxtaposed with debauched archetypes like vampires and diablos, foreshadows the conflict between hyper-morality and sexual freedom that resulted a few short years later with the AIDS pandemic.