Idylic America Series (#1, #4, #5)

watercolor
40" x 32"
2013-14

$2,800 each

At 10 years old I asked my father if I could be an artist. Showing him the drawing I did of Bambi from the TV Guide (You know the ones.  That if you could draw the Bambi or Pirate you could go to their art school), he did not believe that I drew it. He said, “No, you can not be an artist. It is better for you to work for the Lord”. Years later I went to my first Gay Pride Parade and I was inspired to paint the people in the parade which fueled my parents rejection of me. It didn't take me long to see what I connected with the LGBT community is acceptance and rejection. And that brings us to my "Idyllic America" series. I use the format of Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post, which is widely accepted, and then put in a subject matter that is still widely rejected.