Nuts

oil and charcoal on paper
14 x 11 in
2014

Squirrel in fall

oil and mixed media on paper
27 x 21 in
2014

Boy

oil on canvas
14 x 18 in
2014

Woman and Child

oil and mixed media on canvas
24 x 20 in
2014-16

White noise (after Carpeaux's fisher boy with conch)

oil and charcoal on paper on board
30 x 24 in
2014

Shakespeare texting

oil and mixed media on paper on board
30 x 24 in
2014

baba and data

oil and charcoal on paper on board
30 x 24 in
2014

O2.0

oil and mixed media on paper
26 x 34 in
2015

google glass with dafodil

oil and mixed media on paper
26 x 36 in
2014

Self-discovery

Oil and mixed media on paper
26 x 36 in
2014

Thirsty

pencil on paper
8.5 x 11 in
2015

The apple of my i

oil, charcoal, digital transfer on paper
30 x 24 in
2016

Booth

oil and giclée print on canvas
14 x 18 in
2015

Gimme Shelter

oil on canvas
14 x 18 in
2015

Framing Device

Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in
2016

Holding Light

Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in
2015

The Bat Signal

Oil and giclée print on canvas
20 x 24 in
2015-16

Central Park Hawk (collecting selfie sticks)

oil and charcoal on paper
24.5 x 30.5 in
2015

The thoughtless

oil and mixed media on paper
11 x 8 in
2013

Deaf falcon

oil and mixed media on paper
30 x 22 in
2014

1 train

oil and mixed media on paper
26 x 36 in
2014

1 train (passengers)

oil and mixed media on paper
26 x 36 in
2014

Plat-forms

oil and mixed media on paper
26 x 36 in
2014

reflection in a moving train I

oil on board
16 x 12 in
2014

New York elder

Oil on canvas on board
19.5 16 in
2013

Reflection in a moving train II

oil on board
16 x 11 in
2014

Painter hydrant

oil on canvas on board
19.5 x 16 in
2013

Renee the dancer… on Broadway (and 72nd)

Oil and mixed media on paper
22 x 30 in
2013

Nuts in New York

I moved to United States from Australia in 2011. When I arrived in New York my eyes were wide open and I often still have trouble getting to sleep!

New York City for me was a place of opportunity and freedom. Over time I began to notice how our technologies were impeding that freedom. Freedom, not as choice, not as the selfish desire to do as one wishes, but freedom of mind, freedom of thought, what Krishnamurti called ‘the first and last freedom’.

The implications of that internal freedom or lack there-of, inevitably extend into the world of people, places and things, the world of relationships, and now the world of politics and public policy.

It is a tragedy that that inner freedom is eroding from within in the very city that once epitomized and symbolized freedom to the world.

Human dignity depends upon mental and bodily autonomy. Mandates that impede that autonomy are ethically indefensible and future generations will recognize them as such.

We need to catch up to the future before it gets away from us.