Brenda McCool
Brenda McCool

Portrait of Brenda McCool for memorial art show for Pulse Nightclub shooting, during PRIDE at Fort Mason, San Francisco, 2017.

The Blue Demon, 2010
The Blue Demon, 2010

This portrait of the Blue Demon, Lucha Libre megastar, was made for a special Lucha Libre film night at Jack Stevenson’s cinema in Copenhagen in 2010. It is based on the famous Lourdes Grobet photographic portrait of him.

Mariangela Celeste, 2020
Mariangela Celeste, 2020

Commissioned portrait for singer Mariangela Celeste for Maggot Brain Magazine.

Denis Johnson, 2020
Denis Johnson, 2020

Commissioned portrait of writer Denis Johnson for Maggot Brain magazine.

Jaina Davis, 2005
Jaina Davis, 2005
Devendra Banhart, 2005
Devendra Banhart, 2005

This portrait of singer Devandra Banhart was featured on a wall of my portraits at Yeba Buena Center for the Arts’ biennial showcase, Bay Area Now (4), in 2005.

Paula Frazer, 2004
Paula Frazer, 2004

Paula Frazer is a singer, songwriter, and musician from San Francisco, CA.

Dale Seever, Comedian and Radio Host, 2012
Dale Seever, Comedian and Radio Host, 2012

Famous comedian and radio personalityy extraordinaire Dale Seever poses near the magestic Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY, for this special portrait.

Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian, 2005
Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian, 2005

Kevin Killian commissioned this portrait from me of him and his partner Dodie Bellamy, both beloved San Francisco writers deeply intrinsic to the Bay Area Art world. In 2006 it was featured in a show about them at White Columns in NYC called OTHER PEOPLE’S PROJECTS: Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian.

Inger and her dog, 2009
Inger and her dog, 2009

Commissioned Portrait

Kumi Wickramasinghe, 2016
Kumi Wickramasinghe, 2016

Portrait of my friend Kumi from the group portrait show “With Liberty and Justice for Some” I was invited to participate in about immigrants, following the 2016 presidential election.

The Red Man, 2002
The Red Man, 2002

The Red man, aka, “Prince Charm”, and “Prince Rojo”, was a mysterious and infamous character in the Mission District of San Francisco throughout the late 1980’s, 90’s, and into the 2000’s. While working at Adobe Books Prince Charm befriended the staff of our store and gallery, and in 2002 artist Lara Allen and I curated a group portrait show in his honor.