I found inspiration for these while looking at Picasso and Braque's synthetic cubism.  They were being playful and often included guitars and part of the French word "jouer" meaning to play.  I switched to the Italian "giocare", to play, and turned the skull into guitars.  I used a more primitive style than normal, just as Braque and Picasso did.  On the first I also pasted a bit of newprint as they did.

 Goatar  11 x 14"

Goatar II  11 x 14"

Caprino Volare

11 x 14"

This little goat had just one horn.

Vertigine

24 x 20"  2011


Vertigo

I wanted to do a full profile of this skull.  I like the first one, but I wanted more color, hence the second.

Untitled
24 x 18"



























Outpost
22 x 28"

White Place Skull

18 x 24", 2011


Georgia O'keefe called this area the White Place.

Ghost Ranch Cliff Face

36 x 48", 2011




I saw a skull in this wall.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

36 x 30"' 2011

A cliff face at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM.

Blue Ghost Rock

36 x 12" 2011


We went to the Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, NM to see the area that inspired so much work by Georgia O'Keefe.  I didn't expect to see her paintings in the landscape so clearly, thinking they had to be imaginary, but there they were.  And the "ghosts" were there in the cliffs.

Ghost Ranch Night

30 x 24"

Cliffs are at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, skull is from Jackelope, Santa Fe, NM, color scheme and lighting is inspired by a Bolshoi Ballet Nutcracker performance.

Skull and Leaves

24 x 30"