available paintings

minor adjustment 31”x 32” (acrylic and recycled cardboard on resonant window) $400.

a piece on an ongoing story woven between images spanning over a year. 53947 contemplates his latest font design. having perfected the process, he pulls threads of resonant energy to form the positive and negative spaces of the design. it only takes a minor nudge to his original design to find “perfection.”

again, i am reminded of my inability to see fine detail through the windows, his minor adjustment is lost on me as every view of his work in progress looks exactly the same to my vague eyes.

acrylic and cardboard on resonant window. 33” x 26” (2 canvas)

$800/both

a view from the cliffs that circle the valley of the city of gladwell. gladwell seems to be a moving city, crawling up the valley wall as it is energized with resonant energy from perching bluebirds. the valley seems to be full of truth-telling iconic, which seems to grow well-into the sea, producing bubbles of truth. the forever cupcake makes and appearance. reminding me that all things are neutral until judged. this, combined with the iconic, suggest to me that not all is what it seems to be. deeper consideration must be given.

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27” x 21” (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $400.
53947 is a typeface designer. while his world is incredibly visually complex, i cannot see the fine difference. it is as if i am looking into a hd world with 8-bit eyesight. this limitation makes all the “new romans” look similar to me. my brain has created a construct to tell them apart in the form of a number tag. periodically, in our communication, 53947 has shown me his work. while i know each font is unique, my eyesight has boiled the text down into some variation of “times new roman.” the icon-a was responsible for 53947’s awakening, making the letter “a” a favorite reflecting-point in his work.

35" x 23" (acrylic, cardboard and resonant window.) $500.
the greeble are self-sufficient, self-replicating critters that wander the land of worldview. nothing brings them more pleasure than domestic work. often a greeble will find itself in another part of the world after following a trail of rubbish in ecstatic euphoria. this tendency makes the greeble a valuable resource for news exchange in addition to a thorough cleaner.

29” x 32” (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $400.
53947, a typeface designer, and six live together in worldview. Even though six has the form of a cat, his function is as far from “pet” as can be—roommate might be a better term for the orange, vertically challenged critter.

33” x 26" (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $375.
occasionally, 53947 chooses to show me images of my world. sometimes they are playful observations from his side. other times, they are focusing pieces used to calibrate my sight using familiar structures or known concepts. buildings, i have come to understand, are frequently used to signify sturdy batteries of stored resonant energy. windows also serve this function in my work.

28" x 32" (acrylic, plaster and cardboard on resonant window.) $300.
six the cat cannot jump. he is bound to the ground and is therefore limited in his capacity to reach higher elevations(a favorite pastime of his) he takes a trip to see the “framework bloom” one day in order to acquire a block that will allow him to travel the height of an armchair-top on his own. the journey to find the bloom was a long one, but with the aid of the mileadean pen, it was a straight-forward one. the pen draws a perfect path to the users ideal location. all one needs to do is follow the line.

26" x 27" (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $340
there is a famous explorer in worldview. he has an unquenchable appetite for exploration. when the okeanos mountains formed so suddenly, he was immediately drawn to explore their new extreme landscape. uncharacteristically under-prepared, he launched himself up the peaks with old equipment—made apparent when a rope snapped in the middle of the new range and he fell, landing on his portable battery—a pocketcity. the structure collapsed and spilled its insides to the mountain soil, reacting and growing into a full-sized city

34” x 28” (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $400.
the firecaster appears to gather resonant energy out of the air and compact that energy into longflame. the longflame is harvested and used for movable sources of resonant energy—an incredible convenience if one needed to refill a pocketcity and didn’t have the time to travel to the nearest naturally-occurring longflame. the firecaster is more than the device, incorporated into the works is a fully-functioning urban area. the entire entity is movable and it travels as the city’s needs require. it does require contact with sea-soil to process resonant energy.

24” x 36” (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $400.
longflame are free-burning, naturally occurring phenomenon. they do not burn hot. they do not destroy anything in their burning. they do not require feeding. longflame “burn” with the same energy that encourages “human creativity” and the people of worldview have come to understand how to harness its energy for productive uses as well as aesthetic ones. a pocketcity may be filled with longflame, acting as a portable battery of its energy.

12" x 12" (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $200.
like its companion, “brass trio”, this painting was inspired by a day’s worth of music of a specific genre. this trio appeared throughout the day, bringing their own sound to a mutually created, inspired, song of their own.

12" x 12 " (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $200.
like its companion, “folk trio”, this painting was inspired by a day’s worth of music. through-out the course of the day the instruments presented themselves as the music shifted. this trio came to the table to play.

32" x 25" (acrylic, cardboard and resonant window.) $400.
three necessary and dynamic forces in worldview. none of which are interchangeable, yet all are linked. water: the home of the forever cupcake—keeper of the key to the miledean pen and neutrality incarnate. fire: the sublime longflame—an endless resource that burns hot not with heat, but with resonant energy, creative and impactful. the air: where bluebirds dwell, a river of movement, the breathing of worldview.

10" x 7" (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $250/set.
resonant energy lives in worldview. it flows freely there in the form of the burning longflame. when this energy passes from worldview into our world,(through a hole above flattop rock, for instance) the reaction of its contact with buildings(storehouses of resonant energy) the result is an explosion that creates "perfect human beauty" and a "bluebird" that flies the remaining energy back into worldview. this cycle of coexistant exchange is captured in this set.

11" x 9" (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $160.
i like to paint my skyline. the towering structures of the buildings downtown have always captivated and inspired me. here is a tribute to my chicago—a moment of light in that perfect part of an active city night.

15" (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $150.
my mind immediately responded with ‘lite-brite.’ i placed 53947 in the cave of the source(where all things come-from)having just punched holes into the back of a canvas, illuminating the other side with a bare-bulb of truth. it seemed to me the only way i could capture light source in the way bambino managed with carrotstellation.

response to bambino 11 : carrotstellation

12” x 10” (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $100.
useful longflame sprouts randomly in the environment of worldview. it can be harnessed to meet the world’s power and energy needs, it can be a focal point of meditation or a source of creativity. in this case, it is being gathered to be used as a creative tool. 53947 will use gathered energy in a single pulse to burn an image in window glass so i might trace it out.

31" x 25" (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $250.

he once told me it was necessary to take a moment of reflection.he thought this a clever piece of wordplay.he continued to explain the necessity for a moment to understand how things flow within each other and how the very existence of something seemingly insignificant can have profound effect on the things which surround it. sunrise on worldview—53947 experiences the new day—a walk on the beach, a glance out to see.the new dawn brings possibilities—each new day brings new beginnings—even if the beginnings are only continuances of yesterday’s beginnings.

33" x 32" (acrylic, cardboard and resonant window) $300.

this was an early painting in my communication.the early years were spent setting-up an understanding by which i might best understand his world.he issued probing questions to test my perception.what value do i place on spirituality, faith and worship?was i willing to shift my perception? was i willing to challenge those things i put the most strength-in?
things may not be as they appear, reserve judgement, rethink positions.

72” x 16 ” (acrylic and cardboard on glass.) $1000/ 3 panels

the city is a self-charging battery of human energy. when the longflame of worldview comes into contact with this energy, it “explodes” and creates two after-effects. one: perfect creative human beauty and two: a bluebird. perfect creative human beauty might manifest in many forms not limited-the greatest cake you’ve ever eaten, a piece of art or a book. this moment captured in this triptych (which may be converted to a free-standing screen) is one of intense beauty for me. fire to forge my work.

35" x 35" (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $600. (2009-2019)

30" x 34" (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $300.
this painting occurred early in my career. it was intended to bridge two worlds by an enlightened 53947. he has reflected me back to me. i didn’t’ t hear him in this painting for nearly two-years—a missed connection in this panel. 53947 encounters a figure that bears a resemblance not of form, but of action and intention. nothing short of himself can stop him, the power of the universe in his eye.

24” x 40”(acrylic, cardboard and resonant window.) $250 .

i am fascinated with the concept of “living in the moment. we throw the term around in the hope it will invoke a more present state of being.i had been working with alginate in my explorations and after casting my hand, the realization that i had captured “the moment” in plaster hit me hard.woodworker, scott dermish had been creating with wood since he was a child.when he agreed to let me capture his likeness, i jumped at the opportunity to capture this dynamic individual in his moment.

32” x 26” (acrylic and cardboard on resonant window.) $25,000.

without this painting, i would not be the person i am today. 53947 had been having a dream. he was told by a blue bird to pass an old dead tree and climb a hill and on the horizon he will find “salvation.” he had this dream for years and never seemed to make it to the end before waking. this painting is the finale of that dream. it’s completion awakened 53947 to the knowledge of everything and generated a conversation that has resulted in hundreds of paintings with an equal number of life-changing dialogue.

(acrylic and cardboard on glass) 13” x 16” $180.

chicago is a battery of resonant energy. its buildings gather this energy as it flows from its citizens into their walls. they vibrate with potential, the resources for “pure creative human beauty.” it is never far from my mind, that i am a part of this living resource and though the view suggests otherwise, my neighborhood of rogers park is as much a contributor to this creative energy as the tallest skyscrapers in the densest neighborhoods.

13”x12” (acrylic, plaster and cardboard with resonant window). $140.

the glass in this shadowbox is from a broken resonant window. it holds some resonant energy, but nothing showed-up when i looked-inside. i decided to build it into a device that could charge the glass over time and fixed the pane in front of an “auspicious a”—the symbol that brought omniscience to 53947. over time, as the “auspicious a” viewed through the glass, the pane will gather resonant energy and charge. in an emergency, this glass can then be used.

10” x 12” (acrylic and cardboard with charging glass.) $120

the air of worldview is full of resonant energy, it flows from the longflame and is released from the bluebirds. it has many functions in worldview and is abundant. 53947 understands how to use it for a unique pupose—the capturing of images onto the resonant glass that has been my canvas for the last 10 years. without this understanding, i would not be doing what i am doing today.

(12” x 12”) acrylic and cardboard with charging glass. $120

53947 had a reoccurring dream. he was told by bluebird to pass an old tree and climb a hill. on the horizon above a deep valley, he would find “salvation.” he had this dream for years and years before i accidentally finished his dream in a painting called “same dream.” this dream bird is designed to provide guidance and focus.

(9”x8”) acrylic and cardboard with charging glass. $120

the greeble are self-sufficient, self-replicating and self-maintaining. they were initially created by famed inventor 32843 to be obsessed with domestic chores and they derive incredible pleasure from the act of cleaning. they are highly independent and move freely throughout worldview, contentedly cleaning as they go. as they travel, the greeble also act as resources for news from the lands they have travelled-from. this greeble should inspire cleanliness and order.

(12” x 10”) acrylic and cardboard with charging glass. $120

the longflame of worldview seems to burn freely and randomly about the environment. they do not burn “hot,” but with the same energy we might consider “human creativity.” the longflame is probably eternal, but people of worldview are pragmatic. the energy produced by the longflame may be harnessed and used in a variety of helpful and playful ways. Here, 53947 observes a massive, burning longflame—built to inspire never-ending creative energy.

(33”x 27”) acrylic and cardboard on resonant window. $400

53947 has created a new font inspired by the auspicious “a” that opened his mind to “the possibility of everything.” he knows he has recreated the line of the letter to the “t” and shows it to six, curious as to his reaction. six understands the gravity of the letter and offers an honest assessment.