



CELSO AMORIM
9 x 12 in. / mixed media
commissioned by Americas Quarterly

KURT COBAIN
9 x 11.5 in. / acrylic on canvas
commissioned by the Chicago Tribune
private collection

RAY CHARLES
40 x 40 in. / oil on canvas
private collection

CORMAC McCARTHY
15 x 12 in. / mixed media
commissioned by Texas Monthly

JOAN DIDION
10.5 x 11.75 in. / mixed media
commissioned by the Los Angeles Times

JIMMY CARTER
13 x 15 in. / mixed media
commissioned by UCLA

BOB DYLAN
10 x 13 in. / mixed media
commissioned by Rolling Stone
private collection

JD SALINGER
9.5 x 11 in. / mixed media
commissioned by New York Magazine

JOHN UPDIKE
11 x 14 in. / mixed media
commissioned by Reader's Digest

STONEWALL JACKSON
12 x 16 in. / mixed media
commissioned by Yahoo
private collection

JANET JACKSON
9 x 12 in. / mixed media
private commission

RAYMOND CHANDLER
12 x 13 in. / mixed media
commissioned by the Los Angeles Times
1995 - present
These images represent a large, continuing body of work focusing on celebrity figures and cultural icons. Making use of reference materials including existing AP photos and internet images, these figures are created in a new, isolated environment where I am able to transpose their particular identities with my own. Collectively, these pieces can be viewed as a sort of single self-portrait.
Employing the use of a cut paper "grid" and layers of mixed media, the work consistently aims to reveal the complexity of the subjects' elevated status juxtaposed with the fragility of their humaness.
View the Portrait Archive (1995 - present)





