Documenting Criminalization and Confinement

Black text and imagery on a red background. "is this a bigger mistake or just a bigger problem?" Is the center text and the largest images are a dove and a ssimplified fish symbol.

Future Trooper

Black and white image of a soldier in futuristic looking armor, holding a large gun, with the letters ODST on his shoulder. In the background is an industrial building and dark clouds.

Self Explanatory

Black and white drawing of an industrial hallway with a ladder in the middle ground going up through the ceiling. An open container is propped open right behind the ladder.

Flow

Black and white protrait of a man in a wide brimmed hat, dancing, from the knees up.

Some fences are built for us: some we build for ourselves.

Monoccromatic fence with a dark background behind it and white ground infront of it.

Howl. Howl. Howl. OH you are men of stones. Had I your tongues and eyes: I'd use them so that heaven's vaults should crack. She's gone forever.

Monocromatic (purple) image of a stone monument topped by a carved angel with its head down.

Afrikkan-American

Black, white, and blue outline of Africa filled with imagery. Images span many topics like American symbolism, religion, native individuals, and aliens.

Mr. K

Portrait of traditional Frankenstein's Monster

Time Is My Enemy

Black, white, and blue image of an hour glass with a hand inside it, surrounded by an image of eyes crying and a large hand holding a small one. Poem about the value of time and time lost in prison accompanies images.

Let Nature Have It's Way

Drawing of a fox wearing a prison uniform standing in a prison cell. The image is in black and white but the fox has blue eyes and above the fox are the words "Let Nature Have Its Way", also written in blue.

Empty Spaces: Tribute to the Fallen and Missing

Drawing of the out line of overlapping leaves, each shaded, sitting on a grey background.

Killer Bee's

Drawing of a beehive in the shape of a skull. Bees are crawling in and on the hive.

Untitled

Drawing of a forest with a large lake reflecting mountains in the background. On the right side, a road runs through the forest and a man riding a horse is on the road.

Untitled

Drawing of a river going through a forest, with a deer stepping into the river.

Sketch #2

Portrait of a women in large sunglasses, from the chest up.

Full Moon (on another planet)

Drawing of a duck floating on water, in blue and green. In the sky behind it are two moons and several stars.

Influenced In The Womb

Drawing with the outline of a small child curled in the center, surrounded by purple circles of varying sizes on a green background. Inside the surrounding circles are symbols, letters, numbers, and images. The largest are a gun, a fist, and Tony the Tiger (Frosted Flakes), but there are many more.

Love, sacrifices, salvation

Drawing of a cross surrounded by roses and clouds. Wrapped loosely around the cross is a banner that reads "Love Sacrifice Salvation". Birds are flying in the upper left and lower right hand corners.

Take A Look At Yourself In The Mirror

Portrait of a man in a prison uniform in a mirror, with two other images of himself reflected in the mirror above his head, one writing and one praying. The mirror sits on a brick wall and below it are the words "Take A Look At Yourself In The Mirror, And Make A Change!"

Sarah S.

Portrail of a blonde, naked woman from the chest up. She is framed by a light gray background and a dark gray boarder.

U.S.S.A. Enterprise Among Star Clusters

Nebulous swirls of black and grey intertwine with dark circles and open spaces on a soft orange background.

Throne Room

In the top left is two portraits of two women, one from the chest up with her hand under her chin, and the other frome the waist up wearing a corset and a hat that covers most of her face. In the center of the piece is a man sitting in a chair holding a gun, with a skull head. They are surrounded by surrealsit images of skulls, eyes, bags of money, and graffiti lettering.

Costly Desire

Drawing of the head and arm of a skeleton next to a man ripping open his chest to expose his heart. Standing next to them is a naked woman with devil horns, tail, and wings.

Sitting Duck

Drawing of river in a forest. In the foreground is an eagle with a smaller bird in its claws. In the midground is a duck floating on the river, while another eagle flys in the sky. In the background is a sun, just beginning to set.

Stain Bear

Drawing of a large bear head, with empty, white eyes and its jaws open. The bear is framed by a mountain range with a silhouette of a bear on a ledge.

Talking Blues: The Cold Ground Was My Bed Last Night

Painting of three men outside the back of a building. One sitting on a box, playing a guitar. Another is sleeping on the ground, covered in only a jacket. the last is sitting in a box, with only his legs poking out. Three trash cans stand next to them, up against the brick wall of the building.

Still Family

Drawing of a fence, with a cross on the door. Behind the fence is a tree in front of mountains, framed by the moon. Above the images are written the words "Still Family".

He Listen Just Asked

Drawing of hands, clasped in prayer, holding a rosary and intertwined with a ribbon. The hands are surrounded by clouds.

Egyptian Pharaoes and Queen

Portrait of an Egyptian Pharaoh and an Egyptian Queen, from the chest up. Both wear ornate head dresses and jewlery, with the king's neck piece bearing the head of a lion. The image is in black and white and there are highlights of red in the queen's lips and nails, and the king's headress.

Young Person

Portrait of a young man from the chest up. His collar has images of music notes on it.

Reflections III

Drawing of a circle sits in the center of the page, filled with overlapping, colored, geometic shapes. Surrounding/framing this circle is a series of other circles in alternating black and white, that entended to the edge of the piece.

Reflections II

Rays of alternating black and white stripes extend out of a small circle full of colored, geometric shapes at the center of the page.

Leftovers

Color image of a butterfly made out of various mechanical parts.

Michigan Leopard

Drawing of the side of the head of a leopard. The leopards spots are a scattering of the Lower and Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Goofy Poppy

Portrait of a bald man (Poppy), in a button up shirt, making a goofy face. The background has been colored in solid black.

Dark Wilderness

Drawing of a buck with four pronged horns standing in high grass. The background has been colored in solid black.

Rest in Paradice "Samantha"

Drawing of Jesus in the coulds, with angels, holding a woman's portrait and the words "Test In Paradice" in his arms. Below them are roses with images of praying hands and another portrait in their petals and a man working on a car covered with colorful shapes and more images of women.

Lioness

Drawing of a blonde woman with a lion head sitting just above, perhapse on, hers. Around them is an abstract swirl of shapes and colors that transitions into their hair/mane.

Cards + Cases

Greeting card set with unique designs on each card. All are brightly colored, with some bearing images of children, butterfiles, or flowers. Others bear sayings like "thinking of you" or "Always and Forever" and "Missing You".

WE OVERCAME ALL ODDS Who Holds The Key

Drawing of a poem, written in full, on a scroll. Next to the scroll is a globe, with continents each bearing key holes.

One Flew Over "Self Portrait"

Drawing of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, filled with imagery of prison/riot guards, a nurse with a syringe, and prison bars that have the words "Brave New World" between them and "Fear" and "Loathing" written on them. Behind the Upper Peninsula outline is a chainlink fence rendered in the colors of the prison uniform (blue and orange).

Feya's Gift

Branch with pink flowers runs vertically down the center of the piece. Behind it are two overlapping, thin lined, simple diamond shapes that frame the branch. The background is white.

The Longing

Close up portrait of a man and woman about to kiss. They are shown from chest to nose and the womans hand is on the mans cheek. The background is black.

Larissa Stupor of Venom Prison

Portrait of Larissa Stupor in a blue dress standing in front of a brick wall.

H.S.T.

Stylized, caricature portrait of a man smoking a cigarette. The background is a brightly colored desert scene with birds and cacti.

Zoe Kravits

Portait of Zoe Kravits holding an exposed, anatomical heart to her chest. The background is an abstract swirl of color.

Pathways to Allfather

Portriat of Odin framed by clouds. Below him is a ship, with a flag bearing Norse symbols, and a seal with Norse letters. The whole image is framed by an intertwining loop on a black background.

Mike Tyson

Portrait of Mike Tyson, from the chest up. Background is white and the image is framed by a single, thin black line.

A Sunset with My Big Brother

Portrait of a girl on a swing set, facing towards a brick wall and away from the viewer. Behind the wall is a sunset. Framing the image are abstract black and gray swirls.

Cowboys Tavern

Painting of the parking lot of a biker bar, full of people, motorcycles, and cars. In the foreground, a tattooed woman kneels on the ground cleaning the rims of a car. In the midground, a group of men and women sit on or stand around a collection of motorcycles. In the background is the tavern and some trees and moutnains farther back.

Farm Hand "2"

Painting of a farm scene, with red barns, trees, and open pastures with cows in the background. In the foreground, a dog dressed as a farmer, with a cowboy hat and piece of straw in his mouth, sits riding a horse.

Melting Time

Drawing of a surrealist clock, dripping at the bottom, with a green eye at its center. The background is a chainlink fence, with rays of sunlight shining through.

Paw Fest

Painting of a dog playing the drums, which bear the words "Puppy Jam". In the background is an American Flag, with the stars replaced by pawprints, pinned to a wall with open support beams.

DC Sux

Cartoon drawing of Spiderman and Batman. Between them is a sign saying "DC Sucks". They sit infront of a few, sporadic buildings, and some translucent spider webs and clouds. A sun sits in the upper right of the piece.

Time for a Change

Drawing in the Tattoo style of a Grim Reaper carrying chains, a robed skeleton looking at a a cross in his hands, an angel with his head reseted on his legs, a skull, and a clock that says "time for a change life is too short" around its edge. All of this sits on a background of shaded, rounded lines and are surrounded by faces with dark eyes and open mouths.

Jocelyn

Portrait of a blonde girl with two braids from the chest up. Background is white.

Salt Lake City

Painting of a city (Salt Lake City) at night. Dark foreground, with sporadic lights indicate the city. A mountain range in the background is lit by a sunset.

Natural Beauty

Portrait of a woman from the waist up, wearing a yellow dress. She is surrounded by trees, a butterfly, some birds, and a snake.

A Taste of Life

Close up portrait of a woman with bright red nails eating a cherry. The background is various shades of green.

Family Matters

Realistic portrait of three elephants in a baren landscape. One faces forward and sits in the foreground, whole the other two face sideways but in opposite directions in the midground. The background contains a treeline.

Elevated Gaze

Realistic portrait of a giraffe, from the base of the neck up. The background is white with brown patches.

Waiting on My Next Life

Portrait of a woman with wings (angel?) holding onto a man who is sitting down, wearing the pants of a prison uniform. The background is solid black, with six glowing, green orbs above the pair.

The Divided STATES of America

Portrait of Donald Trump, facing away from the viewer, occupies the middle of the piece. He is surrounded by the outline of 16 different states, each containing poltiical imagery (guns, protesteres, prisoners, parts of the american flag). The background is composed of thick black and white verticle stripes.

ELEPHANT READY for freedom

Realistic portrait of an elephant. The animal fills the page and is facing the viewer head on. Its back left leg bears a shackle that is missing a chain.

EMERGENCE

Drawing of half a womans face mirrored by an abstract white shape. Background covered in a retangular/geometric pattern. A blue shadown sits between the face/shape and the background, with the background visible through the blue.

moving while standing still

Abstract drawing of two figures standing on a road, one on top of a hill and one about half way up it. There is a red door in the middle of the piece, with trees on either side, one in the foreground and one in the midground. A purple cloud with purple rays sits in an orange sky.

Through the Eyes of Justice Ginsburg

Drawing of a city street landscape, with the marquee advertising 'The Late Show with David Letterman'. There are people walking down the sidewalk and other advertisements on the surrounding buildings. Cars are parked in the street.

Raise Your Weapons

Drawing of a tattooed woman, facing away from viewer, wearing only underwear and boots. She is standing in front of a large bull that has two large rods poking out of its back. The background is abstract shapes in a range of colors.