Kinross 2016

Items

• Winter's Retreat
  A vertical greyscale drawing of a large shipwrecked boat on a beach. Three seagulls rest on the boat. In the background there is the figure of a man in the water fishing.
• Finding the Light
  A landscape pencil drawing of a cobblestone facade building and small brick plaza. The building has two arches that contain to bells, and at the top of the building there is one large arch with one larger bell, and a cross at the apex of the building. There are light beams streaming through the top bell and cross that illuminate the entire sky. Beside the church is a thin but large tree, larger of the same size as the church itself. There are bushes and in the background smaller arches belonging to the rest of the building.
• Content
  A painting of an old Black man resting against a wall. He has one legs crossed over the other. He is wearing a large zip up tan sweater, and blue jeans. His hand rests on the handle of a backet beside him. His eyes are cast down, and there are strong shadows and light.
• Misunderstood
  A paiting of a Black man and a small brown and white pitbull dog resting between the man's legs. The man has his head hung low, we only see the top of the black hat he is wearing. He is sitting on a boombox. He has large muscular arms exposed through a white tank top, he is also wearing blue jeans. Behind him is a brick wall.
• Us Americans
  A painting of a large United States flag, blowing to the right. In the bright blue background there are small green military vehicles. There is a series of large orange block text that reads, " These colors do not run, they reload."
• Sico Clown
  A full body drawing of a clown wearing a white outfit with black polka dots and red puffy cuffs on the shirt and pant legs. The clowns hair is pointy and red, and it has yellow eyes . It's left arm is unsually long and raised as if knocking on a door.
• Tranquility
• Visions
  A point of view painting of the foot of a hospital bed, wall, and sliver of a window to the right that exposes some building. There are large diamond like shapes near the top left and middle of the painting. The blue shapes have long lines extending from each of the points. They obscure what is behind them on the wall: a black telvsion and white board with green marker written on it.
• Night Flight
  A Black fairy with grey eyes and short dark hair is holding a butterfly on one hand in the night. She is wearing a blue strapless short dress. Her wings are large and intricate purple, orange, and green. Behind her is the full illuminate moon surrounded by grey clouds and the starry sky.
• No One Knows the Future
  A system of entwined wires, or stems wind around eachother from two seperate directions to create a central column that supports a large white sphere with eleven question marks drawn on it's surface.
• Halloween's Collective Identity
  An almost nude woman from the chest up is wearing Dia De Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, face makeup with lines on her lips and large red circles around the eyes. She has a bright red rose in her wavy short dark hair to the left. From her neck dangles a large diamond necklace. Her breasts are covered. Above the drawing is text written, "How happy do you want your Halloween? Peek-a-boo!"
• Nikita, Layla and Mason
  A family portrait of a woman between two young children: a boy with longish blonde hair wearing a formal white shirt and black vest, and a young girl with dark hair wearing a tiara, and a denim jacket. She holds in her two hands a purple and pink toy. The woman between them has long dark hair with bangs swept to the left. She has bright pink lips, and blue eyes. In the background there are large red balloons.
• Layla and Mason
  A young white boy and girl sit beside eachother on the roof of a red car, their feet dangling into the sun roof. The boy has short blonde hair, and is wearing a white t shirt and shorts, with blue sandals. He is holding something in his lap. The girl beside him has long brown hair, rosy red cheeks, and is wearing a purple dress with white sandals, she is slightly smaller than the boy. In the background there is a highway with many cars, and a bright blue sky.
• DANCE
  A pair of pink legs wearing purple ballerina shoes points one foot down and the other out. Behind the pair of legs, there are large curvy letters in different colors spelling, "DANCE," the D and A letters are above the others. In the pink background there are four small sihlouettes of dancers.
• The Last Walk
  A black background with a few yellow stars, indicating space. There is a large yellow and green beam moving diagonally across the painting. There are three dancers wearing red dresses, and one boy in a blue coat walking away from the dancers, toward the right.
• Vacation
  A drawing in the shape of a Maple leaf: A rocky waterfall with bright blue then yellow waters. Grasses are between layers of rocks, and at the top of the small waterfall there are tall pine trees.
• Dream big
  A oblong tall circle like shaped dream catcher, two rocks hang in the center, and three from the bottom of the wrapped circle. There are two grey feathers hanging from it as well.
• Michigan Mud Ape
• Last Supper
  A black and silver etched drawing of the famous Last Supper painting.
• Arresting Jesus
  A portrait black and silver of Jesus, wearing handcuffs. His halo has three religious symbols.
• Scottish Thistle
• Original Guard Dog
• Turmoil
  A large turqoise colored swirl with white streaks. The painting has a central point to the left where all the lines seam to be pulling toward.
• The Crafty Witch
  A drawing of a woman laying sideways partially sitting up. Leaning on the left arm, her hand is holding a skull. She has long red hair and a large black which hat. She wears a white tight dress that exposes parts of her skin through the garment.
• Absurd Inhumanities
  In a large blue room with yellow horizontal panel of windows, there are people divided by a sheet of glass. One is in a prison uniform, the other is a woman and someone else. They touch their hands to each side of the glass, wearing COVID masks. There is a sign on the back wall that ways "Must wear mask! Fully Vacinated! Negative test! Stay behind glass!!!"
• Through the Valley in the Shadow of Covid
  A man holds a young girls hand as they walk on a brown path that has large blue and red circles representing COVID-19 on each side of the path. The sky is a dark blue with a yellow sunset.
• Adam's Light
  A realistic painting of a standard clear lightbulb resting on a white surface.
• The Sower
  A landscape of a farm with green and yellow fields beside a wide dirt path leading to a large brown barn. Beside the barn are three large white and blue silos, and a smaller brown building. In the distance are large rolling hills and red trees.
• Motorcycle, Red, Black, Silver
  A small model of a motercyle with large silver handles a red body and black seat.
• Red Wings
  A red and white textile made of yarn, it has a pattern resembling the Red Wings Hockey team.
• Beauty Box
• Despair
  A dramatic painting of a woman falling, her prison uniform shirt being ripped by a pair of handcuffed arms. Her arms are outstretched, one is being pulled down by another cuffed hand. The other is reaching toward the sky, a single shackle hanging from her wrist. There is a pair of arms reaching down from the sky, there are wounds in the center of the palms. In the background there is a tall barbed wire fence and a strike of lightning striking a white guard tower in a stormy and grey sky.
• The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Vermeer Reproduction)
  A recreation of the famous Vermeer painting, Girl With A Pearl Earring. Against a black background there is a woman wearing a blue headband, and yellow headscarf that falls beside her shoulder. She stands toward the left, gazing over her left shoulder. She has pale skin and golden brown eyes. From her ear dangles a shiney and round pearl earring.
• Warrior's Promise
  A horizontal drawing of a blue Samurai standing outside at night, the moon is huge and illuminated behind him. The night sky is filled with white sparkling stars. On each side of the Samurai are two trees, the one on the right has red leaves that are being swept upwards to the left.
• BEACHED
  A sandy beach shore with blue waves washing up. There is a green and pink turtle washed up on the shore, lying on it's stomach beside a collection of rocks and stones.
• Diamond in the Rough
  A large white seabird rests on a wooden pier's railing. In the backgorund is a large blue body of water with many waves, and a bright yellow sun barely rising over the horizon.
• This is why kids are afraid of clowns
  A upwards perspective close up of two people in clown costumes gazing downward. The left clown is in white face paint with two orange dots on his cheeks, and a orange sequins suit jacket. He has sharp and distinct features. The clown to the right has bright red fuzzy straight hair to the shoulder, and has large arched eyebrows, bright red nose and outlined lips. His features are soft and plump, he is wearing a large purple bowtie and black and white suit.
• Cause & Effect
  A large lobster like monster stands vertically with it's legs and claws open around an unsuspecting man who is wearing a clear helment and grey suit, holding a yellow and red comic like gun. He holds in his other hand a round pink egg, he apperas to be standing on a large pile of eggs that are assumed to belong to the lobster creature behind him.
• Zinnia
  A series of tiles painted to collectively illustrate a large open green field and blue sky with white puffy clouds. In the grasses to the left is a large pink Zinnia flower.
• Twisted in Color
• Tyson's Sword
  A vertical painting of a woman knight riding a large dark hose wearing a purple cape. The woman and horse are facing the right, down a Grecco-Roman architecture corridor. The woman is facing the viewer, long dark hair blowing in the wind and carrying a large gold and silver sword. Red leaves scatter the stone ground and arches.
• Sunset in Nova Scotia
  A photorealistic landscape painting of a large body of water with waves crashing against a shore of large grey rocks on the right of the page. The orange and yellow sunset is reflected in the blue and purple water. In the sky above the sunset there are large and thick purple clouds.
• A Monarch to Pare - Or not - to Spare?
  A Black woman rests high up on a tree branch, with her back resting against the trunk. She has large Monarch butterfly wings, and is wearing a long blue shirt and jeans with knee-high brown laced up sneakers. She raises a hand to her face, it has a small caterpillar on it. Behind her is lush green foliage of a forest.
• That's Michigan
  A vertical landscape painting of a red and dark sunset. There is a long pier and tall lighthouse in front of the sunset. The sun has lined up perfectly nehind the top of the lighthouse, there is a bright yellow glow. On the water you can see the reflection of the sunset and lighthouse, there are four sihlouettes of people watching the sunset.
• Mr. No Body
  A cartoonish and short skeleton is walking beside a brick wall with tall grass. It's arm is raised as if to ask a question. There is a thought bubble above the skull saying, "Where's that body shop?"
• Path to Greatness
  A gresycale landscape of a tall mountain with a snowcapped peak. There are a few pine trees at the base of the mountain, near an open plain of grass.
• Blue Sky
  A large yellow and black butterfly rests on a purple Hyacinth flower. There are smaller yellow flowers closer to the ground, and another purple Hyacinth leaning toward the left. There is a large blue sky that is 2/3 of page.
• Ocean view
  A painting of an underwater cave with many schools of small fish, three black and white spotted Sting-Rays, and two scuba divers swimming back up to the surface. The dark rocks of the cave contrast the bright blue opening of water in the center of the page.
• Hail (Salt Technique and Cellophane)
  A painting of color with texture: at the top of the page is a washed out white with patches of yellow coming through. Underneath is a large section of yellow that has a texture resembling krinkled paper. At the bottom is a dark green section with edges resembling paint splattering. The texture appears to have small dots of yellow within the green.
• Olga's Flight of an Aeroplane (An Encomium to Olga Rozanova)
  An abstraction of square, recantgle, and triangular shapes in various colors: blues, purple, oramge, green, brown, yellow. There are larger blue and yellow rectangle shapes in the background, and smaller triangle and thick lines and semi circles in the foreground.
• Indian Spirit
  A large skull wearing a Native American style headdress of blue, green, and yellow feathers and leaves. The skull has two green lines drawn over the eyes down toward the chin. The background is green and has many small yellow and blue/green flaming skulls.
• Tarsier
  A drawing of a small Tarsier marsupial resting on a thin branch surrounded by large green ferns and a blue sky. The tarsier is wearing an acorn hat, a cloak of leaves sewn together, and has a small bow and arrows behind it.
• Boy Hurt (Why)
  A drawing of a skinny boy wearing torn and bloodstained clothing sits against a brick wall hugging his knees. He is bruised and has a bloodshot eye. There is text above his head that says, "Nothing left to lose."
• Tiger and Bea (Stranger than You)
  A traditional Chinese style drawing of a large tiger looking up at a large bee. There are sprouts of grass and big puffy spiral clouds in the background, There are Chinese characters written along the left and rights edges of the page.
• Skull with Wings and Rose (Promise)
  A drawing of a white skull that has large white angel wings pointed downward. Below it is a large red rose, and a blue banner. Beside the wings are two axes. In the background there is a rounded shape or purple, and large yellow background.
• Looks Like Dinner
  A landscape of a lush plain with large brown rocks in the backgorund and a large plue sky. There are tall green grasses and small trees. There is a Turkey in the grasses to the right, and a Fox in an open patch of grass gazing toward the Turkey.
• The Slashers
  A drawing of three classic horror movie characters: Michael Meyers, Chucky the doll, and Freddy Kreuger. They are holding instruments: a drumstick, keyboard, and microphone. Above them is a title, "The Slashers."
• Symbiotic Lust
  A portrait of a womanin three parts: two close ups and a more erotic gore waitst up portrait. The two faces are half skeleton faces, and morph into electrical machine wires. The woman in the center has her arms raised, and her bare chest is ripped out exposing a rib cage and bright red heart bkeeding and morphing into the electrical machinery.
• Celestial Mechanics
• Tough Times
  A square clock with the Detroit Lions logo painted on it, and gold numbers of the clock toward the left.
• Masai Tribesmen in the Masai Mara
  Three floating African people wearing red tribal garments are hovering over the ground, looking up at the sky. There is a huge blue sky, and green open field.
• THE TRUTH???
  A portrait of a woman from the neck up with short purple hair and green gauged earrings. The face is split in half, with one side a skull that is melting red and green. The human side of the face has green veins surrounding the eye, and there is a mechanical object connected to her neck and head, with a small grey body and blue chest holding a small human face. There is dripping blood vertical text that says, "beware the system."
• Lonely Storm and Sorrow
  A drawing of a woman with long flowing hair and dress gazes toward the ground. She stands in front of a large ornate circular clock. The background is a sky full of lightening bolrs. The drawing is framed by a broken or shattered mirror.
• Past
  A drawing of intracite stretched lattice of lines that resemble webs or flesh. The gaps between are shaded black, pink, or red. There are motifs of teeth, eyeballs, and skulls morphing into the drawing.
• They Tried to Bury You But Your 2 Seed
  A painting of a tree split into two different environments, around the base of the tree is a round circle of dirt with text that says, "They buried you, but you're a seed." The left of the tree has purple leaves and a yellow background with more green and purple trees. The left is a large reflective body of water and large mountain.
• Constitution Cemetery
  An illustration of two large gargoule like creatures resting on brick platforms of a wire gate that reads, "Consitution Cemetery," in yellow letters. The right creature is red and has a mashed leg of a police officer. Beneath it is a poster on the brick of a Black Lives Matter poster, with All written on top of the word Black. The left is a creature in police uniform wearing a cloth mask. The poster on the brick beneath it is of Uncle Sam, "I Want You," and he is wearing a face mask. The background is a cemetery with large plue sky with lightening bolts.
• Netcher-ef
  A drawing of Egyptian motifs and glyphs. There are two human like people kneeling with snake heads and bird wings. They point to a series of glyphs, Above that there is a crescent moon surrounding a star with the eye of Ra in the center.
• Holiday Greeting Cards
  three tall rectangle greeting cards; a snowman walking with a stick that says, "Merry chirstmas," a walking pumpkin wearing a witch hat, and a heart boreded card that says, "thinking of you."
• Divine Wine
  A still life of a table and pale hand pouring a glass of water. There are mulitple reflective surfaces: glass, liquids. In the reflection of a champagne flute being tipped by a hand, there is a rainbow with two faces. The left of the drawing has more geometric abstractions of purple , blue, green, and yellow.
• Under Pressure
  A central figure of a skinny woman in a red ballerina outfit is turned away twisting around a corner. There is a large grey wall, and black wall beside her framing her body.
• Beautiful - Day or Night
  A portrait of a girl with short brown hair covering the left eye, she wears a purple hoodie and flower headband. The background is split: the left is yellow and has a sun with big triangular rays wearing sunglasses, the right has a blue night sky with a crescent moon wearing a night cap.
• The Crying Women
  A woman sits on an orange couch, her hand holding a phone and the other wiping away tears. There is a bag beside her on the couch.
• Maternal Tree
  A small sculpture of a tree with a thick trunk, one large branch and two smaller ones. There are wines and string hanging from the tree that carry yellow and red roses. The tree is on a green platform.
• Pooh Box
  A series of five boxes that get smaller in size from left to right. The boxes are decorated with Whinnie The Pooh, and have a color palette of yellow, red, and white. There are drawn on bows on each box.
• Light Psychosis
  A person sits on the floor of a cell surrounded by fantastical and colorful images arranged in a circle that all blend into eachother. Imagery surrounding the person includes: a melting clock, a beach paradise, a man and woman kissing, a spoon with heroin melting into a womans hair, human faces and hearts, In the background there is a large sand dune beside a body of water with the sun on the horizon.
• Where Do We Go From Here?
  A purple and black space landscape with accents of yellow small stars. There is a large recntangular shape, the top is receeding backwards into space. The shape has a black edge, grey receeding rectangle or floor leading to a small black rectanglar door, and large white walls.
• Small Motorcycle
• Here's Johnny
  A large portrait of a close up face of the character Jack Torrence from the film, The Shining. His face is facing the left, and his mouth is open exposing large teeth.
• Pride of Detroit
• Dream Catcher
  A dream catcher with seven brown circles in three rows: one on the left, five in the center surrounding a black ring, and one on the right. Eleven black feathers hang from the middle and bottom row of rings. Every ring except the one at the very top and center has small colorful beads within the circle.
• Black. Off Pale Skies. . .
  A neck up portrait of a small Black child who gazes toward the right with a wide smile. They have short dark hair. The background is a purple sky with white clouds. On the child's head is a yellow ornate crown, and the same pattern is on each shoulder. The pattern resembles iron work, like a fence or gate.
• Our Worlds Tree: Parts 1, 2, 3
  Three horizontal drawings arranged above eachother vertically. The top drawing is the top of a tree with thick branches, no leaves, and curving sharp branches. The center drawing has two large trunks turning downward on each side of the main trunk. The main trunk has a large vertical eye in the center. The bottom panel is the bottom of the tree and the root system which grows out of a skeleton's eye sockets, over the Jaw and teeth.
• In Death We See That in Life We Were Blind
  A split image of a woman: on the left a woman's face, and on the right a skeleton. The left the woman is alive with long dark hair but has white eyes. The skeleton has a human eye with golden iris, and the same long hair but white.
• Syesthesia: A Wild Ride
  A man's face is twisted and is stretched into a long spiral shape that receeds into a circular path into the distance. The face has wide green eyes, and a mouth wide open esposing a ugula and long tongue. The top and bottom of the head blend into pink and purple lines that blend into rainbow colors. The background is a white and grey spiral.
• And She'll Still Never Be Yours: Global Warming and Deregulation
  A space landscape of four floating balloons and a bottlecap like floating object. There are two small yellow balloons, and one larger orange one, suggesting depth. The largest balloon is sideways, and resembles the shape of a balloon with the colors of Earth. A small person in a suit is riding the top of it, as if it were a parade float.
• Beauty is Messy
  An orange and green spotchy background with accents of purple, red, and brown, There are four strong dark brown strokes that create a frame around the central subject: a black series of lines with darkly shaded closed shapes. The lines appear to flow from a central point in a shape that resmbles an abstracted rose.
• Without Resources
• Copper Penny Dream
  A black horizontal painting of overlapping and dripping paint lines. The paint strokes are a bronze copper color, and white. The colors are drizzled over a black background.
• This is No Longer Me
  A square illustration of a person sitting on the porch steps of a house that is being grasped by two large hands, crushing the two front windows. The person sits with their hands on their head, the front door is open, revealing dark hallways of the interior. Over the right side of the house, there is an inscription written vertically that says, "Dear DJ, Don't worry, it's almost over!!"
• Next Up
  A dark workshop illuminated by a single yellow lamp. A man is painting at a bench, behind him there is a small wall that two men are standing at, they are wearing prison uniforms. Beside the door, there are tall lockers, and a man standing in the doorway next to a man sitting in a chair.
• Dogtown Atelier
  A vertical painting of a chaotic scene within a blue prison cell: There are two men interacting with dogs. There are eight dogs. One man is fighting for something from a dog's mouth, he is covered in paint, and a different dog is pulling at the bottom of his t-shirt. The other man is painting peacefully with one dog in his lap, and one at his feet wearing his hat. There are two dogs resting on the top of a bunk bed, one dripping green paint from the paws, another resting. On the bottom bunk there is a dog observing the stuggle between the man and two dogs. Finally there is a dog smiling with it's tongue out dripping in yellow paint at the botom left.
• Mother & Child Reunion
  A safari landscape of a watering hole. There are three pairs of animals: to the left at the watering hole there is a large and smaller baby Rhinoceros. Across from them, there is a large and baby elephant, they have their trunks raised to drink water. In the grass in the background, there are two Zebras gazing toward the water.
• SKAKE
  Four simplified figures standing beside eachother, dancing in roller skates. There are two women and two men. The women are wearing mini skirts, and have long dark hair, one is holding a red cup suggesting alcohol. Both men are wearing short sleevs and long pants. The man to the left wears a shirt that says, "Peace," and pants that on each leg say, "Love," and "Joy." They are in a yellow room with yellow brick wall, and yellow checkerboard flooring.
• Stop
  A vertical landscape of a Brown bear standing at a riverbank within a pine tree forest in Autumn, the sky is filled with clouds and there is a distant mountain on the horizon. The trees are reflected on the left of the waters surface. The bear is looking to the left with an open jaw, exposing teeth as if in defense. The riverbank is surrounded by patchy grass and medium sized grey stones.
• I Miss Outdoors
  A landscape of a forest with a small waterfall, and a river with round rocks on the banks. There are skinny trees and green, orange, and red foliage, suggesting Autumn. Two large Mallad ducks are flying through the landscape at a close range to the left of the page.
• 2# Drawings of a Card
  A drawing of butterflies and pink and red roses. There is a bundle of roses in the upper left corner that has three flowers, and a single large flower at the bottom right corner. In the center there is the biggest flower with six rose buds of different sizes. Above and below the flower there are two Monarch butterflies flying upwards. The edge of the pages is decorated with a delicate wavy line that resemebles the edge of a doile.
• Hell Hound
  A small pencil line drawing in the upper left corner of the page: the head of a dog like creature. It has a long snout and squarish head, with pointed ears that spike up to resemble flames. Below the drawing are the words, "Hell Hound."
• Just Weird
  Eight large and long faces crowded around eachother. They all have bright pink and red slightly parted feminine lips. They have wide eyes looking up, and strong assymetrical cheekbones, with strong rounded chins. The backgorund and top of the painting is a light and dark pink with accented white and light pink lines.
• Pick Up!
  A couple stands in the middle of a city street with many yellow window storefronts. There is a yellow beetle car parked beside the woman on the left. The woman has large cartoon eyes and wears a long green dress with pink boots and sweater. The man beside her wears blue jeans and a brown jacket. In the background there is a couple wlaking in the opposite direction.
• I Need a Nap
  A small panda bear is resting on the branches of a bare and thin tree. There are bright red fruits hanging from the branches. The bear stands on its left leg as the other rests on a branch, sloping it's body to the right. The background is a plain slate grey color.