In the Paleolithic Vanitas (or Contemporary Cave Art) series, I invite Paleolithic cave art into surreal or contemporary situations to reflect on the contrast between the vastness of time and the transience of individual human life. I also explore the complex nature of time in connection with ritual, communication, and the environment.
Paleolithic art is impenetrably ancient, yet it continues to inform our current experiences. Humanity as we know it would not exist without the foundational contributions of the earliest people. In that sense, cave art constantly overshadows the present and prompts us to ask what our place is within the larger story of humanity.
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Solar Eclipse, watercolor, soft pastel, charcoal, inkwash, and graphite, 47x55 inches, 2025
Sleep Talkers, watercolor, soft pastel, charcoal, and graphite, 14x20 inches, 2025
Infinity Mirror, watercolor, soft pastel, charcoal, and graphite, 36x48 inches, 2024
Onlooker, watercolor, soft pastel, charcoal, and graphite, 36x48 inches, 2024
Under The Sun, watercolor, gouache, charcoal, and soft pastel, 48x60 inches, 2024
Water Bearer, Dogs, and Chauvet Cave Animals, watercolor, graphite, charcoal, and soft pastel, 36x48 inches, 2024
Chauvet Cave Bulls and Domestic Cattle, watercolor, charcoal, and colored pencil, 24x36 inches, 2024
For sale: $1500
Chauvet Cave Horses and Horse Dissection, etching, aquatint, drypoint, and engraving, 12x18 inches, 2024.
$200. Handmade edition of 15.
Sulawesi Pig and Domestic Pig, watercolor, graphite, charcoal, soft pastel, and colored pencil, 24x36 inches, 2024
The Silver Cord, oil on canvas, 24x30 inches, 2023
For sale: $3000
Wildebeest and Chauvet Cave Lions, watercolor, graphite, and charcoal, 14x20 inches, 2023
For sale: $1000
Vanitas With Chairs, Chauvet Cave Lions, and Abyss, watercolor, graphite, and charcoal, 36x48 inches, 2023
For sale: $3000
Vanitas With Dog, watercolor and charcoal, 36x48 inches, 2023
For sale: $2000
Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone? Watercolor and charcoal, 36x48 inches, 2023
Nighttime scene with Chauvet Cave Lions, watercolor, graphite, and charcoal, 14x20 inches, 2023
For sale: $1000
Chauvet Cave Rhino on Balcony, watercolor, pastel, and charcoal, 14x20 inches, 2022
For sale: $1000
Chauvet Cave Lions Exiting Uffizi, watercolor and charcoal, 14x20 inches, 2022
Chauvet Cave Rhinos Wandering Ground Floor, watercolor and charcoal, 14x20 inches, 2022
Veterinarians at Chauvet Cave, watercolor, pen, ink wash, and charcoal, 36x48 inches, 2022
For sale: $3000
