Rings

Oil on Canvas 12 x 12 inches

So much effort was put into these fight scenes...Popeye seems to be standing on Bluto's thighs here and what are those rings hiding??

Mr Blue Sky

oil on Canvas 20 x 20 inches !-18

New Year, New Work

Evidence, oil on found painting, 40 x 30", 2018

Brut oil on canvas  16 x 12 inches 12-20-17

The shoe, 12-25, 24 x 30"

studio 12-18

Feelin Good 12-26-17,  20 x 20 inches 

Like a virgin 12-29-17, 24x18

Blizzard Bluto (lou) Jan 4 2018 20x20

Key west Bluto 24x18 jan7

Studio Shot Jan 2018

Mr Natural (Hippie Bluto) 20x20 1-8 18

Guns 18x24 1-10-18

Knockout 1-10-18 20x20

But not tonight 20 x 20 1-12

Bluto at 113

The Bluto Room....

I recently installed all 100 Bluto paintings in an annex to my Bushwick studio. I've been having gallerists, curators, collectors and other artists over to get their take on my work and it's been illuminating for sure.

Last week the photographer Michael Mcfadden came by to shoot me in my space...and here are some results

Tragedy

These paintings of Bluto as fallen greek gods were so hard for me to paint ( I didn't go to art school) that at one point I scapped both of them. Then, I jtold myself that that "since they are not going to work I can do anything" That freedom to fail allowed me to make some of the best paintings of the series

Obsessed

as I near the 100 mark on this Bluto series which I began only a few months ago, I have to face my obsession, I wasnt really thinking so much about why Im doing it until recently some scholars picked up on these and have been writing to me about what they see and its fascinating!