Chasing Happiness
Chasing Happiness
Persiguendo a la Felicidad
from The Yin Yang Series
Acrylic on Wood Panel
48″ x 48″x2.75″
Dance
Dance
Danza
Oil on Canvas
Diptych
1 (24″ x 12″) and 1 (12″ x 12″)
Gallery wrapped
Painted around the edges
Jay & Boo Looking For The Sunset
Jay & Boo Looking For The Sunset
Jay y Boo Buscando la Puesta del Sol
from The Jay & Boo Series
(2012)
Oil on Canvas
60″ x 48″ x 1.5″
Gallery wrapped
Painted around the the edges
“Jay And Boo Looking For The Sunset” is part of a series of paintings that I started creating in 2002. It is about a boy, Jay, and his dog, Boo, who travel the universe looking for wisdom and some of the answers to the questions of everyday life. As an aside, they’re also looking for a suitable female companion for Boo. The dog appears as a different breed in each painting throughout the series to show that it is not unchanged by their experiences.
When I started the Jay & Boo Series, my intention was to represent the characters as drawings living in a painting, and I conceived the final image as more of an abstraction. However, the idea evolved over time and, as the artist, I have told their story rather than imposing my own preconceptions upon them.