Oil Text Art Paintings

Most reference Christopher Wool, Glenn Ligon, and Adam Pendleton visually — but Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer substantively. With collateral references to graffiti, street art, and more.

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Look At We Have Created, conceived 2016, executed as oil on canvas 2021, 88 in x 66 in.

Huh, executed 2020, oil on canvas, 88 in x 66 in.

Just Who Has The Illness Of The Mind, 2021, oil on canvas, 84 x 58 inches.  Artist’s collection.

Just Who Has The Illness Of The Mind, 2021, oil on canvas, 84 x 58 inches. Artist’s collection.

Let Me Say This About That, 2014, oil on canvas, conceived 2014, executed 2017-18, 76 in x 58 in, sold 2018.

Let Me Say This About That, 2014, oil on canvas, conceived 2014, executed 2017-18, 76 in x 58 in, sold 2018.

Baby I Just Don’t Care, conceived 2017, executed 2020, oil on canvas, 82 in x 62 in.

Baby I Just Don’t Care, conceived 2017, executed 2020, oil on canvas, 88 in x 62 in.

We Hold Their Truths To Be Self Evident, 2021, oil on canvas,series, 84 in x 60 in.  The first in a series of ten pieces that together offer transparency to the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the US Constitution.

We Hold Their Truths To Be Self Evident, 2021, oil on canvas,series, 84 in x 60 in. The first in a series of ten pieces that together offer transparency to the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the US Constitution.

We The People, conceived 2016, executed 2017, oil, charcoal, acrylic, and ink on canvas, 84 in x 58 in, artist’s collection.

We The People, conceived 2016, executed 2017, oil, charcoal, acrylic, and ink on canvas, 84 in x 58 in, artist’s collection.

Incarcerated America, 2016, Spray paint, oil, acrylic, and enamel, approximately 27 inches x 27 inches x 1 inch. Artist’s collection.

Incarcerated America, 2016, Spray paint, oil, acrylic, and enamel, approximately 27 inches x 27 inches x 1 inch. Artist’s collection.

A Consequence Of Lives On The Margins Of A Vanishing World, conceived 2016, executed 2021, oil on canvas, 72 x 54 in.

A Consequence Of Lives On The Margins Of A Vanishing World, conceived 2016, executed 2021, oil on canvas, 72 x 54 in.

Without You I Have No Meaning, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 in x 54 in.  One of a series.

Without You I Have No Meaning, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 in x 54 in. One of a series.

A Declarative Sentence Not Yet Evolved Into Questions Of Uncertainty And Doubt, conceived 2016, oil on canvas, 120 in x 54 in.  The concept of this sentence — the idea of it alone — was sold to a New York City collector in 2017, edition 1 of 8 of the conceptual idea.  This piece is the sole physical execution.

A Declarative Sentence Not Yet Evolved Into Questions Of Uncertainty And Doubt, conceived 2016, oil on canvas, 120 in x 54 in. The concept of this sentence — the idea of it alone — was sold to a New York City collector in 2017, edition 1 of 8 of the conceptual idea. This piece is the sole physical execution.