Zedist Monk | Original Size:32″ x 46″ With my studies in Materials

With my studies in Materials Science providing a keen insight into crystallography

Working in oils lets me explore more intricate and subtle shading techniques to bring out more realism and create separation between a chosen image

The moon rising from its watery diffusion across two phase boundaries

connected to each other

I painted it on New Year’s Eve in downtown San Diego during a warehouse party

Zedist Monk | Original Size:32″ x 46″ With my studies in MaterialsThe Monk is arguably my most popular piece. I am still pleased with it after seventeen years. The concept, composition, and craftsmanship still surprise me. I styled and shot the photos used to capture the pose by dressing my friend in a bed sheet. The hands are my own and the face is meant to be an androgynous blend between Mary and Jesus. A nod to the bilingual language of human sexuality and a better balancing of our feminine and masculine natures.