Every picture tells a story
Some images speak for themselves. But old habits die hard. As a career advertising copywriter, I came up with captions to capture the essence of what you see.
Topo Chico
2021. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
Description: The mystical Mexican thirst quencher.
Salvo
2018. Oil on canvas, 36” x 36”
Description: Conquer those washday blues with the knockout power of Salvo. Your laundry won’t know what hit it.
Tahitian treat
2019. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
Description: If you can’t run off to Tahiti like Paul Gauguin, drinking a can of carbonated fruit punch is the next best thing.
Anacin
1991. Oil on canvas, 40” x 30”
Description: The paradox of hard-sell advertising: it induces a splitting headache, and also provides the remedy.
Atomic Cowboy
1990. Oil on canvas, 40” x 30”
Description: A Disneyesque detonation in the high desert of New Mexico. My younger self paid little heed to nuclear waste.
Vegas Bride
2018. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
Description: The Rat Pack-era Sands, my life partner Lydia, and the Nevada Test Site. What more can one man ask?
Stardust
1996. Oil, glitter on canvas, 18” x 36”
Description: Resort casino signage on the Las Vegas Strip, depicted here at midcentury, when the incomparable Esquivel played in the lounge.
