Tacos El Gordo
2020. Oil on canvas, 40” x 30”
Description: Vernal, Utah is dinosaur country. It’s also a great place for gas station cuisine.
Orbit
2001. Oil on canvas, 10” x 8”
Description: I dabble in philately, so it’s no wonder I took inspiration from the 1962 “Project Mercury” 4-cent U.S. postage stamp.
UNsinkable
2016. Oil on canvas, 24” x 18”
Description: A U.S. Navy frogman shepherds capsule and crew of Gemini 3 back to the recovery ship after a successful return to planet Earth.
Apollo 1 (Grissom, White, Chaffee)
1994 – 2003. Oil on canvas triptych, 48” x 30”
Description: Fire in the cockpit, no survivors. An altar piece tribute to the three astronauts who perished on January 27, 1967.
Challenger
2003. Oil on canvas, 36” x 18”
Description: The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, as seen from a windswept Florida beach.
Columbia
2003. Oil on canvas with glass tile border, 36” x 18”
Description: The disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, upon re-entry after its 16-day mission.
