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"behind the noise barrier", collage on paper, 2025
several characters camp out on the other side of a freeway noise barrier. one, a raccoon, warms their feet by a fire; another, a hybrid creature in a shiny jumpsuit, engages in self-pleasure. standing in the background, a human, possibly two intertwined, plays guitar.
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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something else that I find super exciting about collage - the myriad ways you can play with pareidolia: none of these 3 faces are actually composed of faces! they're pasted together artifacts from distorted photo scans, blown up crunchy jpegs, or digitally overlaid images
zoom from previously posted collage piece "rite of passage"
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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"rite of passage", collage on paper, 2025
an eclectic crowd of figures stand on a cliffside, the backdrop behind them obscured by nightfall. their wardrobe and emotional states all vary widely. a small figure stands at the front, at the very precipice of the cliff; they are perhaps being pushed or thrown over the edge.
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Twin Cities watching other major metropolitan areas elect cool mayors
Squidward watching Spongebob and Patrick playing outside meme
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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'surface tension', collage on paper, 2025
someone stands on the surface of a lake, suspended over figures that seem to be drifting through the water beneath. in the foreground is a textured beach; in the background, a large tree and a night sky complete with clouds and a distant rainbow.
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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'black widow', collage on paper, 2025
a female figure, possibly nude, advances toward the viewer. her body is composed of colorful static, a menacing expression on her face/faces. the room interior seems to melt and warp around her.
October 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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'cottage industry', collage on paper, 2025
a large building simultaneously burns and lies abandoned in a woodland scene. the image seems to be a uncanny splicing of business and residential structures, of past and present moments. it exudes an overwhelming sense of foreboding - something is very wrong here.
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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'don't look back in anger', collage on paper, 2025
a seething cartoon wolf stares into a pool of rippling water in the foreground; in the background, storm clouds gather and an apocalyptic deluge of water cascades from the sky.
September 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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watching centrist pols and commentators whitewash Charlie Kirk's career:
September 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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'chat piles', collage on paper, 2025
a chat pile erupts like a volcano, pouring molten lead down its slope. in the path is a figure that seems to be in the midst of evaporating or disintegrating, and nonsensical furniture. the background features more torrents of oozing metal and another erupting pile.
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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'inescapism', collage on paper, 2025
a collage features a group of anthropomorphic animals engaging in raucous poolside horseplay- in the background, a tornado whirls closer and closer, turning day into night and lofting large objects and debris toward the foreground
September 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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here 🐰🎨
July 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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'room party', collage/pen and ink on paper, 2025
two scantily clad cartoon animals sit on an uncovered hotel mattress - one beckons the other to touch their body, the other obliges with a fumbling eagerness
July 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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'after dark', collage/ink and pen on paper, 2025
two scantily-clad cartoon animals of ambiguous gender recline on a sofa in a lobby. their expressions and body language vary, one exuding confidence, the other shyness and vulnerability
June 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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‘helicopters’, 2020, graphite, colored pencil and ink on paper
a horrified toon looks up at a night sky filled with police helicopters
June 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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‘leviathan’, 2020, pencil on paper
the Trump administration/broader MAGA movement rendered as a monstrous cluster of sneering mouths, silk neckties, gesturing/clapping hands, and marching legs - some wearing dress suits and high heels, others wearing militaristic boots
June 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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‘police riot’, 2020, colored pencil and ink on paper
a cadre of oversized police officers herd a fleeing crowd through a dark landscape
June 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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‘the world was watching’, 2019, colored pencil & pen on paper
June 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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aww, thank u elub :"
April 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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'fire in my belly', acrylic on paper, 2022
a cartoon bird flails in a fit of rage
April 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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'disaster years', ink and acrylic on panel, 2022
in a parody of Johannes van Wijckersloot's 'Allegory of the Disaster Year' (1673), two figures stare at cartoon animals clashing on the screen of a tablet
March 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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'the dream', ink on paper, 2022
in the foreground of a Bruegelian landscape, a cartoon farmhand awakens with an erection
February 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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'shaving', colored pencil on paper, 2020
a toon wolf shaves their body in the shower, revealing a humanoid pair of legs
February 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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'untitled (Puss in Boots)', ink and graphite on paper, 2021
an anthropomorphic cartoon cat, partially dressed in musketeer regalia, waves a handkerchief while splayed out on a mattress in a nocturnal landscape
February 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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'edict', 2020, ink on paper
a marching procession of militarized police emerge from of the mouth of a pig
February 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM