armour and intimacy
illustrations in a "gladiatoria" manuscript, bavaria/austria, ca. 1450
source: Krakow, Bibl. Jagiellońska, Berol. mgq 16, fol. 46v, 16r, 47r, and 57v
Moomin dolls 1950-1969
Skull
Acrylic on canvas
14x18 inches
I had the canvas gridded up ready to paint back in 2017. Sometimes it’s just finding the right time to be able to experiment. I used a flat headed brush to apply the pixel squares in thick acrylics.
It was quite a meditative process. When I draw or paint I usually focus my breathing with each brush stroke, so I have total control over the movement.
dr raczkowski and his eggplant escape pod 55x34cm michael pontieri 2011
in an alternate universe there is a professor who spends more time playing chess on the internet and less writing articles and such. in this universe he doesn’t get tenure but is allowed to teach at the university’s satellite campus if he can find it.
















