GAUCHERIES

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Picture of the author standing in front of two paintings.

Gaucheries means "awkward, embarrassing, or unsophisticated ways; clumsiness; a lack of tact."

An erased painting of light green, red, black, white paint splatters, mod podge, newspaper, and magazine pages.

"Something Tells Me It's All Happening At The Zoo" (2021)

Mixed media (oil, pastel, mod podge, newspaper, magazine pages) on linen

(untitled) (2023)

Watercolor on paper.

(untitled) (2023)

Acrylic and mod podge on canvas board.

"Window" (2022)

Acrylic and mod podge on canvas.

"Acid Rain" (2020)

Mixed media (acrylic, found images, magazine pages, newspaper, glue) on found canvas.

"French Bulldog" (2020)

Mixed media (acrylic, mod podge, glue, magazine pages, newspaper, oil tubes) on found canvas (a picture of a french bulldog). Used palette knives and a heat gun.

(Sold)

"Carquinez Strait" (2022)

Acrylic painting on canvas board.

"Lifesaver" (2022)

Acrylic painting on canvas.

Candid photograph of two police officers standing in front of a shopfront in San Francisco circa 2018.

"Cops" (2018)

Photographed in San Francisco

A photograph taken in Coronado, CA, of an empty plaza with green astro turf, lounge chairs, and ocean beach.

Hotel Coronado (2019)

Photographed in Coronado, CA

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Reykjavík, Iceland

Photographs 2015

San Francisco

Photographs c. 2010-2019.

Seattle

Photographs 2019-2020.

Donut Wheel (2015)

Photographed in Livermore, CA.

Wave (2026)

Acrylic on watercolor scrap paper.

Collage of religious hymns cut into strips and glued together on a rectangular piece of cardboard. Earth is painted in oil pastels. There are 4 representative symbols in each corner: a police officer, a man frightened by his shadow, a woman frightened by a ghost, an empty intersection in a city. Oil pastels, found images, collage, and wheat paste on cardboard.

"Didn't Deserve This Kind Of Death" (2020)

Oil pastels, found images, collage, and wheat paste on cardboard

A digital collage of Saussure's signified and signifier diagram. On top is a pig in his trough. On bottom is Derek Chauvin.

"Semiotics" (2020)

Collage

"Everything Under the Sun" (2019)

Collage, found images, magazine pages glued to cardboard.

These, Too, Are Part of The South's Growth (2020)

Paint, collage, and found images on cardboard.

(untitled) (2020)

Acrylic and ink on collage, found images, magazine pages glued to cardboard.

Deutsch (2020)

Ink on collage and found images stapled to cardboard.

"GAUCHERIES #1" (2012)

Photos, collages, poetry, and prose. /19

"GAUCHERIES #2" (2013)

Two short stories and some poetry. /27

"GAUCHERIES #3" (2014)

Prose, poetry, and photos. /30

"PEOPLE I'VE MET FROM THE INTERNET" (2016)

Submission-based zine based on the eponymous theme of internet-people.

I advertised on Facebook and Tumblr, and published about 15 pieces by people from around the world, all of whom, I believe, received a copy.

/50

"GAUCHERIES #3.5" (2015)

Five poems. Printed for San Diego Zine Fest. /10

"GAUCHERIES #4" (2015)

Photos and poetry. /15

"GAUCHERIES #5" (2016)

Prose, photos, poetry, fiction, and more written by myself and various friends at the time.

"GAUCHERIES #6" (2017)

Poetry and photos.

"GAUCHERIES #7" (2018)

Poems and prose.