This is my newest painting "The Pool".  I had the initial idea for it when I went out with some friends to see a turtle derby in Los Angeles in the summer of 2005.  Perhaps the large rectangular ring set up as a racing rink for turtles suggested the cubic bath central to the composition.  I'm not sure.  Besides - I never saw any racing turtles - the atmosphere of the club was unbearable - a college frat scene pick up joint - so I just hid in a corner since I didn't like it.  I amused myself by making the preliminary sketch for this painting.  Since that time I have worked on the painting off and on until finally I have completed it -  three and a half years later.

If you would like to acquire a print of this painting please have a look at the Ebay sale.

Below are details from the painting:














During the course of this painting I realized that many of the characters are people from my own personal life, but I won't say who they are -  "The names have been changed to protect the innocent" - (so to speak).  Some of the characters in the painting are actually several different individuals simultaneously.  However, I will offer this:  The two rats pictured  in the detail above represent, among other things, my wife, April Lelia, and I toasting the apocalypse as newlyweds.












Above is one of the preliminary sketches made for the painting.