"Man With Flower II," Spray paint, oil paint, mixed media on masonite, 3'x4'
​This is a portrait of a man that I took on Venice Beach sitting on a bench.  Behind him is a trash can to show where he was sitting.  On the bench is a rainbow, to represent hope.  The image has both dark and light aspects.  He is in darkness, but the fluorescent colors are bringing light to the situation.  It is a painting and a collage.  There is a foam glitter heart sticker where his heart is, and there flowers in and around the trash can to show brightness from dark.  The umbrella is shelter, and the flowers represent growth.  There are plastic beads glued onto the painting in collage form to add to the areas of fluorescent color.