Studio Work > Dark Cloud (2011 - present)

Nothing But Flowers
Multi-block relief print
10 x 12 inches
2016
Corn
Multi-block relief print
15 x 5 inches
2016
Chopsticks
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Porpoiseless
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Orcanomics
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Ghost of Bacon
Multi-block relief print
6 x 9 inches
2016
Hook
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Hooked
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Balancing Act
Multi-block relief print
11 x 8.5 inches
2016
Rhinoplasty
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Horny
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Which of these is not...?
Multi-block relief
10 x 8 inches
2018
Steakhead
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Tender 1
Multi-block relief
10 x 8 inches
2018
Tender 2
Multi-block relief
10 x 8 inches
2018
Pig
Multi-block relief print
9 x 6 inches
2016
Oil field
Multi-block relief print
9 x 6 inches
2016
Have it Your Way
Multi-block relief
10 x 8 inches
2018
Jaws
Multi-block relief print
11 x 8.5 inches
2016
Rambi
Multi-block relief print
9 x 6 inches
2016
Buck
Multi-block relief print
10 x 8 inches
2016
Destroy Something Beautiful
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Laboratory Mickey
Multi-block relief print
10 x 8 inches
2016
Tube mouse
Multi-block relief print
10 x 8 inches
2016
Pokemouse
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
The cage is for your own safety
Multi-block relief
12 x 9 inches
2018
Shorn
Multi-block relief print
10 x 8 inches
2016
Big Horn
Multi-block relief print
9 x 5 inches
2016
Elmer
Multi-block relief print
8 x 6 inches
2016
Howl 2
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Howl
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Migration
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Displaced
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
On Top
Multi-block relief print
10 x 8 inches
2016
On Top
Multi-block relief print
10 x 8 inches
2016
Antburn
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Sadist
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
An urge to burn
Multi-block relief print
8 x 10 inches
2016
Cluck You!
Multi-block relief
11 x 14 inches
2015
Dark Cloud (gallery view)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2013
Dark Cloud (gallery view)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2013
Dark Cloud (gallery view)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2013
Dark Cloud (detail)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2013
Dark Cloud (detail)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2013
Dark Cloud, gallery view
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2011
Dark Cloud, gallery view
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2011
Dark Cloud, gallery view
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2011
Dark Cloud, gallery view
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2011
Dark Cloud, gallery view (detail)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
2011
Coalminer
Multi-block relief print
8 x 6 inches
2016
Skull Shovel
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8.5 x 11 inches
2013
Happy Thanksgiving
Multi-block relief print
2011
Gobble
Multi-block relief print
2011
Sowing Uncertain Futures
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
Slick Sickness
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Lean Mean
Multi-block relief print
2011
Corporate Neighbors
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
Cluck You
Multi-block relief
11 x 14 inches
2015
New and Improved
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
6.75 x 16 inches
2013
We Take What We Want
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 6 inches
2013
We Take What We Want (variation)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 6 inches
2013
Filet-O-Fish
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Filet-O-Fish (variation)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Moral (A)Trophy
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
Trophy (The Award for Most Short-Sighted and Cruel)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
The Saddest Smile
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
We Once Saw a Wolf
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Same Wilderness, New Game
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Fin Soup
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
6 x 9 inches
2013
Fin Soup (variation)
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 8 inches
2013
Meathead
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
11 x 7 inches
2013
2-piece special
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
Frog on Log
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
Un-treed
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 12 inches
2013
Development
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Where the Buffalo Roamed
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
8 x 10 inches
2013
Wild Wing
Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames
10 x 8 inches
2013
Fossil Fools (150 million pig skulls)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Fossil Fools (35 million cow skulls)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Progress
Multi-block relief print
2011
Development
Multi-block relief print
2011
Monoculture
Multi-block relief print
2011
Urban Myths (Pegasus)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Comb
Multi-block relief print
2011
Bacon Tracks
Multi-block relief print
2011
Makin' Bacon
Multi-block relief print
2011
Circus Leaving Town
Multi-block relief print
2011
Golden
Multi-block relief print
2011
BP Bovine
Multi-block relief print
2011
Pig Boy
Multi-block relief print
2011
Thinkin' Arby's!
Multi-block relief print
2011
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Multi-block relief print
2011
The Land Laid Bear
Multi-block relief print
2011
Magic Kingdom
Multi-block relief print
2011
Nuclear Colony
Multi-block relief print
2011
Bigger, Faster, Better
Multi-block relief print
2011
Managing the Population
Multi-block relief print
2011
Managing the Population
Multi-block relief print
2011
Happy Walmart Pig Carcass
Multi-block relief print
2011
Baby Boy
Multi-block relief print
2011
You're Next
Multi-block relief print
2011
McCarcass
Multi-block relief print
2011
Stump
Multi-block relief print
2011
BP Sea Turtle
Multi-block relief print
2011
McCow
Multi-block relief print
2011
Grinder
Multi-block relief print
2011
Steakhead
Multi-block relief print
2011
Rare
Multi-block relief print
2011
T-Wrecks
Multi-block relief print
2011
Big Ag'
Multi-block relief print
2011
Fertilizer
Multi-block relief print
2011
Chick vs. Dozer
Multi-block relief print
2011
Chick (w/Walmart Alarm)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Multi-block relief print
2011
Blue Bags
Multi-block relief print
2011
Wendy and Big Boy Meet Curbside
Multi-block relief print
2011
Wendy Filet
Multi-block relief print
2011
Tuna Can't Breathe Oil
Multi-block relief print
2011
McShit
Multi-block relief print
2011
"But I liked him best!"
Multi-block relief print
2011
Consequences
Multi-block relief print
2011
Open Late (Eat Shit)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Taco Bowel (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
Multi-block relief print
2011
McCarcass (Retro)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Soaked
Multi-block relief print
2011
Pacified
Multi-block relief print
2011
Suck It
Multi-block relief print
2011
Shelly McOrca
Multi-block relief print
2011
Fuel for Fools
Multi-block relief print
2011
Bummer
Multi-block relief print
2011
Untitled
Multi-block relief print
2011
Secret Recipe
Multi-block relief print
2011
The Colonel
Multi-block relief print
2011
I'm Thinking Arby's (Cannibal Fantasy)
Multi-block relief print
2011
I'm Thinking Arby's!
Multi-block relief print
2011
McShark (Eating Everything)
Multi-block relief print
2011
Scary Clown
Multi-block relief print
2011
Fake Smile
Multi-block relief print
2011
(This is How Much) Humans Hate Dolphins
Multi-block relief print
2011
You Know How It Feels
Multi-block relief print
2011
Bummer
Multi-block relief print
2011
Mowed
Multi-block relief print
2011
Hare Blower
Multi-block relief print
2011
Blocked
Relief print
2011

Multi-block relief prints in found or thrift shop frames. Dimensions variable.

My current process involves hundreds of relatively small, carved wood and linoleum blocks, all printed by hand. By employing stencils, masking shapes (cut from newsprint) and an unconventional registration system I produce complex, composite images like those comprising Dark Cloud.

These prints were devised as individual vignettes in order to suggest our tendency to view their contents - the clear-cutting of rainforests, our dependency on fossil fuels, the exploitation of other animals in industrialized human agriculture - as isolated issues. But despite the separation of one cell from another by thin wooden frames, their physical proximity is intended to encourage formal and conceptual analogies. These concerns are, after all, interconnected.