History of Painting chronicles my evolution as a square peg painter in a round peg art world. I also speak candidly about art schools and femme fatales.

The logic of my comics follows the spirit of my paintings. I would describe my work in this medium as exercises in poetic juxtaposition, a combination of kitsch and haiku where the resulting absurdity resonates like an ancient subterranean echo. The comics featured here include bohemian muses and giant dust bunnies. There is also an allegorical tale about escaping a House of Mirrors. In between, I discuss my ideas pertaining to linear and non-linear narratives in comics.

The enemy of the individual artist is, and has always been, categorical thinking. Categorical thinking is the habitual practice of viewing things and ideas—past, present, and future—as existing only within preset categories. Categorical thinking is the antithesis of genius.In my essays, I explain these differences and why culture is doomed to perpetuate mediocrity by its very nature. I use my comix to illustrate various points that I make along the way. The last set of essays in this section include notes and comic strips from my Blender Kitty series, The Transcendental Primer, where I explain how Kantian Metaphysics relates to ultimate reality-- and art.

Anatomically challenged nudes, three-dimensional cubist animals, and a rather straightforward self-portrait. More paintings to baffle and confuse.

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