Elegant Imbalance painting pinups he discovers the room's occupant

he discovers the room's occupant clad in only his skimpy skivvies and a smile

and high-risk decision making

star-patterned undies

into the blueprint for a life that we want to create for ourselves together

newspaper pasted over cracks in the walls

Elegant Imbalance painting pinups he discovers the room's occupantThis piece was created for the exhibit "A Circus Show & Other Atrocities" at A Bitchin' Space Gallery in Sacramento, CA. The exhibit juxtaposed the dark, painful lives of performing animals with the fun, amusing atmosphere of the carnival. In doing research for my contribution, I found some incredibly disturbing video footage of elephants being stabbed with hooks by their trainers. I had to approach the piece from an angle that I could relate to, so