One-of-a-Kind

Recent Additions and Other Individual Projects

The earth pocked with red triangular and mushroom-shaped growths as depicted on images of SARA-CoV-2.

Hudson Valley

Landscapes inspired by the Hudson River School but adapted to suit my technique.

A two-story old stone mill stands in the background along the left, with low waterfalls cascading in the foreground on the right. Many trees fill in the scene.

Santorini

Tetraptych of an idealized view from Fira or Oia.

An idealized view of the Santorini caldera from Fira or Oia, depicting many colorful churches and an ancient windmill, in four segments. Three colorful churches as seen in Fira.

Burn

Projects for Burning Man and Frostburn.

A rendition of the Burning Man's head, approximately two meters tall; lined with white el-wire and portraying a face of el-wire features including a yellow nose and blue eye as its eyes, pink lips as its nose, and a blue eye as its mouth.

Empire

A Collection of Works about New York City

One-inch squares of newspaper are arranged in a 50×42 grid to depict Midtown Manhattan.

View from Hawksbill Summit

Shenandoah National Park

Colored paper cut-and-layered to represent the view from Hawksbill Summit in Shenandoah National Park, mounted on a scroll of golden fabric with rustic handles made of tree branches.

8-Bit City

Four Manhattan Parks in the style of Pitfall!™ by Activision®

Washington Square, Union Square, Bryant and Central Parks, depicted as scenes from the 1980s video game, 'Pittfall!'. In each scene, pedestrians surround iconic landmarks, with subway tunnels represented below the scene. Union Square Park depicted as a scene from the 1980s video game, 'Pittfall!'. Pedestrians surround the statue of George Washington and tunnel pavilion above a ladder that leads down into a subway tunnel with workers walking in it.

Bodies

Humans, Imagined or Otherwise

Portrait of a woman with a face made of flames.

The Edge

A Stick Man's Breakup

A stick figure woman pushes a stick figure man over the edge of a cliff.

National Mall

Presidential Monuments in Washington, DC

Colored paper cut-and-layered to represent the Lincoln Memorial viewed from the east.

Lost in a Crowd

Afflictions of an Individual in a Conformist Society

A cluster of very similar white circles are separated from a single, distinct, yellow circle.

Great Wall

Memories of the Great Wall of China near Jianshangling

A segment of the Great Wall of China along a ridge near Jianshangling. A segment of the Great Wall of China along a ridge near Jianshangling.

Arturo Vardelos

The Art of Commodifying the Commodification of Art

the Arturo Vardelos logo: the letters A and V, with the stylized outline of an X-acto knife crossing the letter A

The Neighbors

Digitally-enhanced Photos of Brooklyn Fire Hydrants

A thin, partly-rusted, red hydrant with a silver bonnet is missing a pumper nozzle cap.

Wind Turbines

Digitally-manipulated photos to surround a Shepard Fairey print.

A collection of large and small wind turbines scattered across a hillside. The photo has been manipulated to depict only four colors: the turbines in white, the sky in light blue, the distant hill in red and the nearer hill in dark blue.

Cherry Blossoms

Digitally-manipulated photos of cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.

Close-up photo of branches covered in cherry blossoms, digitally-manipulated to somewhat resemble an impressionist painting.