The above drawing is titled: "Tar and Feather Painting, Second Variation" and is a study for large-scale. The piece consists of : stretched canvas, roofing cement(tar), goose feathers, cables and metal hooks. The painting measures 10'x10' x height of ceiling. Four cables are attached to the ceiling and descend to metal hooks. The hooks pierce the corners and/or sides of the painting allowing it to suspend.

The drawing above is titled: "Tar and Feather Painting, Third Variation". The painting rests on the floor inside of a metal cage. The cage is open at the top. The dimensions on this work are variable as in all of the pieces in this series. What I am giving in size description is an approximation. The cage may work at different heights as well as various design possibilities, i.e., thickness of metal, color of metal, or amount of bars for the cage. This individual artwork can have a few variations on its own. The reason why all of these works are tarred and featherred paintings, displayed horizontally in different structures, is a method of creating visual/spatial/conceptual paradigms. The painting, in and of itself, has become a sign used to inquire as to its own nature, i.e, what is its function? How is meaning read into this medium? Can it really claim to give us a certain form of knowledge? Can painting as a language be presented in a manner that calls its identity into question? The visceral, aggressive treatment towards the stretched canvas and the environment that they are presented within function for me as paradigms that foster thought and arenas that allow for embellishment.

The Fourth Variation is a tarred and featherred painting placed on the floor inside of a Plexiglass cube. The proposed dimensions are: 10'x10'x12'. The cube is open at the top and bottom with a line painted down and across each edge on the outside of the cube. The painted line is the means that unifies the internal to the external.

"Tar and Feather Painting, Variation Six" is a combination of Variation Two and Variation Three (see drawing above). The painting is suspended from the ceiling to about 1ft. above the floor(also by using metal cables and hooks). The piece suspends inside of the metal cage. The cage rests on the floor. I am interested in different colors for the cage in this version. Because of the intensity of the medium that I am using in this entire series, I would like to build one piece that retains a certain playfullness. Perhaps a multi-colored cage for this piece.