ARTWORK FOR SALE — john james pron

PHILLY & ME: FOR BETTER OR WORSE, FOR RICHER OR POORER....Exhibition Cerulean Arts Jul 2023

All artworks shown here are available for sale thru the gallery directly (www.ceruleanarts.com). Each are priced at $500.

Note: Adam and Eve, the Dragon of Kensington and the Street Violence confronting a Block Party are sold.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition DVAA 2020

“Investigating the “facts” behind the evolution of Philadelphia, from the past, of the present, and speculating on the future. Some are true (such as William Penn wanting a checkerboard balancing nature with the manmade, and Ben Franklin flying his kite), while others are apocryphal (Betsy Ross did not sew the first flag, Rocky Balboa never existed, nor is the Jersey devil real). False news muddles the world of today, whether it be drug abuse and homelessness, global warming, schools and oil refineries, or an epidemic of guns. And what will be the stories of tomorrow that will define this city. I speculate.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: WILLIAM PENN'S PREFERRED LAYOUT

21” x 21” framed mixed media collage $500

William Penn was an idealist but no economist, originally wishing for a checkboard layout where every house and store faced a green park or meadow. Totally unrealistic to sustain a viable town center…but Penn’s heart was in the right place.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: FAIREST OF THE FAIR-MOUNT

21” X 21” framed mixed media collage SOLD

One of the great, monumental and idyllic city parks of the US. Philadelphia is so enriched with this natural centerpiece

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: SHRINE OF THE MYTHICAL BIRTHPLACE OF ROCKY

21” x 21” framed mixed media collage $500

Rocky Balboa is a uniquely Philadelphian folk hero whose roots may long predate Sylvester Stallone films. Was he born in a manger? Did the local Lenni Lenapi tribal leaders honor him with gifts? Is this the site and the origin of Philadelphia’s iconic Mummers Parade?

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: SOCIETY HILL AT HIGH HIGH TIDE

21”l x 21”w framed collage with prismacolor rendering

$500 (artwork available thru CeruleanArts.com)

Rising ocean levels and more intensive stream flooding will leave Philly’s “river wards” underwater. Lift up the historic icons, and reconstruct the neighborhoods like Venice: walkable paths to house doors and rooftops

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: THE BETHEL BURYING GROUND/ PLAYGROUND

21” x 21” framed mixed media collage $500 (available thru Ceruleanarts.com)

The playground on Catherine St in Queen Village was an African-American cemetery from 1810 til 1889, but with graves long lost, it is now an actively used and much-needed playground. Can one have both? Much as European gothic churches bury in the aisles, much as 19th century Philadelphians would stage sunday picnics in cemeteries, it can both memorialze the dead while sustaining young life. The monumental canopies shape coffin-like silhouettes over the play spaces.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: PUBLIC STATUARY QUARANTINE STATIONPHILADELPHIA

21” X 21” framed mixed media collage SOLD

With greater awareness of the nuances of history, many of the city’s public statues are being questioned: their gestures, their size, their public placement, etc. A City Quarantine Station is proposed- an isolating precinct where these artworks can be research debated and their public placement be resolved- if ever.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: THE SCHOOLS....AND NOW, ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, COVID-19

21” x 21” framed…mxed media collage $500 (available thru Ceruleanarts.com)

This city’s public schools are perpetually underfunded and constantly stressed by deteriorating facilities and lack of staffing. Now, it has gotten even more challenging to educate the children.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: THE UNSEEN WALL OF ECONOMIC ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

21” x 21” framed…mixed media collage $500 (available thru Ceruleanarts.com)

Selected as an illustration for the ONE EARTH Journal February 2021 online issue (Cell Press Elsevier Publisher), confronting the environmental impacts on economic development.

Philadelphia’s poverty rate is at 25.7%, which is the highest of this nation’s 10 largest cities. About 400,00 residents live below the federal poverty line. While center city Philadelphia glitters and sparkles with new construction and myriad activities. That wall cannot be physically seen, but its easy to note that it exists.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: THE RED DRAGON OF KENSINGTON AVENUE

21” x 21” framed mixed media collage $500 SOLD

This street is one of America’s most notorious for drug addiction, violence and homelessness. (“the Walmart of Illegal Drugs” New York Times).

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: THE NEW ENERGY SOLUTIONS NON-REFINERY

21” x 21” framed mixed media collage $500 (available thru Ceruleanarts.com)

The destructive oil refinery fire of Southwest Philadelphia resulted in bankruptcy and closure. Rather than redevelop it for warehouses or industrial, layer those acres with multiple uses- ground level crops (FDA approved for growing in compromised soli), orchards (maybe Philadelphia crabapples (!), solar panels and then wind turbines. Hundreds of acres utilized by the city.

PHILADELPHIA FABULIST Exhibition: THE KIMMEL CENTER GUN-MELT & COLLECTION POINT

21” X 21” framed mixed media collage $500

Gun-melt technology is developing and industry is building increasingly sustainable smelters. If the noise can be minimized, it can be operated in convenient urban contexts. The great vaults of the Kimmel Center may be just perfect.

PHILADELPHIA: INVISIBLE CITY 2018

From the 2018 DVAA Member Show, titled “Artist/ Writer/ Reader”, which asked artists to pair one reading from literature. I chose Italo Calvino’s 1974 classic “Invisible Cities”- a mythic tale of Marco Polo’s visit to China under Kublai Khan. The city Calvino describes in all of his varying chapters is inevitably Venice, but his insights apply to all cities. For me, it is my beloved Philadelphia.

"PHILADELPHIA: INVISIBLE CITY"

21” X 21” framed prismacolor rendered drawing $500

philadelphiaBURNOUT Drawing Exhibition 3RD ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2014

BURNOUT relates to me- getting older, retired from my life’s career challenged, not wanting to continue doing what I have for past decades, but unsure of what I do next.

Cities have burnout also. Cities are “born”, discover what they can uniquely offer in order to thrive, and may also decline and decay. I am a lifelong Philadelphian, love its past, am stimulated by its present, but I do worry about what Philadelphia will do next. Many problems remain and many responses are short-term. This is a visual glimpse at what might be “urban burnout”.

POMPEII-ADELPHIA

An 8-part charcoal, ink and black prismacolor rendering of how the city might indeed come to an end. Each city block- a city lost to history. (each panel 16” x 20”)

For sale as a single totality $1600

philadelphiaBURNOUT #3: the "MOVE" confrontation

21” x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

August 1985…the historic lowpoint of civic incompetence.

philadelphiaBURNOUT #4: "Roundhouse"- the old Police Administration Building

21” x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

Police run amok

philadelphiaBURNOUT #5: the City's Hi-rise Skyline

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink & black prismacolor $350

so dramatic and monumental, but the average new office tower only lasts 30 years.

philadelphiaBURNOUT #6: Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

A once-powerful institution, wracked by moral scandals and financial catastrophy.

philaselphiaBURNOUT #7: PAFA graduation

21” x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

The Academy is one of this city’s great art schools…but where are the jobs?

philadelphiaBURNOUT #8: the Please (no longer) Touch Museum

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

inhabiting a spectacular building, but unable to meet its monthly mortgage payments

philadelphiaBURNOUT #9: RITTENHOUSE SQUARE

21” X 21” charcoal, ink and black prismacolor collage SOLD

the only affordable solution to the deferred maintenance of the Fairmount Park Commission: live goats.

philadelphiaBURNOUT #19: the Mural Arts Program

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

wonderful…but doesn’t all paint peel?

philadelphiaBURNOUT #11: the Barnes Museum

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink and black prismacolor $350

Should arts respositories relocate into a city that may eventually go bankrupt?

philadelphiaBURNOUT #13: the DRPA Troll Bridge

21” x 21” framed charcoal, ink & black prismacolor $350

…personifying the Delaware Valley Port Authority’s long history of fiscal recklessness

philadelphiaBURNOUT #14: Penn's Landing

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink & black prismacolor SOLD

40 years of endless endless planning and still a parking out fronting a terminally rusting historic ship.

philadelphiaBURNOUT #15: the 3rd St Gallery on 2nd St

21”x 21” framed charcoal, ink & black prismacolor $350

….landlord problems forcing another move to yet another street. Art threatened with homelessness.

BAROQUE TOLLBOOTH 2002

Symmetry was important in previous centuries because it carried connotations of importance and dignity, even if two doorways were not needed. Today, highway traffic can be simply divided into two alternatives: having EZ-Pass or having to pay cash.

14” x 20” unframed drafted and prismacolor architectural rendering $700

FRACKING ROME Drawing Exhibition 3RD ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2012

For over 2500 years, the city of Rome has continually reinvented itself- its values, its lifestyles and its architectural settings. Using a word familiar to Pennsylvanians- “fracking”, which is the releasing of unseen, underground energies, are metaphorically applied to this extraordinary town.

These 26 drawings-each derived from some aspect of Rome- from the present or deeply embedded in the past, whether factual or fabulously mythological- and attempt attempt to imaginatively explore that heritage.

FRACKROME #1: BAROQUE OBSOLESCENCE

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismcolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #2: MEDUSA CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #23: PIAZZA COSMATI

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing SOLD

FRACKROME #3: THE SQUARE COLOSSEUM

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME # 4: SHEEP AVOIDING SACRIFICE

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #5: SHE-WOLF HOWLING

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #22: NAVONA EID/ BERNINI CAR BOMBING

21” X 21” framed charcoal @ prismacolor drawing SOLD

FRACKROME #6: ...AT THE TOP OF THE CAPITOLINE HILL, NOWHERE

21” x 21” framed charcoal and prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #7: BIFOLD PALAZZO

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #8: OPENING A TOMB FULL OF SECRETS

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #19: THE COLOSSEUM/DRILL PRESS

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor rendering SOLD

FRACKROME #9: WHITE PAULINE/ BLACK VENUS

21” x 21” framed charcoal and prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #10: GALLERIA FALSE PERSPECTIVE

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #11: THOU SHALL NOT FIDDLE

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismcolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #18: EXCAVATING (THE EVILS) BENEATH BERNINI'S COLONNADE

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor rendering SOLD

FRACKROME #12: UMBRELLA PINES

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #15: THE SPANISH CHAIN-LINK FENCE/STEPS

21’ X 21’ framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #20: PROSECCO ROTUNDA/ ROMAN CHURCH BUBBLES

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor rendering SOLD

FRACKROME #16 (MY) FUNERAL URN INTO THE TIBER

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #17: THE GNOMON OF CAESAR AUGUSTUS

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #21: TEMPORARY SCAFFOLD/ PERMANENT WRAP

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME #24: CAMPIDOGLIO CAPUT MUNDI

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismcolor rendering SOLD

FRACKROME #25: SAN CARLINO'S PERCOLATING CEILING

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

FRACKROME # 26: AQUEDUCT OIL-SPILL

21” x 21” framed charcoal & prismacolor drawing $300

HOUSE OF BODY/MIND/SPIRIT Design Series 2000

A capriccio. An architectural fantasy. Body: the ground floor and bodily functions. MIND: the main floor, catering to the rational and cerebral. SPIRIT: the top floor, billowing at one with the planet and the universe.

HOUSE OF BODY MIND SPIRIT

size? framed drafted and prismacolor rendering

for sale only as a tryptich $1000

archiitectural sections

HOUSE OF BODY MIND SPIRIT

size? framed drafted and prismacolor rendering

for sale only as a tryptich $1000)

architectural plans

HOUSE OF BODY MIND SPIRIT

size? framed drafted and prismacolor rendering

or sale only as a tryptich $1000

architectural elevations

DANCING ON THE RUINS Series 2009

The baroque architecture of 18th century Rome emphasized movement- pediments rose and bubbled, columns twisted and walls wiggled and bulged. Of course, the stone was static, as the movement was all illusionary. This set of 4 collages counterpoints archival lithougraphs of iconic Roman settings with the movements of contemporary dancers. Lively images of a lively city.

"SPANISH STEPS"

21” X 21” unframed mixed media collage $300

"PIAZZA DEL POPOLO"

21” x 21” unframed mixed media collage $300

"PIAZZA NAVONA"

21” x 21” unframed mixed media collage $300

CAMPIDOGLIO

21”h x 21”l unframed mixed media collage $300

A CIA-FUNDED CAPITOL FOR NICARAGUA Series 2000

In the year 2000, when these drawings were unveiled, Daniel Ortega was the leader of the Sandanista party that resisted the oppression of the existing demagogue ruing government. Ronald Reagan funded US support for resisting him. The poem is by Ernesto Cardinal, the Minister of Culture and a Jesuit priest.

Twenty years later, Ortega has become the demagogue he originally fought against.

size? framed prismcolor rendered architeCtural drawings. For sale as a unified ensemble $1000

ROMAN REMIX Design Exhibition 3rd ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2010

“Roman Remix: Repurposing Sacred Spaces in the Papal City” has taken 6 iconic churches in Rome and found selective new uses for (parts of) them. The historic city contains 913 churches, most of them barely surviving due to lack of practicing Catholics, and at the same time, the city of Rome is becoming increasingly diverse, hererogenous, secular and global. This show was an attempt to “adjust” them in order to confront and solve contemporary problems, whether social, economic or environmental.

ROMAN REMIX solo show #3: SANTA MARIA IN (REFUGEE) CAMP-ITELLI

Afghan refugee families have been hiding (and living) under the streets of Rome. Breaking the symmetry, reconfigure half of the baroque church (Santa Maria in Campitelli) to welcome, support, feed and house them.

4 panels, each 21l x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. $1000

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ROMAN REMIX solo show #1: ST PETER'S BASILICA, THE VATICAN

Bernini’s symmetrical arms of the Piazza clutch too tightly. Rather it be a one-armed hug. And, by reversing the colonnade, it opens up a plethora of social support services, all sponsored by the church.

4 panels, each 21l x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. SOLD

The 4-part Artwork in its setting

ROMAN REMIX Solo Show #2: THE PIAZZA DEL POPOLO

Presently there are two symmetrical churches, but no one attends either. Since Rome today is no longer a Papal City, but truly cosmopolitan and spiritually diverse, reshape the piazza to represent all the city’s major religions.

4 panels, each 21l x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. $1000

4 panels, each 21L x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. $1000

ROMAN REMIX Solo Show #5: THE PIAZZA NAVONA

This public square-originally an ancient Roman racecourse- served as the “Salotta della Urba” (the urban living room) of Rome. Reconfigure the church of Santa Agnese to serve as a much needed health, recreation and fitness facility in the dense heart of the city.

4 panels, each 21l x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. $1000

ROMAN REMIX Solo show #4: SANTA SABINA

Santa Sabina is one of the oldest churches in Rome, restored to the way it was in the 7th c. It was the typical parish church of its era. Rethink the building for contemporary uses and needs- provide on-site parking, surround it with convenience shopping, prived a drive in window and rethink the roof for solar panel orientation.

4 panels, each 21l x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. $1000

ROMAN REMIX Solo Show #6: SAN CLEMENTE

The old church of San Clemente- a product of several layerings of church-upon-church-upon-worship-site, can now add a second layer, to accomodate a reservoir on its roof (who really believes heaven is “up” with what we know of astronomy)- to collect warm rainwater in summers and store it underground, to provide winter heating for both church and neighborhood.

4 panels, each 21l x 21”w framed in clear plexi or glass, clips holding to a masonite backing. Mixed media collage with prismacolor rendering on mylar.

Available only as a unified set of 4 images. $1000

CITTA DI ROMA: TOUCH & GO Design Exhibition 3rd ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2002

“Cita di Roma: Touch and Go” is a big solo show, comprising 1) the architectural and urban designs for three iconic Roman neighborhoods- the Borgo around the Vatican, the ruins of the Roman Forum, and the Il Centro area around the Pantheon. 2) multiple large charcoal drawings of everyday Rome, including the people, the activities and the settings. 3) a collection of vignettes focusing on evolving Roman palace facades as well as interior salons, triumphal arches and toll booths.

Note: only the images of the 3 design proposals are listed here.

CITTA DI ROMA: FORUM

This design proposal- including architectural plans, architectural sections, an abstract conceptual bas relief model and a text panel- is accompanied by 4 collage/ perspectives.

Only the 4 collages are offered for sale.

CITTA DI ROMA: FORUM #1

16”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$450

CITTA DI ROMA: FORUM #2

16”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$450

CITTA DI ROMA: FORUM #3

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: FORUM #4

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: NON-THEON

This design proposal- including architectural plans, architectural sections, an abstract conceptual bas relief model and a text panel- is accompanied by 3 collage/ perspectives.

Only the 3 collages are offered for sale.

CITTA DI ROMA: NON-THEON 1

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: NON-THEON 2

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: NON-THEON #3

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: BORGO VATICANO

This design proposal- including architectural plans, architectural sections, an abstract conceptual bas relief model and a text panel- is accompanied by 4 collage/ perspectives.

Only the 4 collages are offered for sale.

CITT DI ROMA: BORGO VATICANO #1

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: BORGO VATICANO #2

20”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$500

CITTA DI ROMA: BORGO VATICANO #3

16”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$450

CITTA DI ROMA: BORGO VATICANO #4

16”h x 20’ w plexiglass clip framing over masonite base collage with prismacolor architectural drawing.

$450

THE EVOLVING PALAZZO FACADE Series 2002

The imaginary evolution of a Roman palazzo: built as a bombastic unity by endlessly renovated, altered and reduced in size. Eventually totally demolished, with only a lonely billboard remaining on the site- the aristocratic family living in a trailer home.

(6) 12”h x 16”w unframed prismacolor rendered architectural drawings.

The set of 6 is for sale as a unified ensemble. $1000.

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PALAZZO FACADE Series: RENAISSANCE

12”h x 16”w unframed prismacolor rendering drawing

(for sale as a set of 6.

CITTA DI ROMA Drawing Exhibition 3RD ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2002

As an accompanyment to my solo show at the 3rd St Gallery on 2nd Street in 2002, I did a series of charcoal and black prismacolor drawings of Iconic architectural settings, but also of the many residents who populated the vias and vicolos (streets and alleys) of Il Centro- downtown Rome. The stunning architectural settings and the pulsating lifestyle of the people form a unity.

CITTA DI ROMA: PIAZZA OF ST PETER'S

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: BIBITA GELATI HAMBURGER

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal and black prismacolor drawing $500

CITA DI ROMA: THE KING AND i

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: BORROMINI

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing SOLD

CITTA DI ROMA: FRATERNAL TWINS: RENAISSANCE and BAROQUE

28”w x 40” l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing SOLD

CITTA DI ROMA: COLUMN BASE

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: BALDACCHINO

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: TARTUGHA FOUNTAIN

28”w x 40” l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: AT NAVONA

28”w x 40”h framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing SOLD

CITTA DI ROMA: STAMATIS AND THE FOUNTAIN

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing SOLD

CITTA DI ROMA: PILGRIM

28”w x 40”h framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing SOLD (permanent collection of Temple University Rome campus)

CITTA DI ROMA: DRUNK AT THE SHRINE

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: CELL PHONE

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: MY MAN

28’w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing SOLD

CITTA DI ROMA: SOLVING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: VANAPOLA (GO TO NAPLES)

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: BLOND

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

CITTA DI ROMA: DUOMO

28”w x 40” l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

THE EVOLVING PALAZZO SALON Series 2002

The traditional palazzo of an aristocratic Roman family stood for centuries,but was endlessly remodeled in the latest style and fashion. Here…..4 re-doings.

each is 8.5”h x 12”s, surrounded by mat 11 1.5”x 15.5” unframed

The entire set of 4 is $500.

NOT-SO-FAST, LAST JUDGEMENT Drawing Exhibition DVAA GALLERY 2019

An installation in the upstairs gallery of the DaVinci Art Alliance in South Philadelphia, converting the space into a secular chapel. Based on Michelangelo’s famed Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel, this 28-panel, 8 feet high and 11 feet wide (entirely rendered in charcoal and black primacolor pencil) rejects the finality of its original. Rolling it back a day (at least, but maybe years or months), it protrays the issues, problems and conflicts of the contemporary world. It also reminds the viewer that it is not too late for human action- which will help determine whether one is destined for heaven or hell.

Panels are all displayed under plexi or glass and held in place with clip joints.

Price for the entire ensemble- a single unified art work $3000

URBAN QUAD

Philadelphia’s iconic gridiron of streets is punctuated by 4 public squares. Originally surveyed as identical open spaces, each of them has developed its own unique character. This matched set of 4 bird’s eye views (actually 1-point perspectives looking directly downward), artistically interprets their similarities and their differences.

20”l x 20”w framed rendered prismacolor renderings

SOLD as a 4-part entity.

URBAN QUADRUPLET Series: LOGAN CIRCLE

URBAN QUADRUPLET Series: FRANKLIN SQUARE

URBAN QUADRUPLET Series: RITTENHOUSE SQUARE

URBAN QUADRUPLET Series: WASHINGTON SQUARE

CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE Exhibit: 3 PROJECTS 3RD ST GALLERY 2004

Drawings, perspectives and architectural models making a snarky political proposal to ongoing threats of terrorism: close Philadelphia’s historical district, move all significant buildings and artifacts within a secure precinct, wall it off by every possible means to secure it, and permit access only to government-certifed “patriots”. A terrifying solution for an open, democratic society, the fully developed solution is meant to appall.

Sited on historic Penn’s Landing, a waterfront site of empty parking lots and vacant dreams, in a half century of proposals, so little has happened.

CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE: AERIAL VIEW

20”l x 20”w framed under glass with clips attached to masonite backing. Architectural drawing with prismacolor rendering.

$500

CIT-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE: #2 & 3

(2) 20hl x 20”w each framed under glass with clips attached to masonite backing. Architectural drawing with prismacolor rendering.

$600 for both together

CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE #4

16”h x 20”w framed under glass with clips attached to masonite backing. Collage plus architectural drawing with prismacolor rendering.

$500

CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE #5

16”h x 20”w framed under glass with clips attached to masonite backing. Collage plus architectural drawing with prismacolor rendering.

$500

CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE #6

16”h x 20”w framed under glass with clips attached to masonite backing. Collage plus architectural drawing with prismacolor rendering.

$500

CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE #7

16”h x 20”w framed under glass with clips attached to masonite backing. Collage plus architectural drawing with prismacolor rendering.

$500

POTRAITS OF THE DISTRESSED Drawing Exhibition: 3RD ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2004

As part of a larger gallery show titled CITA-DEL OF BROTHERLY LOVE, this series of large scale portraits attempts to give dignity to the large segments of American society who have been left behind, bedeviled with alcoholism, drug abuse, unemployment and homelessness. All drawn here are from the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, but similar persons will be found in all American cities. The challenge is not to block out these people, but find a humane way to solve their issues and humanely re-integrate them into America’s democratic society

BROTHERHOOD #1

28”w x 40”l framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

BROTHERHOOD #2

28’h x 40”w framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

BROTHERHOOD #3

28”h x 40”w framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

BROTHERHOOD #4

28”w x 40”h framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

BROTHERHOOD #5

28”h x 40”w framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

BROTHERHOOD #6

28’h x 40”w framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

BROTHERHOOD #7

28”h x 40”w framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

SISTERHOOD #1

28’w x 40”h framed charcoal & black prismacolor drawing $500

PALAZZO DELLA PRONO Series 2000

These architectural plans, sections and elevations are a slight stylistic adjustment to the Pron House in Elkins Park, PA. What is essentially a modest, straightforward 1910 house, stripped down from Victorian and Queen Ann prototypes, has be re-considered as a classical estate, with one postmodern elevation.

approx 12h x 16”l unframed drafted and prismacolor rendered architectural drawings

$800 (for sale only as a unified set)

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TYLER AD-JUST 2011

As part of a Tyler School of Art Faculty Exhibit, this snarky collage/rendering represents the Architecture Program’s integration into the new on-campus Tyler Arts Building. It is a physical move across the street, from an old building to a new one….and also an occurance not happening without resentment. Force entry, one might say.

approx 14”h x 18” unframed mixed media collage $300

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING Series 2015

Today, drones offer a unique way to experience the city- as if one were a pigeon- so different from the overwhelmingly uniform mathematics that appear on Philadelphia’s maps. Here are 8 neighborhoods, as they pop out of those ubiquitous street alignments.

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #1: THE DIVINE LORRAINE HOTEL

21”h x 21”l unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar

$350

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #2: EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY

21”h x 21”w unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar $350

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #3: NORTHERN LIBERTIES

21”l x 21”h unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar SOLD

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #4: OLD SWEDES CHURCH

21”h x 21”l unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar $350

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #5: PHILA ELECTRIC COMPANY

21”h x 21”l unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar SOLD

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #6: GIRARD COLLEGE

21”h x 21”l unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar $350

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #7: FORT MIFFLIN

21”l x 21”h unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar $350

PHILADELPHIA DRONE DRAWING #8: THE DRAKE HOTEL

21”h x 21”l unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar $350

SEPT 11th Series 2001

Weeks after the horrific attack on New York’s World Trade Center, the 3rd St Gallery on 2nd St featured an al-member show. Knowing the 2500 year history of Rome, that city was many times wrecked by invaders and yet, it always returned to life, stronger and better. An examplar.

SEPT 11TH Series: THE FORUM OF TRAJAN

14”h x 14”w unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar

SOLD

SEPT 11TH SERIES: THE COLOSSEUM

14’h x 14”w unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar

$350

SWEPT 11TH Series: THE TREVI FOUNTAIN

14”h x 14”w unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar

$350

SEPT 11TH Series: THE CAMPIDOGLIO

14”h x 14” w unframed prismacolor rendered collage on mylar

$350

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PHILADELPHIA: INTERIOR LIFE Drawing Exhibition 2016

Many cultures and settings present their lifestyles very openly, but Quaker-based Philadelphia was historically not that way: its best secrets, its inner feelings, its motivating values only slowly emerge to an inquiring visitor. These black-and-white images represent the hidden city, not obvious unless one really looks closely and explores.

PHILA INTERIOR LIFE #2: Christina's (Dream) World

21”l x 21”w framed mixed media collage drawing $500

(for sale thru Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia PA)

PHILADELPHIA INTERIOR LIFE #1: THE WATERWORKS

21” x 21” framed mixed media collage drawing $450

PHILADELPHIA INTERIOR LIFE #_: WILLIAM PENN'S ORIGINAL LANDING

21”l x 21”w framed collage with ink rendering

$500 (artwork available thru Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia)

PHILA INTERIOR LIFE #4: 22ND AND MARKET STS MEMORIAL

21”l x 21”w framed mixed media collage drawing $450

PHILA INTERIOR LIFE #5: PRISON WALL

21”l x 21”w framed collage with ink rendering $450

PHILA INTERIOR LIFE #6: CITY HALL

21”l x 21”w framed mixed media collage drawing SOLD

PHILA INTERIOR LIFE #7: CATHEDRAL

21”l x 21”w framed mixed media collage drawing $450

PHILA INTERIOR LIFE: ROWHOUSE PURGATORY

21”l x 21”w framed mixed media collage drawing $450

PHORBIDDEN CITY Exhibition 3RD ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST collages 2006

Subtitled “East West Buddhist Quaker”, the show is a homage to the increasing importance and growing importance of Asia on American culture. The name Phorbidden City is a play on the famed Forbidden City- the centralized palace of the Chinese emperors- representing a civilization far far older than the US. And so, in major statements and minor details, analogies are drawn to demonstrate those connections.

PHORBIDDEN CITY #9: LIBERTY PLACE

21”l x 21”h framed collage and prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #16: WATERWORKS

21”l x 21”w framed collage with prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #1: READING HEADHOUSE

21”l x 21”w framed collage and prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #4: PHILADELPHIA CITY HALL

21”l x 21”h framed collage and prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #8: LOGAN CIRCLE AND THE PARKWAY

21”l x 21”w framed collage and prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #13: MAYORAL ENTOURAGE

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

$400

PHORBIDDEN CITY #2: MUMMERS PARADE

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #14: OLD CITY

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

$400

PHORBIDDEN CITY #11: ROWHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #12: EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY

21”w x 21”l framed collage & prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #3: FURNESS BANK

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #_: IMMIGRANT HOUSING

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

$400

PHORBIDDEN CITY #5: INDEPENDENCE MALL

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #7: KIMMEL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHORBIDDEN CITY #6: MASONIC TEMPLE

21”l x 21”w framed collage & prismacolor rendering $400

PHORBIDDEN CITY #16: PENN CENTER FESTIVAL

21”l x 21”w framed collage with prismacolor rendering

$500 (artwork available thru Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia)

21ST C TRIUMPHAL ARCH Series 3rd ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST 2002

The marble triumphal arch has been an enduring symbol of civic values, ever since the Roman emperors. Here are three updates for contemporary issues.

TRIUMPHAL ARCH SERIES: SAME SEX MARRIAGE

12”w x 16” h unframed. prismacolor-rendered drawing

$350

TRIUMPHAL ARCH SERIES: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

12”w x 16”h unframed prismacolor-rendered drawing

SOLD

TRIUMPHAL ARCH SERIES: FREE MUMIA

12”w x 16”h unframed prismacolor-rendered drawing

$350

WILLIAM PENN & INK: Philadelphia Drawings 2013

KIMMELBUG

16”w x 20”l framed pen and ink drawing $350

WATERWORKS

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I-95 AND VINE

SOLD

CITY HALL

SOLD

YO PIRANESI! Design Project in a Curated Group Show DVAA 2017

Seven Philadelphia architects who also studied at the Temple University Abroad campus in Rome, Italy were invited by me to draw connections between Philadelphia today and 17th century Rome, as rendered in the extraordinary lithographs of Piranesi.

I chose the area in West Philadelphia along the Schyykill River, where two universities, a major rail hub and extensive train yards come together.

YO PIRANESI ! Series: 30TH ST STATION/ UPENN MUSEUM

18”h x 24”l framed (under plexiglas with clip frame mounts)

Collage plus prismacolor rendered architectural drawing on mylar.

$600

YO PIRANESI ! Series: 30TH ST SCHUYKILL BOAT LANDING

18”h x 24”l framed (under plexiglas with clip frame mounts)

Collage plus prismacolor rendered architectural drawing on mylar.

$600

YO PIRANESI Series: THE i-76 VIADUCT

18”h x 24”l framed (under plexiglas with clip frame mounts)

Collage plus prismacolor rendered architectural drawing on mylar.

$600

YO PIRANESI ! Series: THE RAILROAD CATACOMBS

18”h x 24”l framed (under plexiglas with clip frame mounts)

Collage plus prismacolor rendered architectural drawing on mylar.

$600

YO PIRANESI ! Series: THE FOCAL OBELISK

18”h x 24”l framed (under plexiglas with clip frame mounts)

Collage plus prismacolor rendered architectural drawing on mylar.

$600

YO PIRANESI ! Series: WEST PHILADELPHIA, BY NOLLI

18”h x 24”l framed (under plexiglas with clip frame mounts)

Collage plus prismacolor rendered architectural drawing on mylar.

$600

GREENE COUNTRY TOWN Series 2011

These may indeed how William Penn may have envisioned his city.

GREENE COUNTRY TOWN SERIES: City Hall Park

20” x 20” framed collage and prismacolor rendering SOLD

GREENE COUNTRY TOWN SERIES: Penn Center Farmer

20” x 20” framed collage and prismacolor rendering SOLD

GREENE COUNTRY TOWN SERIES: 30th St Station Farmer

20” x 20” framed colllage and prismacolor rendering SOLD

GREENE COUNTRY TOWN SERIES: Society Hill Stream

20” x 20” framed collage and prismacolor rendering $350

PHILApocalypse Exhibition 3rd St Gallery on 2nd St 2008

Subtitled: “a waterlogged Delaware Valley in an age of global warming.”

Temperatures are getting hotter, droughts and forest fires are increasing, ocean levels are rising due t melting glaciers and ice sheets, heavy rains are causing devastating floods along rivers and streams. This show displayed a collection of fantastical collages affecting the region, while the centerpiece is a collaged mixed media mural dramatically portraying a satelline view of city and valley.

PHILApocalypse IMAGINED

This 7’ high x 12’wide mixed media collage (in 18 panels, each under plexiglass with clips over masonite backing) has been donated to the Headquarters of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The intention is to hang it in their soon-to-be-renovated office at 12th and Arch St in downtown Philadelphia.

PHILApocalypse Series #1: SPRING GARDEN

13”l x 13”w within a 21’l x 21”w unframed collage with prismacolor rending on mylar

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #2: MAYFAIR

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat collage with prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #3: SOCIETY HILL AT HIGH HIGH TIDE

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w mat framed collage and prismacolor rendering.

$500 (for sale thru Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia)

PHILApocalypse #4: LOVE PARK

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat unframed collage with prismacolor rendering

$450

PHILAPapocalypse #5: 30TH STREET STATION

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat collage with prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHILApoclypse #6: BREWERYTOWN

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat unframed collage with prismacolor rendering

$450

PHILApocalypse #7: PHISH CONCERT AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat framed collage with prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #8: NICETOWN

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat framed collage with prismacolor rendering.

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #9: CITY HALL

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat framed collage with prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #10: QUEEN VILLAGE

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat framed collage and prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #11: WATERWORKS

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat framed collage with prismacolor rendering

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #12: READING TERMINAL HEADHOUSE

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat framed collage and prismacolor rendering

$500 (artwork available thru Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia)

PHILApocalypse #13: CLIVEDEN MANSION

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat unframed collage and prismacolor rendering

$450

PHILApocalypse #15: PENN'S LANDING

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat unframed collage with prismacolor rendering.

SOLD

PHILApocalypse #15: PENNS LANDING

13”l x 13”w within a 21”l x 21”w white mat unframed collage and prismacolor rendering

$450

BAGHDAD CHRISTMAS Series 2003

The US invasion of Iran in 2003. Two cultures, two religions, two technologies- in confrontation

BAGHDAD CHRISTMAS #3: above the city

13”h x 13”w unframed collage with prismacolor rendering $450

BAGHDAD CHRISTMAS #1: IN THE MARKETPLACE

14”h x 214”w image in 21” x 21” frame collage with prismacolor rendering

(this may be purchased thru Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia $500)

BAGHDAD CHRISTMAS Series #2: IN THE MOSQUES

14”h x 14”w unframed collge with prismacolor rendering $450

BAGHDAD CHRISTMAS #4: ALONG THE STREETS

14”h x 14”w unframed collage wth prismacolor rendereing $450

PHORBIDDEN CITY Drawing Exhibition 3RD ST GALLERY ON 2ND ST portraits 2006

Having spent a week in the small but historic city of Hue, Vietnam (while my wife worked in hospitals and clinics as a member of Health Volunteers Overseas, I spent daytimes in the streets and markets, meeting and photographing many residents. The resultant collection of drawings documents that extraordinary visit.