The works in Cannibal Fare revisited visual elements from my work over the last thirty years and recombined them in new ways.  Some of the works in the series, like Capital Glare, were actually painted over older works.  The process of using former images and older canvases is a literal cannibalization of my own work. 

The blending of images and faces at different scales and colors creates a visual rhythm that encourages the viewer to create their own narrative about the works meaning.  Since the majority of the visuals appear in earlier works, the shuffling of scale and context blend their original intention and open the possibility of infinite interpretation.

Capital Glare was created by painting over an unfinished 2016 work from the Secret Codes series.

The laughing man in the lower right is an image from Seaside from Secret Codes are visible in this composition. 

The image of Longinus on the left is based on a sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and appeared in the work Penitent from New Morality in 2019

The eye in the upper right is based from a portrait of John created in 2007 and also appeared in the 2010 work Martyr from the History of Rock & Roll in 2010.

The white teeth in the center are from a skull illustration originally appearing in the work Fade from 2012.

Parts of the original unfinished composition from Secret Codes can still be seen the top right with an image of keys from a WWII Enigma machine.

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