the spinners 2007- present

The spinner process began in a coffeeshop alongside Maboud. He was working on a screenplay.

You were working out unresolved issues from your past with a drawing, for which you devised a tactic.










You thought of using free-association as a way to coax out ideas and themes in drawings... as one does with writing in therapy.

shame (2007) ballpoint pen on paper

The Spinner process began in a coffeeshop alongside Maboud. He was working on a screenplay.

You were working out unresolved issues from your past with a drawing, for which you devised a tactic.

shame (2007) ballpoint pen on paper

You thought of using free association as a way to coax out ideas and themes in drawings... as one does with writing in therapy.
You allow yourself one line with each new orientation of the page:
pick up the pen, change the orientation, next mark


novelty (~2008) pen on paper

atlas caw (~2008) pen on paper

machinations (~2008) pen on paper

novelty (~2008) pen on paper

atlas caw (~2008) pen on paper

machinations (~2008) pen on paper


Pareidolia guided you as a kid. You searched for images in wood grain and marble.

Via this spinner tactic you are creating these textures, then searching within them and developing what you find.

Eventually you found your way to canvas, switching lines for shapes in solid colors.

the first spinner (2012) | 76cm x 61 cm / 30in x 24in | oil on canvas

Pareidolia guided you as a kid. You searched for images in wood grain and marble.

Via this spinner tactic you are creating these textures, searching within them and developing what you find.

Eventually you found your way to canvas, switching lines for shapes in solid colors.

the first spinner (2012) | 76cm x 61 cm / 30in x 24in | oil on canvas

the first spinner (2012) | 76cm x 61 cm / 30in x 24in | oil on canvas

The first spinner was developed in a few days in your backyard.

The second was completed in a month at Tom's studio.
The first spinner was developed in a few days in your backyard.

The second was completed in a month at Tom's studio.

the second spinner (2012) | 122cm x 76cm / 48in x 30in | oil on canvas

the second spinner (2012) | 122cm x 76cm / 48in x 30in | oil on canvas

Work has not been continuous on the third.

the third spinner (2013-present) | 213cm x 132cm / 7ft x 4.33ft | oil on canvas

the third spinner

3 countries | 5 studios | ~1500hrs of labor (1238.5 confirmed/ 271 approximated) | 213cm x 132cm (7ft x 4.33ft) | 128 colors

It has recently landed at it’s 6th studio in it's 4th country. It appears to be half way done.
working hours 2013-2022