Acryllic: The original for this painting was a commissioned painting for the town of West Orange, NJ . I extrapolated a section of it for a new image. $750

Oil/Canvas: A man and his beloved dog. NFS

Astro was the beloved pet of Gary Rintel. Astro is now deceased and remembered with love by Gary. NFS

Acrylic. Of course this is a tongue in cheek take off on Grant Wood's American Gothic. They are a composite of several kids I met at the mall who posed for me. $1,250

Oil/Canvas: I snapped a pic of her in Panama. I couldn't resist a little girl in an American Flag bathing suit. $1,000

Oil/Canvas. He was the boat boy who led us to visit his tribe in the Panama Canal. Later he danced with me at a party the tribe threw for us, Emberá is Banana in their language, and the name of the tribe. $1,000

Oil/Canvas: She is a young girl from the Emberá tribe in the Panama Canal. For a note of mystery I added the floating baby, duuplicated,, who was actuallly the child of an older tribal member. $1,000

Watercolor: In San Francisco in the 90's we found the streets lined with people holding up signs, "Marriage. 1 man 1 woman." I thought this made a statement about their bigotry. My daughter and I snapped many pictures as we rode through. I drew a montage of the pics in pencil and had a lot of fun painting it. $500

Watercolor: Stargazer lillies from my garden. $450

Acrylic: My version of Manet's Olympia. It is a humorous sendup based on Imelda Marcos' obsession with shoes. The joke is that she is wearing sneakers. I changed her subservient servant into a goddess. $1,500

She is a mysterious girl borrowed from Salman Rushdi's "Satanic Verses." Ayesha was the beloved of Mohammad. (In collection of Shanghai Art Museum.)