The Safety Is Not Poisonous
2006 - 16"x20" Acrylic, pencil, charcoal, ink on canvas.
(Private Collection - Alabama)

This is one of my early experimentations in pure abstract art. I also started experimenting with mixed media on this one. I was watching Jay Leno one night while working on the painting, and he was doing this thing on products made in China where the English translation on the packaging was screwed up. I don't recall the product, but somewhere on the box it said "The Safety Is Not Poisonous". I like the phrase and wrote it at the bottom of the painting.

Here is a larger, detailed photo: