Bitter Little Worlds

“Bitter Little Worlds” is a series of large multimedia paintings inspired by a love of film noir — its mood, jaded outlook, stylishness, and the cutting edges of its quotable language. Each painting is a little story…a narrative in a noir world where fate can put a finger on you when you least expect it.

What is Noir?

Noir is a state of being in which the world & human nature are hopeless, deceitful, fearful, wrecked, insignificant, miserable, melancholic, bleak, disillusioned, despairing, desperate, cynical, pessimistic, paranoid, and alienated. This state of mind expressed itself artistically in the classic film noir period of the 1940s & 1950s. Sometimes, things feel nourish all over again.