Inspiration often strikes in unexpected ways. Before creating this series, I happened across a video of a bellowing bull. It suddenly struck me that this sound could be imagined as the only one disrupting the eerie silence of King Minos' mythical Labyrinth. I endeavored to create a painting, and series of accompanying drawings, that depicted the crouched and bestial Minotaur bellowing in its dark and lonely prison. 

Tauros, latex paint on canvas, 55 x 60", private collection, Nashville, TN

The simple and abstract charcoal drawings below were done before, during and after the painting of "Tauros." I wanted to explore this theme from several different angles and poses, capturing the unique interplay of human and bull anatomy.