INFERNO, Canto XIV, illustration 2 (alternate version)

Title: At this my Guide spoke with such vehemence

as I had not heard from him in all of Hell:

"O Capaneus, by your insolence

you are made to suffer as much fire inside

as falls upon you. Only your own rage

could be fit torment for your sullen pride."

10.75 x 12.25 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 6, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXII, illustration 2

Title: Just so the livid dead are sealed in place

up to the part at which they blushed fpr shame,

and they beat their teeth like storks. Each holds his face

bowed toward the ice, each of them testifies

to the cold with his chattering mouth, to his heart's grief

with tears that flood forever from his eyes.

11.25 x 8.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 5, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXII, illustration 1

Title: Whereat I turned and saw beneath my feet

and stretching out ahead, a lake so frozen

it seemed to be made of glass.

12.25 x 10.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 3, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXI, illustration 4

Title: Thus my Master to that Tower of Pride;

and the giant without delay reached out the hands

which Hercules had felt, and raised my Guide.

12.25 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
April 22, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXI, illustration 3

Title: "Rafel mahee amek zabi almit,"

began a bellowed chant from the brute mouth

for which no sweeter psalmody was fit.

And my Guide in his direction: "Babbling fool,

stick to your horn and vent yourself with it

when rage or passion stir your stupid soul."

10.875 x 15.5 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
April 19, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXI, illustration 2

Title: Then taking my hand in his, my Master said:

"The better to prepare you for strange truth,

let me explain those shapes you see ahead:

they are not towers but giants. They stand in the well

from the navel down; and stationed round its bank

they mount guard on the final pit of Hell."

15.5 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
April 17, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXI, illustration 1

Title: And as I stared through that obscurity,

I saw what seemed a cluster of great towers,

whereat I cried: "Master, what is this city?"

15.5 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
April 13, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXX, illustration 4

Title: "…and never forget that I am always by you

should it occur again, as we walk on…"

12.25 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
April 6, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXX, illustration 3

Title: And then I saw another husk of sin,

who, had his legs been trimmed away at the groin,

would have looked for all the world like a mandolin.

12 x 8.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
April 5, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXX, illustration 2

Title: …two I saw, pale, naked, and unclean,

who suddenly came running toward us then,

snapping their teeth as they ran, like hungry swine

let out to feed after a night in the pen.

10.875 x 7.875 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
March 23, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXX, illustration 1

Title: Hecuba -- mourning, wretched, and a slave --

having seen Polyxena sacrificed,

and Polydorus dead without a grave;

lost and alone, beside an alien sea,

began to bark and growl like a dog

in the mad seizure of her misery.

12.25 x 10.5 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
April 1, 2026