INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, illustration 4

Title: He first, I second, without thought of rest

we climbed the dark until we reached the point

where a round opening brought in sight the blest

and beauteous shining of the Heavenly cars.

And we walked out once more beneath the Stars.

12.25 x 10.75 inches
acrylic paint, collage, and watercolor on found paper
June 5, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, illustration 3

Title: I looked up, thinking to see Lucifer

as I had left him, and I saw instead

his legs projecting high into the air.

12.25 x 10.75 inches
acrylic paint, collage, and watercolor on found paper
June 4, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, illustration 2

Title: The Emperor of the Universe of Pain

jutted his upper chest above the ice...

22.75 x 10.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
June 1, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XVII, illustration 3 (alternate version)

Title: Slowly, slowly he swims on through space,

wheels and descends, but I can sense it only

by the way the wind blows upward past my face.

10.75 x 7.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 24, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, illustration 1

Title: I stood now where the souls of the last class

(with fear my verses tell it) were covered wholly;

they shone below the ice like straws in glass.

Some lie stretched out; others are fixed in their place

upright, some on their heads, some on their soles;

another, like a bow, bends foot to face.

15.875 x 10.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 24, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, illustration 4

Title: "…when a soul betrays as I did,

it falls from flesh, and a demon takes its place,

ruling the body till its time is spent."

12 x 8.5 inches
acrylic paint, collage, and watercolor on found paper
May 23, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, illustration 3

Title: Their very weeping closes up their eyes;

and the grief that finds no outlet for its tears

turns inward to increase their agonies;

for the first tears that they shed knot instantly

in their eye-sockets, and as they freeze they form

a crystal visor above the cavity.

12 x 8.5 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 22, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, illustration 2

Title: "And just as you see me, I saw them fall

one by one on the fifth day and the sixth .

Then, already blind, I began to crawl

from body to body shaking them frantically.

Two days I called their names, and they were dead.

Then fasting overcame my grief and me."

11.375 x 8.5 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 18, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, illustration 1

Title: …that coop of stone

now called the Tower of Hunger for my sake…

15.5 x 10.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 17, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXII, illustration 4

Title: As a famished man chews crusts -- so the one sinner

sank his teeth into the other's nape

at the base of the skull, gnawing his loathsome dinner.

12 x 8 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 16, 2026

INFERNO, Canto XXXII, illustration 3

Title: I grabbed the hair of his dog's-ruff and I said:

"Either you tell me truly who you are,

or you won't have a hair left on your head."

12 x 8.25 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
May 8, 2026