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
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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
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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

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 for 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