HEROES and VILLAINS of a DEVOTED YOUTH

Heroes and Villains of a Devoted Youth is an ever-growing collection of nerd-culture paintings, representing subjects and ideas drawn from early video-games, comic books, and classic (and modern) science fiction and fantasy literature and movies. The first thirty-two works were created for my debut show in 2007, of the same title. The show was hosted by my friend Joel Pfannenstiel, in his store AstroKitty Comics and More in Lawrence Kansas.


 Gangsta'

 
 3 Steps to Success (1)
 3 Steps to Success (2)
 3 Steps to Success (3)
 The Bane of Level 4-1
 Beastly
 BFF!
 Choked Up!
 Clash of the Titans
 Blast!
 Cold Cuts
 Crime Alley
 The Dark Side
 Dork Knight
 The Boy Blunder
 Duel
 First Line of Defense
 Friendly, Neighborly
Girl Power 

  The Holy Trinity (1)
 The Holy Trinity (2)
 The Holy Trinity (3)
 In The Belfry
 Me-YOW!
 Oh-My
 Player 1
 Player 2
 Powered Up!
 The Proud Father
  Spooks!

 The Start of Something Big
 Oh NO You Didn't
 Super-Dee
 Swing
 The Master
 TREASURE!
 Watcher
 Weapons Upgrade
Yub Yub

The following paintings were added to the Heroes and Villains set in 2009, when it showed in its expanded form during Andersonville Arts Weekend in Chicago, IL. Things got a little more modern in 2009 when I allowed myself to indulge in my Harry Potter obsession.
 Boo-boo of Destiny

 Breaking News

 The Castle Guard

 Contents Unlisted

 Droid Season

 Fifty Points

 Harry Vuitton

 His Mother's Eyes

 Keeper of the Keys

 Loony

The Missing Young of Gotham

 Snake in the Class

 The Call

 Thug Life

 Off to See

  Year Three

Many of these pieces are still available, listed for sale on my etsy page.