"Breath In. Breath Out"

"Family Portraits"

These are small acrylic paintings on wood and slate...breathe in, breathe out...

Birds of a Feather

"Bird with Red Shoes"

This birdman is more bird than man...but he's on his way...howbout them crazy shoes...

"Another Birdwatcher"

Is this the watcher or the Birdman himself?...only time will tell...

"Bird Watchers"

Round and round they go...somebodies gotta watch those birds...

:Birdman Evolves"

Birdman keeps changing, growing, doin' his thang. What'll he be...

"Wild Thoughts"

Birds are appearing in my work as of late. The birds are taking over, flying from somewhere onto the surface, out of the brush, into the paint, out in the world. out of control...

This piece is entitled "The Cage". It is 9" x 12". This piece was donated to the Mick Vranich benefit last week. I think it is one of the better...

This is from the new batch of slates entitled "Bird Watcher". If you look closely you can see a human face partially hidden by a bird mask. This is acrylic on slate and is 10" x 8"

I recently acquired a new batch of slates from a tear off on a home on the infamous Fourth Street. I got the OK from the owner and proceeded to jump in the large dumpster and immediately filled three plastic bins with slates. I am set for a while and this acrylic painting is from this acquisition. It is entitled "Crowded Eyes", 9" x 8". It is $50.00 plus s/h. If interested you can contact me at burwellarena@att.net. A wood backing will be glued to the back for hanging and to project a little off the wall.

This is another slate from the 1994 batch that changed many times over the years. It will not change anymore since I sold it in February 2010. Plus I think it is a good piece entitled "Life is for the Birds", acrylic on slate 13" x 8".

I began the "Birdman" series in 1991 when I ran the Space Gallery on Grandriver Ave., Downtown Detroit across from the old Hudsons building before it was torn down. It was painted in oil on a kitchen door and was sold out of the Zeitgeist Gallery in 1999.

The "Birdman" is an alter ego that I recently rebirthed and is daily emerging from the studio full grown and complete. The bird figure is a symbol of freedom to me and birds are appearing more and more in my paintings recently. Stay tooned.

Birdman-Abstract Figure by Detroit Outsider Artist DMC

I live in Detroit, Michigan. In 1994 on Grandriver Ave. and Canfield, walking in an open field behind a small scrapyard, I uncovered & discovered in a few mounds of clay many slate shingle fragments that had been collected from some unfortunate (burnt out?) house in the area? and secretly dumped. I filled three milk crates with the treasure. Those slates turned out to be my next exhibit at the 2 South Gallery, Downtown Detroit in May of 1995. I have done hundreds of paintings from that batch and this piece "Bird with Red Shoes" came from the empty field. It is a slate that has gone through many changes over the years and is acrylic on slate. A piece of wood is glued to the back for hanging purposes and to project it a little off the wall. It is 9" x 6" and can be purchased for $50.00 plus S/H. Contact me at burwellarena@att.net if interested.