Painting- Oil & Water
From the abstraction to cartoon realism, Tony works primarily in oils. Delving into narratives like the used car lot in Gravel Degreaser or Death of a Shoe Salesman, which looks at a fictitious story line of a beloved sitcom dad from his childhood.
Much of the painting is created for or is inspired by the narratives that are found in Run the Streets. Cyclopes Bob, above, depicts a character from the used car lot in the comic. These paintings may inform the work or may just be generated to make a comic cover or to depict dialogue. Other groups of paintings are often musings that lead into realms abstract or surreal.