300 individually painted 2 x 2” black/black foamcore squares mounted onto a 40 x 60” foamcore backing; B/W Acrylic Paint Portrait created in memory of my father, Mitchell A. Climan. (Acrylic on foamcore. paper; 40 x 60”)

Taking scheme inspiration from artists such as Chuck Close and stylization from artists such as Van Gogh, Nancy Ostrovsky, and Harvey Breverman, ‘What you lookin at MAC?’ was created to help me through the bereavement time shortly following my fathers untimely passing. I loved my father very much. I was and continue to be influenced immensely by his incredible knowledge, character, charm and good nature. I had been meaning to do a portrait of this magnitude for quite some time, and on 6/27/05 I received the impetus I needed to create it. The work was displayed a week after his passing at a memorial service in High Falls, NY.