Surrealist Face , Description: This painting shows a large side view of a person's head looking upward. The face is made with a mix of black, white, and gray smudges, almost like smoke or clouds, with detailed lips and nose painted in warm brown tones. The background is light blue and covered with swirling, textured patterns. The person wears a thick, red-brown hoop earring and a matching beaded necklace. The artist uses materials such as sand, Pacific Ocean Water, water from lower Manhattan docks, Lake Michigan, and Milwaukee River water and has stated he uses "Black noses, lips, and appendages to investigate the spiritual and physical existence of unknown ancestral relationships with water."