25 Crosses - is a very personal painting for the artist. Each cross represents one year of Potwin's prison sentence. The man-tree is trying to move ahead but rooted in the rubble of his life- the chasm of past and future- the various implications of the cross: torture, moral judgement- the crisis of personal suffering. Yet, the single leaf at the tip of the man-tree represents life, hope- salvation.
Assortment- is a statement on females' serial love affairs, where men are consumed and discarded like chocolates. The painting depicts a bright pink heart-shaped candy box with the lid tipped back to reveal a box full of portrait-embossed pieces of candy.
Plum Orchard - we are treated to a peaceful yet surprisingly energetic painting that prominently features a Van Gogh-radiant sun. The abrupt short swirling strokes were meant to describe the relentless radiation of the sun, the listlessness of the trees, the bare earth beneath them.
Incubus - The male sexual spirit that visits women in their dreams.
Cereal Killer- A play on Andy Warhols' soup cans, the complete title is Cereal Killer- Prisoner of Consumer Culture.
Requiem (For Cultural Divergence)
- That diversity grows in isolation and becomes lost in the synthesis of contact.
Raining Babies- The beauty of children and the threat of overpopulation.
There Goes the Neighberhood
- The Walmart effect and the destruction of Main St. America.
Empty Fruit- Anticipation is greater than Realization.
Blown Away (By the Winds of Change)- This is my 9/11 painting..