Portfolio > Comedy County Cocke

Welcome to Cocke County, a mountain community in East Tennessee with a reputation, not altogether undeserved, as the region's capital of vice and corruption.
In the hills and hollows of this Appalachian community, an array of criminal activities: “Moonshinin”, organized gambling, cockfighting, prostitution, chop shops and racketeering flourish.
In contrast, Cocke County is also home to some of the few congregations of Holiness Churches that practice the act of Following Signs; Serpent Handling.
Embellished with hendecasyllable line of text, Comedy County Cocke provides a quality of Illuminated Manuscripts while mimicking classic artworks based on Dante Alighieri’s Comedia.

Comedy County Cocke, Canto 1: The One True Way
Chalk and charcoal on paper
44" x 30"
2012
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 3: The River Del Rio
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
44" x 30"
2013
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 5: The Kiss
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
58" x 40"
2013
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 6: 3 Pit Bulls
Chalk and pastel on paper
44" x 30"
2013
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 7: The Horny Hillbilly
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
72" x 42"
2014
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 12: The Apprehension
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
44" x 30"
2014
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 24: Jon Tary Mug Shot
Chalk and pastel on paper
26" x 19"
2014
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 24: Mae E Heten Mug Shot
Chalk and pastel on paper
26" x 19"
2014
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 24: Anchor Rancho Mug
Chalk and pastel on paper
27" x 19"
2016
Comedy County Cocke, Canto 28: Tattoo in jail a no no
Chalk and pastel on paper
62"x 42"
2014
Comedy County Cocke Canto 33- Bad Dream
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
72" X 47"
2016