'It shows things people may not see,' he said. Though not in the show, the work exemplifies how the artist likes to show the transparency of flowers when light shines through the back. 'I happened to see these plants and they are stunning,' he said of another painting of cyclamens. Many of the paintings Morris is exhibiting are of flowers, including 'Hosta Luega' and 'Zing Zang,' larger than life but realistic looking daffodils that offer the artist's perspective from the top of the blossoms. the PEZ candy dispenser - and is responsible for designing the US Bugz, Funky Face and Emergency Hero series, a collection to honor the 9/11 Twin Towers rescue crew.

In 1998, Morris won an award in the Art of the Northeast show at The Silvermine Guild and Best of Show in Contemporary Visions at theįor years, Morris worked as art director on projects for PEZ Dandy, Inc. His work has appeared in several group shows and a solo exhibition at the in education and later earned his bachelor's and master's degree in fine arts from One is 'shoesies,' an accessory for the Barbie doll. When he was 7, Morris got into trouble for using the wall as a canvas for his crayon art.Īs an art director for a company, Out of Thin Air, Morris creates and invents toys. Morris said he's been painting since childhood. Originally from Jersey City, N.J., Morris is a painter, sculptor and graphic designer. 'Primarily Mozart', in bright blue and yellow, is a painting of 'musical notes floating on the distortion of water.' There's a pool across which are a few bars of musical notes from the song, 'Misty' - not Mozart as might be expected. The piece represents Morris' interpretation of 'time going around the world.' In 'Tokyo, New York & Paris,' the surf is shown with three clocks positioned in the times of the three zones. An example is 'Cokie Dokie,' a 3-foot-square canvas of the surf with a Coca Cola can popping out in the background.

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