Vincenzo Perugia, the man who stole the Monalisa from the Louvre in 1911; fingerprint ink on police fingerprint card finger painted in the artist's prints; 8" x 8", 2016.
Art theft investigator Richard Ellis; Oil on canvas. Dick Ellis founded the Metropolitan Police's Art & Antiques Crime Unit in London, UK.
Art theft investigator Richard Ellis; Oil on canvas. Dick Ellis founded the Metropolitan Police's Art & Antiques Crime Unit in London, UK.
Art loss adjuster Harold Smith; Oil on canvas.
Edvard Munch's Madonna; Oil paint on F.B.I. Wanted poster. . Was stolen in 1990 in Oslo, Norway. Another version was stolen by masked gunmen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
The Scream by Edvard Munch. Oil paint on F.B.I. Wanted poster. One version was stolen in 1994 from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway. A different version was stolen in 2004 from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
Art Loss Investigator Harold Smith (wearing hat and eye patch); Oil on canvas.
Dada Ist Die Polizei Der Polizei (Sabba's Self Portrait); fingerprint ink on police fingerprint card which was tinted with blue pastel finger painted in the artist's prints; 8" x 8".
Museum Security Director Vernon Rapley; Oil on canvas. Vernon was in charge of the Metropolitan Police Art & Antiques Crime Unit in London and is now the director od security at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Bobby "The Art Cop" Volpe, New York Police Department Art Theft Investigator; Oil on canvas.
Bobby "The Art Cop" Volpe, NYPD Art Theft Investigator; Oil on canvas.
Michel Van Rijn Portrayed as The Merry Drinker of Frans Hals; Oil on canvas.
Wanna Buy A watch?; pastel on New Scotland Yard Art & Antiques Crime Unit Stolen Art Wanted poster.
Julian Radcliffe, director of the Art Loss Register in London.
New England Art Thief Myles Connor; Oil on canvas.
Art Forger John Myatt; Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Police Under Cover Detective Charlie Hill; Oil on canvas.
James J. "Whitey" Bulger: Wanted By The F.B.I.; oil paint and pastel on F.B.I. wanted card, 2002.
Cycladic Art; pastel on New Scotland Yard Art & Antiques Crime Unit Stolen Art Wanted poster.
Stolen Munch; pastel on New Scotland Yard Art & Antiques Crime Unit Stolen Art Wanted poster.
Baghdad; pastel on police fingerprint card.
John Myatt's Eyes; fingerprint ink on F.B.I. wanted person card finger painted in the artist's prints; 8"x 8", 2016.
Bobby "The Art Cop" Volpe, NYPD Art Theft Investigator; pencil on paper; 1998.
Balkan Pink Panther Gang Jewel Thief; fingerprint ink on police palmprint card finger painted in the artist's prints; 8" x 8".
BPD Composite Sketch of 1st Gardner Suspect; fingerprint ink on police fingerprint card finger painted in the artist's prints; 8" x 8".
BPD Composite Sketch of 2nd Gardner Suspect; fingerprint ink on police fingerprint card finger painted in the artist's prints; 8" x 8".
Bracelets; cheap rhinestones on gold leafed Smith & Wesson handcuffs; 2002.
Bracelets; cheap rhinestones on gold painted Smith & Wesson handcuffs; 2015.
Bling; cheap rhinestones on gold painted Smith & Wesson handcuffs; 2015.
La Stigmata; acrylic paint on bullet proof vest; 2001.
Il Giubbotto; acrylic paint on bullet proof vest; 1998.
The Black Madonna; acrylic paint on bullet proof vest; 2011.
The Black Madonna (detail); acrylic paint on bullet proof vest; 2011.
Virgo Fidelis: The Patron of the Italian Carabinieri; oil on canvas. In the private collection of Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinando Musella (worked Anti-Mafia/Terrorism Unit, then from 1996-2007 was director of the elite TPC in Rome that combats cultural crimes, art theft and illicit archaeological trafficking). I painted this in 2004 and gave it to Lt. Col. Musella after he invited me as his guest to the Italian Consulate in New York. This was after we, along with Italian version of Attorney General, addressed the United States Department of State's Cultural Property Advisory Committee in Washington DC on 23 Aug 2005 supporting a Memorandum of Understanding regarding trade in antiquities between the U.S. and Italy. 16 people addressed the committee, 11 of whom were in favor of the MOU and 5 (dirty antiquities dealers) who were opposed. In the end, this MOU was indeed adopted by the U.S. State Department. Virgo Fidelis is a title of honor and praise for the mother of God and Man and is the protector of the Italian Carabinieri.
