Psycho Nude Rasslin’ Circus draws its earliest spark from childhood memories of Winnipeg’s wrestling scene in the 1960s and early ’70s. Growing up, my brother and I were captivated by the spectacle of professional wrestling — a world where bravado, theatre, and physical storytelling collided. Down the street lived a girl whose father worked as a referee for the local promotions, and through him I first encountered the iconic 8×10 promotional photographs of the era: The Vachons, Gene Kiniski, Killer Kowalski, Verne Gagne. These images, equal parts myth and marketing, became my first glimpse into the exaggerated personalities that defined wrestling’s golden age.

My interest in wrestling faded over time, only to resurface decades later. In 2009, after watching a match filled with flamboyant characters and outlandishly named holds, I rediscovered the absurdity, humor, and theatricality that had once fascinated me. That rediscovery became the conceptual seed for this series.

Psycho Nude Rasslin’ Circus consists of fourteen 16 × 20 inch drawings rendered in India ink. Each piece combines black‑and‑white stipple and cross‑hatch techniques with bursts of color and multi‑panel cartoon structures. The visual language draws from pop graphics, graffiti energy, and the chaotic storytelling rhythms of vintage wrestling broadcasts. The result is a hybrid form — part comic page, part fever dream, part ringside spectacle.

The original drawings are not for sale. Each episode is available as a limited‑edition giclée print, produced by the artist on acid‑free paper. Editions are limited to twelve prints per episode.

Together, the fourteen episodes form a loose narrative — a circus of characters, gestures, and confrontations — echoing the humor, exaggeration, and raw physical theatre that first inspired the work.