My Work Is My Sword and My Pillow
Icon 1022, 12 in high x 9 in wide, in a white mat. Pastel and acrylic on sanded paper.
Icon 1019, 12 in high x 9 in wide, in a white mat. Pastel, pencil and acrylic on sanded paper.
Icon 1021, 12 in high x 9 in wide, in a white mat. Pastel, pencil and acrylic on sanded paper.
#1043 “Rising 1 and 2,” mixed media on canvas, 40 in x 30 in, 2020
Hanging side-by-side, these paintings are an invitation to calm down, open your heart and imagination, and do life differently.
#1048 “Hair On Fire VOTE” Digital, various sizes, 2020
If you recall the recent election (2020), there was some urgency about it. I pulled a piece called “Hair on Fire” and did a digital rework with the result above, with one important exception. The piece had transparency where white shows in this web version. Whatever it was printed or displayed on became the color, replacing white wherever it appeared. A critical part of the message.
#1047 “Protest Quartet,” pen on paper, digitized, 9 in x 12 in, 2020
This is an all-purpose 4-panel cartoon strip. Not all incidents contain all four elements, the final one, Healing, is the most often omitted. Too bad. It could prevent the next in line.
#1027 Ink on Arches Paper 22 in x 30 in, 2019
It’s always hard to know what to say about an image. It should speak for itself and ink on paper is pretty direct and unsubtle. So I will make my comments personal.
Standing back after throwing the ink, I was surprised at what I had made. An obvious image of a threatening figure over another figure, down with hands raised, losing a fight. Simultaneously, it seemed to me it was two human figures making love (or whatever you call “intimacy” in your personal vocabulary). And it wasn’t friendly.
Take the story where you will after that, if you see what I saw.