Paintings of Time and Place

Which One?, Oil Painting Exploring Duality

One of my more recent paintings exploring duality of self.  Part of my fascination with this concept stems from "my other life" in the world of disability.  I worked for several years as a college professor in Special Education at the University of Maryland, a director of a nonprofit school to work program for disabled youth in San Francisco, and a diagnostic specialist in a Federally funded program at the California School for the Deaf, Fremont.  There was always so much more to comprehend in these individuals than what was apparent to the eye or ear.  But isn't that the way it is with all of us?  Much remains hidden underneath the surface--it may or may not become visible in a lifetime.

Which One?, Oil on Paper, 6 X 4 inches, matted and framed in contemporary frame, $140 USD

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Beguiled, Charcoal Drawing

Playing with figurative art drawing at the beginning of my work session helps to loosen up the imagination and the brushes.  Charcoal because of its immediacy and lack of preparatory gathering of materials is one of the easiest ways to start.  I like to start with a few squiggles on the paper and see where it takes me.  Is this imaged beguiling or beguiled?  Whatever you may want it to be and/or what I want it to be.   Regardless, it was fun to see what happened on the page.

 

Beguiled, Charcoal on Paper, 12 X 8 inches.  Matted and unframed, $75;  matted and framed, $110.

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Into Outer Space

Like many other people "stranded" in their homes, I feel as if I have traveled into outer space.  When and how the return trip to Earth will occur is floating out there, too.  I am still playing with art, still trying to create, and market through avenues still open.  This is one of my latest pieces, a drawing that expresses some of this strange universe we are coming to know.

Into Outer Space, Charcoal Drawing, 12 X 8 inches, $110

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