Wordwork Paintings
Pandemic Response—Whistling in the Dark: Resilience Comes From Embracing Uncertainty, acrylic ink on panel, 24” x 24”, 2020
All I Want Is Nothing, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2007
Not Brain Surgery, mixed media on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2013
Gotta Get A Grip, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2012
Plow Ahead, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2012
Coming To Your Senses, mixed media on paper, 22” x 30”, 2013
What Does It All Mean, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2006
What, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 1987 - 2000
No Free Return, mixed media on canvas, 24”x24”, 1993
Art Is Delight, mixed media on canvas, 24”x24”, 2002
Home For The Holidays, acrylic on canvas, 24”x24”, 2000
The Story of O, mixed media on canvas, 24”x24”, 2001
Existential Donut Hole, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2012
Surrender, acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 1998
Internalized Oppression (1948-1995), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 36", 1995
Internalized Oppression (1948-1995) (detail), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 36", 1995
Wordworks
These paintings are a bridge between my purely abstract painting and my text & image graphics, combing elements of both. Phrases come to me or are found in texts I read.
These paintings are embodiments of an ongoing inner dialog with self — a survival strategy that externalizes this inner dialog, oftentimes in a light hearted way.