Month: August 2020

“Samurai (all black)” 1973

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Unique print from 4 plates, 12” x 14”. Artist’s collection. I was working on prints with my Bodhisattva Will Petersen.  Watched a lot of Samurai movies – swords slashing kimonos.  The final proof was 4 colors but for this unique we printed the 4 plates each inked with black.

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“Sanctuary and Pyramid Scroll” 1987

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Graphite on paper, 72” x 48”. Artist’s collection. The idea for this drawing was in part inspired by a selfie taken by my sister-in-law Susan Hughes.  She took it while climbing Manchu Picchu. She passed a pyramid constructed  of 2” x 2”s and roofing tin (used by American hippies as meditation huts.  In the photo […]

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“Round Pile” 1999

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Sumi ink on paper, 24” x 30”. Unknown location. One of many treepiles.  I began doing these when I moved from DC (near Chinatown) to Berryville about 3/4 hrs outside of Washington.  At that time our little town was too far away to serve as a commuter village because of the distance.  They had begun […]

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“Retablo, Single Stick” 1993

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Oil on copper plate, 6” x 14”. One of many “retablo paintings” inspired by Mexican retablos, ex-votos, and Frida Khalo.  This stick image was first used in my sculpture “Monument to A  World War”.  It may be inspired by ‘The big stick’ in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and the Big Bomb of Doctor Strangelove & Slim […]

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“Retablo, Pear” 1993”

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Oil on copper, 6” x 8”. Unknown location. My dear friend Bill Roseberry painted a number of pears and other fruits back in the 80s.  For sure I had one of his images lingering in my mind when I painted this on a  little piece of roofing copper.  “By your students you are taught”.   […]

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