Here are two separate approaches to representing the figure. The nude and clothed human beings were studio models. Their surroundings are imagined and invented. The words came from poems I had written, which somehow seemed to express the pose and mood of my own drawings.
The wooden artist’s-anatomy doll has been depicted as part of a pinocchio story. She awakens one day on a shelf and proceeds to find a place in the world.
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Wordrise
mixed media on paper 22″H X 30″W
Twisted
mixed media on paper 30″W X 22″H
Ood Wooman
mixed media on paper 30″W X 22″H
Numbered Sky
mixed media on paper 26″H X 19″W
Locked
ink on paper 30″H X 22″W
Here I Am
mixed media on paper 30″H X 22″W
Dreamer
mixed media on paper 22″H X 30 “W
Coral Flute
mixed media on paper 30″H X 22″W
Call it a Boat
mixed media on paper 30″H X 22″W
Ant Cleanup
mixed media collage 30″H X 22″W
On the Stand
oil on paper 13″ X 19″
Mysteries of the Box
oil on paper “13” X 19″
shopping
watercolor 17″H X 11 1/2″ W
Winter Sunbath
oil on paper 13″ X 19″
Liz, both these series have always been my favorites. I find them very powerful and emotionally moving. I’m so glad to see them again, and so very happy you have put together this website.
Many thanks!