Factum Est

14x17
Soft Pastel on Sketch Paper
Price: NFS
Year painted: 1983
Pastels Used: Grumbacher
Source: My imagination.
This was painted three years after the Dung Beetle, with the same "nasty" hard pastels on plain ol' paper. The image is purely fictional, since according to the Bible it actually got quite dark when Christ died on the Cross. The brilliant light represents the hope that dawned for us when He died. I painted the single cross (without the two thieves who were crucified on either side) to emphasize how alone Jesus was in His dying moment.

Babies 1

15x20
Ink on Watercolor Paper
1983

Babies 2

15x20
Ink & Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
1983

Babies 3

15x20
Ink & Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
1983

Babies 4

15x20
Ink on Watercolor Paper
1983

Leaf Art

9x11
Pencil & Marker on Plain Paper
1977
Source: A branch I plucked from a tree.
A 9th grade art class assignment. We were to take an item from nature, draw an outline, and then create an abstract pattern in it. I saved this drawing because it’s always been one of my favorites. I like the soft, leafy shapes in contrast to the stark black and white patterns.

Weird Party Art

8x10
Glow-in-the-dark Paint on Aluminum Foil
1979
I saw a painting of these creatures in a science fiction magazine. My parents decided to have a Sci-Fi themed costume party, for which my dad obtained a black light. These two paintings were part of the wall art for my parents’ party cellar (which also had a bar and a dance floor). I drew an 8x10 pencil sketch from the magazine picture, laid it on top of a sheet of aluminum foil, and traced the outlines, which created grooves in the foil. Then I simply painted the areas I wanted to glow in the dark. I liked the idea of these aliens looking scared as they gazed upon the dance floor with a bunch of middle-aged Germans flapping their elbows and twitching their tuckuses and gyrating their hips to the day’s top hits. (A frightening sight, to be sure!)