This oil painting was , for me, an explosion of a new freedom I found after finally getting a home nearly 40 years ago, a room with a sink and a bed and a window. I hadn't painted for years, and never without extreme self-consciousness. But years of homelessness changed me and my appreciation of "art". That freedom eludes me these days, that 'ignorant' notion that I can do whatever comes to me. I'd love to get it back. Surely it's in us all. It may be better to paint to be satisfied than to paint to satisfy...
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Oil painting:"Idyl".
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Leonard Cohen, pen and ink
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Lady on island; oil paint
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Pencil drawing of young kids
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Oil on masonite
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Figure drawing, pencil
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Waterfront scene; imagination, oils
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8" x 10" oil on masonite improv
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Pen and Ink on construction paper with some colored pencil.
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Oil on matt board, lady
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Improvised pen and ink drawing; practice with quill tip pen; 8 1/2 " x 11".
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Watercolor
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Pencil sketch
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One version of a Jesus head.
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Oils on back of masonite; Bette Davis and Leonard Cohen