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My latest sculpture and the Model.

The Woman Warrior

She started out as Persephone, gathering flowers by the sea, only to be swept up into the arms of Hades on his chariot pulled by four coal-black horses and dragged underground.

But have you ever really looked at coal? Its iridescence? The oily layers of rainbow color under the shiny black? It is never a dull, monochromatic rock, merely, and elementarily, sedimentary. Under certain light it rivals the flowers for color. Its combustibility matched her nature far more closely than the flowers. In truth, she longed to take the reins of the chariot herself and drive those coal-black horses through the mines and tunnels, tearing through Hell like an underground fire that can never be extinguished.

Her face was obliterated by the golden mask that she donned willingly, and she became a Warrior.

Acrylic on paper with glass beads, feather, and Kuba cloth. 38 x 72 cm.

Treasure Dreams

A woman sleeps and dreams of an underwater treasure. Small tropical fish dart in and out among the anemones she conjures up out of her own depths.

A long-dead Sailor also sleeps still grasping treasure of his own. Jewels and gold are scattered along the floor of the ocean, awaiting the Dreamer. How will they find each other?

Acrylic on paper with glass, pearls, lapis, garnets, amber, bone and 22K gold. 28 x 38 cm.

Honorable Bruce U. Morrow

This is the Judge who ruled in favor of my outdoor paintings. He is up for reelection today. Needless to say, he has my vote!