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In America #32
SEND ME A CHECK
16"x 20" oil on canvas 2009
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In America #31
STRUGGLE
30"x 20" oil on canvas 2008
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In America #30
THE FATE OF MAN
32"x 24" oil on canvas 2007
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In America #18
RUN FOR YOUR MONEY
24"x 18" acrylic/oil on canvas 2007
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In America #29
MIDDLE CLASS IN AMERICA
60"x 40" acrylic/oil on canvas 2008
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In America #28
BIG BROTHER WON'T YOU BAIL ME OUT
60"x 40" acrylic/oil on canvas 2008
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In America #27
THE FLOOD
44"x32" acrylic/oil on canvas 2008
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In America #26
HOPE IN A NEW AGE
30"x36" acrylic/oil on canvas 2008
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In America #25
ONE VOTE FOR LIBERTY
60"x40" acrylic on canvas 2008
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In America #24
AFTER VICTORY
60"x40" acrylic on canvas 2007
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In America #22
WHO WINS? 68" X 42" acrylic on canvas, 2007
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In America #20
IF MEN WERE ANGELS
60"x42" acrylic on canvas 2007
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In America #23
THE WAR WITHIN
60"x42" acrylic on canvas 2007
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In America #21
CONSTO DOMINATUS
50"x38" acrylic on canvas 2007
Mr. David Melling Collection, Denver
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In America # 012
ICARUS
30"x40" oil on canvas 2007
ASID ON BROADWAY: The Signature Auction.
Auctioneer: Lorna Kelly,
Host, Christopher Sieber
Nov. 9, 2007
Mr. William Spink Collection, NY
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In America # 016
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE
24"x30" oil on canvas 2007
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In America # 015
DIVORCE IN AMERICA
30"x40" oil on canvas 2007
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In America # 013
CURIA FAMILIA
30X40" oil on canvas 2007
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In America # 014
CHOICES
36"x30" oil on canvas 2007
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In America # 019
THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
95"x50"
oil on canvas 2007
ABOUT THESE PAINTINGS
The Dollar is the most recognized, non religious, symbol in the world.
The symbols in our currency represent our forefather’s ideals.
In these paintings, I juxtapose those symbols, with allegorical social
commentaries of life in America.
A couple of years ago, Mr. Roger Milliken asked me to paint how the middle
class is getting poorer while the upper class is getting richer, in context with
our turning away from our Hamiltonian principles. Reflecting on Hamilton,
and origins of the United States government, turned my thoughts toward money
and how it affects our lives.
We would like that the best things in life were free. Regrettably, that’s just
not possible. Everything, at one level or another, revolves around economics.
A simple thing, such as taking one's kid out to grill a hot-dog, requires the
cooperation of a sound government and a number of corporations. Even
happiness requires a certain amount of wealth. Our lives are made of the choices
we make, chances we take, and the decisions made by others.
I observe a world full of contradictions where the good and the bad often blend
together. The United States is a unique experiment in government, and I worry
that we are moving away from the expectations of our founding fathers. I am
painting my impressions on this. Some of the things that we do would make
George Washington cry.
This is the tragic reality of our times. Time and again we see our civil liberties
chiseled away in Congress, our courts of law, and by the apathy of our citizens.
I hope that the message these paintings convey is that life is tough, but we
have to take it with a grain of salt. I would rather laugh than to cry.
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