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( CLOCKWISE, from TOP LEFT) > "Roadkill"- The entire Social Series started when I had to stop and remove a huge piece of delaminated truck tire from the roadway. My thought was, "Now, what can I do with THIS?" "Day at the Shore" was created during the time all the medical waste was washing up onto the New Jersey beaches, or "shore," as dey sez dere. "Cracked" came about because a childhood friend got himself entangled for years in the grips of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes- he's dead now. "Federal Solution" was originally about the EPA "Superfund", with the events of today, let's just say it is all about government overspending, in general. "Elephants Never Forget" illustrates the cycle of the abused child becoming the abuser adult. "Freedom of Choice" got its title from an ad promotion by the 7-11 chain- (IRONY ALERT!) The victim of crime usually has no freedom of choice "Not So Grate to Be Home" was used as a showcased artwork to highlight the 2007 Annual Freddie Mac Caregivers' Awards presentation of a large grant to Community Ministries of Montgomery County (MD)-CMMC for their works on behalf of the homeless. The pieces included in The SOCIAL SERIES are a SET, and I don't anticipate breaking up by the set by selling only one. I have had several offers for "CRACKED"- in fact, it was STOLEN from storage and taken to California for several years after I refused an offer. But by a strange quirk of fate, the US Army man was transferred back to the Washington DC area, and the very recognizable piece was spotted by one of my collectors in an elevator as it was being carried up to the thief's office at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital. |
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