Recuperation


After my AIDS / ANXIETY series, I suffered a severe herniation of neck discs requiring a series of excruciating surgeries that have resulted in a lifetime of wheelchairs and chronic pain. My art changed as well. I rented a studio apartment in the hills of San Mateo with a swimming pool for physical rehabilitation and painted watercolors at an easy pace, looking for the inner light that could heal my soul.

Recuperation (TENS unit – for cervical pain control) 1990 #6 Watercolor

The RECUPERATION series centers on intimate California landscapes with fog drifting through hills and trees.  In these watercolors, the first of which date from the later 1980’s, I painted my inner landscape as well as the city from interior windows.  Looking at them now, I see forms becoming and growing, rather than the work of an artist becalmed and out of the race.  At my current age of 75 I am once again returning to calm, serene watercolors, tentatively putting one foot after another after another difficult convalescence. 

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Self Portrait 1989 #1 Oil on Board 16 x 12in
Self Portrait 1989 #2 Oil on Board 12 x 16in
Self Portait 1989 #3 Oil on Board 12 x 16in
Self Portrait 1989 #4 Oil on Board 16 x 12in
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