On my recent trip to Minnesota, I met up with a childhood friend who had recently moved to a new home, and he mentioned some art works of mine in his possession. I had a vague memory of him having some of my art, as I have a couple of his and my recollection is that we traded work back in the 1990s. But when he pulled them out of storage, I felt like I was reunited with old friends, I had completely forgotten about these pieces, and don’t think I even had photographs of them.*
I’ll confess, the image above is my own photoshop work, placing them in a virtual room environment. He had just recently moved, so they had been in a room with all of his other not-yet-dispersed items. But here’s a closer look at the 3 pieces. Clockwise from top left are: “The Happy Tree,” 1991, 15 x 11 inch watercolor and ink on paper; “Eye Don’t Know,” 1992, 14 x 13 1/2 inch watercolor on board; and “Structured Ambivalence,” 1994, 17 x 24 inch oil on canvas.
* I later found out I did have photographs of them – but in 35mm slide format, the format of choice in the art world in the early 1990s! Funny how illogical 35mm slides seem for art presentation now.