Other Visions In Paint
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Mom - Backwards in High Heels
19. GOLDENCHEEK WARBLER,
19. GOLDENCHEEK WARBLER,
This painting is from a series of paintings of my mother, Geraldine Clark Hickerson. She was intelligent and talented. She embraced the standard of a woman’s place was in the home that was the norm of her era. Before she wed my father, Mom was a star of the song, piano, and dance.
19. GOLDENCHEEK WARBLER,
19. GOLDENCHEEK WARBLER,
19. GOLDENCHEEK WARBLER,
The goldencheek warbler is an endangered species world wide. There is a population of them surviving in central Texas. They are brave and beautiful with a brilliant song.
Self Portrait with Cinderblock Wall and Lyle Lovett
19. GOLDENCHEEK WARBLER,
Self Portrait with Cinderblock Wall and Lyle Lovett
Painting is my self-indulgent pursuit, my curiosity reaching. It has led me around the world. I cannot not-paint. I am doomed and lucky as royalty are doomed and lucky. So far, I have survived this continuing single minded indulgence. I’m trying to express with paint and shapes something about being human. Not all of it but something of
Painting is my self-indulgent pursuit, my curiosity reaching. It has led me around the world. I cannot not-paint. I am doomed and lucky as royalty are doomed and lucky. So far, I have survived this continuing single minded indulgence. I’m trying to express with paint and shapes something about being human. Not all of it but something of it that is recognizable. To make a gift to share, to help and say “you are not alone.”