Family Portrait

Artist Statement Numbered I was just counted againBy an alcoholic wife beaterWho doesn’t believe I count at allBut I do+ I amDiscountedDisaffectedDisavowed
Hearing incarcerated voices through their art
Artist Statement Numbered I was just counted againBy an alcoholic wife beaterWho doesn’t believe I count at allBut I do+ I amDiscountedDisaffectedDisavowed
Artist Statement Numbered I was just counted againBy an alcoholic wife beaterWho doesn’t believe I count at allBut I do+ I amDiscountedDisaffectedDisavowed
Artist Statement Numbered I was just counted againBy an alcoholic wife beaterWho doesn’t believe I count at allBut I do+ I amDiscountedDisaffectedDisavowed
Artist Statement Numbered I was just counted againBy an alcoholic wife beaterWho doesn’t believe I count at allBut I do+ I amDiscountedDisaffectedDisavowed
Artist Statement Numbered I was just counted againBy an alcoholic wife beaterWho doesn’t believe I count at allBut I do+ I amDiscountedDisaffectedDisavowed
Artist Statement Broken Justice With the outstretched arm of a loving fatherI reach back into the fire gathering victimsvictims of a desensitized
With the outstretched arm of a loving father /
I reach back into the fire gathering victims /
victims of a desensitized bottomless /
unjust society lacking empathy /
victims of a pernicious morally bankrupt’d culture /
predicated by social dichotomy /
and the fire burns
Artist Statement When Most in Need It’s alwaysthe littlest things The thoughtthe gesturethe extended handthe smilethe encouraging nod Giving backis not abouthow
Artist Statement When Most in Need It’s alwaysthe littlest things The thoughtthe gesturethe extended handthe smilethe encouraging nod Giving backis not abouthow
Artist Statement This pandemic gave usloss, pain, and isolation.We have grieved.We have suffered.But, we have also found new waysto be together, to