(2012)

Pastel on paper

25 x 26

Years ago, my father gave me a book of photography featuring primate portraits. The different primates were brought into a studio, set up with a backdrop, lights and camera where these primates were photographed just as Christie Brinkley or Kendall Jenner would be. They posed and smiled in much the same way. How close we are, the human race, to these beautiful creatures. I've always felt a great connection to animals. This book triggered the Monkey series. All pastel. All tell stories. Thank you, Father.

I read a story about a young man playing in the pee wee football league. This was years ago, I think push back to pink gloves might not be so harsh these days? Maybe? But at the time, his coach, didn't know that the pink gloves were to support breast cancer awareness. His mother had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. And... why not pink for the sake of pink? Maybe he just likes pink and that should be good enough.

https://www.thebiglead.com/.../youth-football-player...