Since the founding of the
United States of America
250 years ago, the people of
this nation have achieved
critically important
endeavors of lasting value
which continue to benefit
all of American society.

Constitution of
the United States
Modern illumination. 1991
Black watercolor. 37 x 49 inches, framed

What does
it mean to explore?

Exploration

Modern illumination
1991. Black watercolor
36 x 44 inches, framed

Hot!

            Let us enjoy our time, tonight.
Today's work is done, and we're in the city
among friends and neighbors. Dark skies are
above, but our public square is bright beneath
the  moonlight towers

        Cities reflect their time. Until the
1860s, most people in the United States lived
in rural settings and on family farms. Then,
from 1876 to 1912, the number of U. S.
inhabitants increased by 67.5 million persons.
Tens of thousands of pioneers moved out West
to settle and farm the land; others went in search
of gold. But, most men and women moved off
of their farms to take jobs in the cities

Modern illumination work of art about
six seminal scientific inventions

1)  electric light bulb
2)  wireless telegraphy
3)  motion picture projection camera
4)  phonograph recording machine
5)  automobile production assembly line
6)  engineering and construction
    of the skyscraper

All became viable, commercial
successes from the mid-19th
century, onward

Black watercolor painting. 1993
52 x 39 inches, framed

Modern + Tap
dance forms, emerged in
late 19th - early 20th cemtury
America, in tandem with
Jazz and the Blues
musical expressions


Dance

Modern illumination. 1992
Black watercolor painting
39 x 53 inches, framed

Music, Theatre,
Musical Theatre:
creations of art
written, composed,
choreographed,
and performed


Voices of the Performing Arts

Modern illumination, 1996
Watercolor painting
38 x 54 inches, framed

    Radio-telegraphy
and Radio-telephony
are 19th + early
20th century inventions
which made possible
the science + industry
of broadcasting

Public Airwaves


Modern illumination, 1992
Black watercolor
38 x 51 inches, framed

    In the early years of the
country, people conveyed
themselves and their goods
by horse power or other
carriage pack animals.
Riverboats carried freight
on the rivers, lakes and
man-made canals; while
ocean vessels travelled
the coastlines and
between continents


Transportation

Modern illumination. 1992
Black watercolor painting
34.5 x 46 inches, framed

    Ever-recurring,
sometimes changing
Tools for
person-to-person
correspondence; and
the technologies of
mass communications


Crossroads
of       
Communications

Modern illumination. 1994
Watercolor painting
39 x 50 inches, framed

Writing as creating

Quotations

Calligraphy painting. 1992
Sumi ink + Black watercolor
39 x 55 inches, framed

Calligraphy title art. Writing
on paper using pointed nib pen
and India ink: 18 x 8 inches

On nature's
forms which inspire
human works
of creation

Nature In Art

My embroidery (mounted duotone photograph)
Black watercolor painting. 1989
34 x 35 inches, framed

    Each
person's real life,
living, memory,
and contemplation

Keepsakes


Modern illumination
1991. Black watercolor
35 x 41 inches, framed

     Repositories of
knowledge situated in
our communities
nationwide

Library


Modern illumination. 2011
Watercolor painting
41 x 50 inches, framed

Library
        (section: detail)

Reading rooms are
wonder-filled settings
of safe haven for
enquiring minds

     Encouraging the fertile imagination to
see the possible

Games


Modern illumination
1991. Black watercolor
38 x 48 inches, framed

    Athleticism
+ artistry expressed
in creative performance
of an American sport


Baseball


Modern illumination. 1989
Black watercolor painting
33 x 44 inches, framed

    Athletic beauty
demonstrating
excellence + invention
in action


United States
Olympic Teams


Modern illumination
1988. Black watercolor
38 x 44 inches, framed

    Visual
creation realms

        Art


Modern illumination
1993. Watercolor painting
39 x 53 inches, framed

    Music form originiating in African American
musicianship, improvization,
song writing + emotionally
powerful lyric expression


Jazz


Modern illumination. 1988
Black watercolor painting
33 x 50 inches, framed

    Creating
contemporary music
from 1940s onward,
weaving beautifully
individualistic
instrumental sounds
with poetic, often
free-wheeling
story verse


Rock 'n Roll


Modern illumination. 1989
Black watercolor painting
35 x 40 inches, framed