Monthly Archives: May 2020

Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait, 2nd Iteration

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I improved a bit with today’s self portrait. I augmented the pencil sketch with inked lines for shading and definition of edges.

Quarantine Portrait Series: Tele-Portrait with Hand Gestures

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I had the third hospital televisit with my brother Mike today. He is on the east coast, I live in California. Mike has never spoken, he is low functioning and autistic. Mike was quite still during our visit. I repeated his name many times, in hope of some kind of change in expression, to no […]

Quarantine Portrait Series: Another Hospital Visit with Mike

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This is the second day in a row that I saw my brother Mike*. I saw him yesterday, but before that I hadn’t seen him since 2013 at his geriatric group home. Now he’s in hospital on the east coast and I’m on the west coast. Mike is nonverbal, low functioning and autistic. I almost […]

Quarantine Portrait Series: Hospital Visit with Brother Mike

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I haven’t seen my older brother Mike since 2013. He lives in a geriatric group home on the east coast and I live on the west coast. Mike is autistic, nonverbal and low functioning. The staff takes good care of him, sending him to the hospital when needed. My younger brother Dave alerted me to […]