Monthly Archives: December 2022
Transformed Tree Dog (December 2022)
I first saw the tree dog back in February: I was stunned to drive by and see the lonely dog waiting to gross the street transformed into a reindeer:
Memories of Michael: My Favorite Picture of Mike and Me (~1958)
I don’t have a specific memory of the moment when this photo was taken. I’d like to think it represents my overriding attitude toward my brother Michael. Mike shaped my life and although there were many years that I neglected him, his influence was always with me. Oh how I wish we could have had […]
Memories of Michael: Mike is Gone (7.12.2022)
Memories of Michael: Mike’s Last Hours (2022)
Memories of Michael: Portrait of My Brother – Transition Complete (2015)
I intended this portrait to express Mike’s other-worldliness. But we are brothers and I had a connection with him, if only in one direction. We share the same oddness – in different ways – just as we do the same genetic makeup. I painted this in 2015 (Final Transition).
Memories of Michael: Mike in Transition, Watercolor (2015)
Mike probably transitioned away from his family during the first few years of his life. I don’t mean that he did this on purpose, although that’s what Mom used to think, very bitterly. Mike was normal looking until he went to Willowbrook. My parents were duly notified when Mike got his front teeth knocked out, […]
Memories of Michael: Young Mike, Watercolor (2015)
Memories of Michael: My Brother as a Boy (~1961)
Memories of Michael: Mike with his Housemates (1992)
I got to know some of Mikes housemates during my visits to his group home.
