Visions of Beauty Times Past
Here are two paintings that mean much to me. One, entitled “Francis” is a tribute to my mother’s father. The second is a tribute to my father’s mother. The third, “The Wall of Memories”, is my tribute to all who fought in the Vietnam War, to all those who suffered, all who died, all who never received the honor they deserved.
The Wall of Memories
1998 Oil on Wood 13.5″ x 11″ unframed Sold There they roar, one after another, six abreast, hour after hour. The monuments, the streets, even one’s own body reverberate their sounds. The modern cavalry charging down Constitution Avenue declares to the world that they gave their lives, their emotions, their youth, their everything to that war, the Vietnam War. It is the last Monday in May, Memorial Day, and they leave their everyday lives of lawyers and doctors and engineers and factory workers and school teachers and parents and widows and orphans and mount their steeds in a rainbow of […]
Francis
1998 Oil on Canvas 24″ x 30″ unframed $1200 Contact to Purchase He was a hardy, caring grandfather with zest for life though it was never easy. Born in Austria, brought to Chicago as a baby, trained to be a master furniture-maker, he toiled in a factory creating mining equipment. He felt lucky to have that work, for after all, it was the Depression. He fathered four children but lost his first baby to pneumonia. He loved his family and friends and showed that love with parties lasting into the wee hours. Mellowed by his home-made wine and Grandma’s feasts, […]