Art Retrospective 1971-1976

I never knew I could revisit my work from 40 years ago. Many years have passed since the art bug bit me, and it still has remained in my veins.

As a youth, my father would sit with me in his study while I played with his fountain pens. We would make squiggles and doodles together. He encouraged me to write legibly and do calligraphic strokes. He liked the Italic hand.

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Calligraphy, silk screening, sketching bodies in motion, 1974

Studies on max gluteus, 1975

Running, 1974

Campanile, 1976

Many years later as an 18 year old, I would take formal lessons in Calligraphy with Mrs. Peggy Downs, a graphic artist at the Roseburg Senior High School District. In the evenings, she took me to Umpqua Community College to learn Bookhand, Italics and Roman styles of writing. I also learned Uncials, Batard and Old English.

Bookhand with serifs, 1974

There are 40 slides of work from the 70s. I was in college studying Psychology.

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Penmanship requires a steady and willful hand, 1976

I have progressed to seriously taking watercolor classes on a regular basis now that I am retired. Looking back, my solid inclination to commit to drawing and sketching served me well. Practicing with observing forms and looking at details of scenery, portraiture and still life makes me a better painter.

I made a self portrait then, I looked at life with optimism and with a creative spirit.

Candy, 1976