U.S. Department of State - Art in Embassies

U.S. Department of State - Art in Embassies

father taught me,8' long

Rachel Jeffs interview

The Book, "behind the beautiful forevers" by Katherine Boo(about the slums in Mumbai), has informed and inspired me to make these large art works,and other authors have informed this series, so...please view the blog to view the art created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGNEkdGy9NI

it felt like a hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCWlnyx8vw

My Mother's Dreams in Wartime

The world burns before our eyes,
and the smell of everything red
is on our skin.

We wait in line for bread
that never comes. We speak
to strangers thinking they will
tell us where our lives are.

We pray in the barracks
and the fields for the miracle
of hope.

____________________________

The author's mother survived more than 2 years in various labor and concentration camps in Germany.  She never thought she would.

Much of the writing in his book Echoes of Tattered Tongues describe her struggle to keep going.

John Gruzowlski

Texas Colours #1,#2,Commissioned Murals, size 60 'x 20' ,hanging in downtown San Marcos,Texas

WALL PAINTING VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7cr31tgxgk

"Colors of Texas" Mural Dedication

SUL ROSS SHow

words for the newest art,within these walls,informed by the book about death row in Huntsville,Texas prison

he who fits the song together

“The journey is the thing.” (Homer)

“Each man delights in the work that suits him best.” (Homer, The Odyssey)

a place for nobody

a land more kind than home

a Nobody

for a silent reading in the wind

within these walls,7'x6',mixed on canvas

I WINESS SHOW WITH MY WORK AT BRADLEY UNIVERSITY,2016

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pr9uj7dtfagblbr/AADxS1x0k9zxAv6YXXkM_US2a?dl=0

ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION OF WALL PAINTINGS

the memory of choked emotion in my father's voice

Author Ruta Sepetys talks about the true history behind Between Shades o...The art above, as many of these art works... are informed by the three books written by Ruta

Ruta Sepetys discusses her new novel, SALT TO THE SEA

Author Ruta Sepetys talks about her new book Out of the Easy

Ruta Sepetys // Introduction

she felt daughterless

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Femicide in Juarez-The art above has been informed by the book,The Daughters Of juarez

Ciudad Juárez: The Lonely Search for Missing Daughters

For the Daughters of Juarez

SOLD

A Siamese girl acts in a Hollywood movie called Sold | Trailer-See the art Called SOLD,which was informed by this book,SOLD

"Sold" Book Trailer

and I wanted to say thank you to the cave

70th Anniversary: The First Women in Auschwitz moved to Birkenau - Rena'...See the artworks above which were informed by this book,Rens'a promise

Rena's Promise Book Trailer

Coda:The Final Phase Of A Symphony

SMEARING THE RED

it was in the air and all around

Surviving an honour killing - BBC News-The art above was informed by this book

it was buried beneath the surface

after he put his hands on my face and felt my tears

the cloud of quiet held

The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia (Full Length Documentary)Informs some of my work, see the art above

The Cannibal Generals of Liberia, see the art works above which are informed by these stories

Johnny Mad Dog Trailer - Johnny Mad Dog Movie Trailer

the sky was blue but filled with tears;this is the end of this art series of large wall paintings.This is a calm picture;finding beauty in ugliness is what I have been trying to do and find CATHARSIS for those who have gone through a trauma.

8 minutes