The look is everything. 2005

There was a point in my art career where I tried to earn a living painting portraits.  This is Holbrook Harman whose father was one of the architects that designed the Empire State building.  He was gay, an outcast, and a beloved friend.

24" x 18"

1972

This is a sanguine pencil self portrait.  Not very flattering but honest.

magic marker

24" x 18"

1973

I did this drawing after I shaved my head and everyone thought I was a buddhist monk.

charcoal/pastel

27" x 39"

1972

This was taken from a photograph that I posed for...

40" x 27"

1972

In the 70's both Sheila and I realized the importance of women getting in touch with strength in their own bodies.  We both enrolled in separate kung fu classes. 

Sheila was the one who grabbed the vibrators and plugged them in during a Bodysex workshop - she was the courage behind Erotic Recess.

I transcribed this from my year book circa 1946 in the 80's.  My interests shifted from "boys" and "sobriety" to "female sexual liberation" and "the magic herb".

With age, you care less and less about what other people think.  By your 80's, you don't give two fucks.

44" x 35"

1962

Mourning the death of a girlfriend who overdosed on heroin.