Pen & Ink: City Street

From the Sketchbook  

 

Pen & Ink: Commercial Kitchen

 

ink/watercolor: "Now I Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds"

In memory of the combined bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

J Robert Oppenheimer ~ regarded by many as one of the "fathers" of the thermo-nuclear bomb, referring to Hindu scripture to acknowledge the immensity 

and horror of  the outcome of their efforts. 

To have utterly decimated the populations of two cities full of civilians, even during an international conflict, the bombings were, in fact, a war crime . Official condemnation (i.e. exile, prison time, etcetera) never came for Oppenheimer or the others who developed, then deployed, these horrific weapons, their actions are recorded in history   

 

Portraits: Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon was a brilliant activist and philosopher. Born in Martinique, In the course of his work as a physician and psychiatrist, Fanon supported Algeria's War of independence from France and was a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front when the citizens of Algeria fought to wrest their nation free from French Rule. His books, "Black Skin, White Masks" and "The Wretched of the Earth" are major works of  Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial theory. 

Fanon has been described as "the most influential anticolonial thinker of his time.

  

Essay: The Fourteen Slanders

 

Pen + Inks: House Portrait

 Commissioned - in private collection

House Portrait - 11" x 17" / 28 x 43 cm

At the Blue Oar, Haddam Connecticut

 At The Blue Oar, Haddam Connecticut