"The Visual Language of the Amtrak"

From awhile back.  As it happens to me sometimes, I carry things around thinking I might expand on them down the road.  And then, one day, I look at an item again for the millionth time and think, "No, that's actually it."  This one from nearly seven years ago when I was doing so many of these crosses.  Title by Danielle McArthur, pen and lipstick on torn paper, 4.5 x 6.5 inches, Thursday, November 21st, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake.

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" 'Black Sheets of Rain' Postage Stamp (Date of Issue August, 8th, 2020) "

A fragment of recycled art from back in the Seattle days, I would think - pencil and felt pen and crayon on paper, then inserted into a torn photo album sleeve.  3.5 x 3.75 inches, Saturday, August 8th, 2020, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Archangel (Sinister)"

Photograph stapled to cover of religious pamphlet, 6 x 3.75 inches, Saturday, July 11th, 2020, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"The Sky Was All Violet"

Pen, crayon, lipstick and pencil on paper, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, Friday, July 10th, 2020, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"The Sky Was All Violet"

Pen, crayon, lipstick and pencil on paper, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, Friday, July 10th, 2020, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"The Sky Was All Violet"

Pen, crayon and lipstick on paper, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, Friday, July 10th, 2020, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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In Which I Send a Piece of Original Art to My Alma Mater, Don Bosco Technical Institute, Rosemead, California

I went to high school at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, California.  At that time, it was a five year program - three years of high school, then two years of junior college (I studied electronics), and you left with an A.S. Degree.  Now, I believe, it is a four year high school only.  The team name was "The Techmen".  One cheerleader from a "sister" school was incredibly sexy, I remember that.  Bosco Tech was all boys, and run by the Salesians.

Recently, they sent me a letter asking for money.  I decided I might have something far more valuable for them.

That's right, I thought it might be best for me to send them some original art.  I also included this note.

(There is no alumni museum.)

And, so, the art -

To be clear that cross was made out of strips of cardboard from a Pabst Blue Ribbon 12-pack.  It's not very big, couple inches at most.  Not sure how much money it would fetch if they tried to put it out on the open market.

Oh, and the envelope -

(In case you wanted to send some $$$ their way.)

Hate the sinner, love the sin.

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