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PORTFOLIO PICTURES
THE FINAL WATERCOLOR AND INK PAINTING LOOKS SORT OF LIKE THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS DRAWING STUDY.
WHEEL CHAIR RACER, WON THE 1993 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ART LEAGUE SPRING SHOW, FIRST PLACE, WATER MEDIA DIVISION
THE ORIGINAL PAINTING GOT SOME NOTICE, A FEATURED SPOT IN THE MODESTO BEE ON COVERAGE OF THE SHOW, A FEW OFFERS TO PURCHASE AT WHAT THE ARTIST WAS ASKING, OVER $500. BUT, I HAD BEEN WALKING DOWNTOWN MODESTO ONE NIGHT, NOTICED THE MODESTO INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER OFFICES, WALKED IN AND LOOKED AROUND, AND IN A MANIC MOMENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK, CAME IN AND DONATED ALL RIGHTS TO IT, REPO AND ALL, TO THEM, NOW KNOWN AS THE DISABILITY RESOURCES AGENCY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING DRAIL.ORG
I DEDICATED THE PAINTING TO FRANK, UCR STUDENT AND VIET NAM VET I KNEW WHO DID WHEELCHAIR MARATHON RACING, AND TO DR. STEPHEN HAWKING, MY HERO IN PHYSICS.
SINCE MY ENCOUNTER WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, MY OWN EXPERIENCES WITH MADNESS, I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER PRESENTER ON MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES FOR DRAIL, TO STANISLAUS COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THE CERES POLICE DEPARTMENT, ON AWARENESS TRAINING.
MY FRIENDS AT DRAIL HAD A KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALTERNATE TO THE GOSPEL MISSION HOMELESS SHELTER, BY HOSTING THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE
MODESTO TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER
CURRENTLY RUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAD BEEN ON THE GRACEADA PARK PERFORMANCE ART PROJECT AGENDA FROM THE BEGINNING, AS JENIFER USED TO SERVE MEALS AT THE MISSION, NUMEROUS FRIENDS HAD BEEN ON THE STREET, OR AT THE MISSION, ERIC HAD ORGANIZED THE DUMPSTER DIVER UNION, AND IT'S A THEME I'VE SOMETIMES USED IN MY ARTWORK, INCLUDING A SERIES CALLED HOMELESS NIGHTS WE DISPLAYED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN FEBRUARY, OUT IN GRACEADA PARK. NOBODY TOOK A PAINTING, BUT I DID GET SOME NICE COMMENTS FROM THOSE WHO CAME BY.
