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  • 3/4ths view of the artists face, neck up. The face is rendered while the hair and background being gestural. The portrait is black and white on a tan background. The digital brush use resembles a soft pencil.
    24 (self portrait)
  • Face portrait of a person with a very broad smile, friendly eyes and arched brows.
    A friendly smile
  • A black-and-white pencil sketch comic in four panels, featuring the "Jughead" character from Archie comics ordering a giant sundae. The ice cream seller asks if that won't spoil his supper, and Jughead replies "I just had my supper!", referring to the sundae.
    Archies & Gang-Jughead
  • A black and white pencil sketch comic in four panels with the "Reggie" character from Archie comics. Reggie brags that compared to Moose, his brain is a master computer; Moose punches him into some lockers with a "POW!" and Archie explains that since Reggie said his mind was a computer, Moose just punched in a program.
    Archies & Gang-Reggie
  • Linocut print in black ink on white paper of a ram's head with curly horns. Daffodils in the lower corners. The border resembles Roman columns.
    Ares
  • Two toddlers ride on the shoulders of their parents.
    Balloon Baby
  • A black and white, abstract collage of a fragmented female portrait split in half.
    Black and White Thinking
  • A dark grey silhouette of a flying swallow flies past a row of simple dark grey cedar trees which form a sort of border across the lower left third of the page.
    Border Crossing
  • Sepia-toned photographic print showing a grouping of reed stalks at the Cape Cod National Seashore in a semi-closeup view that fills the frame with alternating light/dark patterns.
    Cape Cod Reeds
  • A square format black and white photograph of willow trunks intertwined next to a pond.
    Cold Spring Brook at Newton Cemetery
  • Drippy ink drawing of rocks in water made with broad brushstrokes in tones from light gray to black on 40" x 50" warm white translucent Japanese paper.
    Drawing #4, Grist Mill Series 2023
  • Damp white and grey gull feathers, with grains of sand scattered on top.
    Feathers and Sand
  • A sphinx flying through a dark night sky with a starry border.
    Freedom
  • Sketch of one human eye looking forward in greyscale. Close-up, with strokes revealing multiple eyelashes, the frolic shapes inside the pupil, and the tiny veins inside the white of the eye.
    Gaze
  • Black and white drawing in ink of a Golden Eagle's head.
    Golden Eagle Head
  • Black and white drawing in ink of a grey whale.
    Grey Whale
  • Black and white photo of cobblestones on a street in Italy taken from an angle that is close to the street with buildings in the background.
    Italian Cobblestones
  • Triptych of mixed media pieces. Each piece is 6"x6". The imagery starts with a tee shirt and morphs away from representation.
    Jack’s Tee Shirt #1
  • Triptych of mixed media pieces. Each piece is 6"x6". The imagery starts with a tee shirt and morphs away from representation.
    Jack’s Tee Shirt #2
  • Black and white portrait of Jimi Hendrix, from the collarbone up. He wears a white cloth tied around his neck, his expression is neutral, and his dark hair looks almost like a halo.
    Jimi
  • Black and white photograph of three gondolas on the water and buildings of Venice visible in the background. Two gondoliers with t-shirts of black and white stripes are on each boat.
    La Regata del Redentore, 2023
  • Black and white line work of lotus leaves and flowers on a 3x4 wood block.
    Lá Sen (Lotus Leaves)
  • The Statue of Liberty is framed by the metal window frame inside the bathroom of the Ellis Island Ferry. Image is in black and white.
    Lady Liberty
  • Pen and ink drawing of a leaning branch with multiple flowers.
    Leaning blooms
  • Black and white photo of metal spiral staircase taken from base of stairwell looking up.
    Looking Up
  • Black and white photo of a young woman wearing an embroidered tiara with golden thread and dark red rosettes. She is also wearing a necklace with embroidered with golden thread and gold and pearl beads.
    Mama
  • A black and white piece featuring 6 cells all showing black and white abstract designs of circles in the center with radiating lines as well as white patterns against a black background.
    Mitosis
  • Black and white painting of a line of mountains, between a magnificent moon and still lake, with distinctive brushstrokes of black, white, and grey.
    Moon lit lake
  • A horse standing in the middle of a field.
    New Forest Pony
  • Close-up of a woman in profile who is gazing the camera through her long eyelashes. The wind is coming from her back as seen by the movement of her long hair which covers most of her face. With her two hands she is putting strands of her hair away so that she can keep eye-contact with the camera. The photo is in dark sepia shade.
    Nicoleta’s hair
  • A black and white photograph of a 1960s MBTA bus, parked at the Eliot Shops bus yard (now the JFK School of Government). The destination reads NO STOPS, and the streetlight above illuminates the dusty road below.
    Once upon a Time in Cambridge: 79 John F. Kennedy St., 1969
  • A timeless rural road in Ireland flanked by old stone walls in black and white.
    Road, Inis Mór, Ireland
  • Close-up of a rose bud, viewing from the stem upwards. Petals are formed with more sparse lines in comparison to the dense ink lines of the stem and sepal.
    Rose
  • Dark gray, light green, and silver roughly cut stone mosaics on two-foot full round shaft.
    Shaft
  • Sketch of one human eye in greyscale, gazing towards the right. Close-up, with strokes revealing long dark eyelashes, their reflection inside the pupil, and the tiny veins inside the white of the eye. Part of the pupil glows, reflecting the light that it receives.
    Shine
  • A mosaic of black and white squares cut from photographs and pinned into foam makes a larger image, an abstraction with dots of light and subtle gestures of hands making shapes.
    Signs
  • Square format black and white photograph of the surface of a pool of water. Speckles of dust floating on the water stand out against reflections of trees and sky in the surface of the water. Spots of sunlight travel through the clear water to stones at the bottom of the pool.
    South Meadow Brook at Tower Road
  • A monochrome landscape photographic image showing the full moon in a late afternoon sky framed on the right side of the image with a large, dense cluster of conifer trees.
    Spring Legend
  • The ruins of a former church shows the structure of a church window with a tree behind it.
    St. Dunstan Window
  • A woman plays an outdoor piano while a man dances and is caught in mid-air in busy Brattle Square, Cambridge.
    Street Piano
  • Black and white doodles of repeating patterns, unique shapes, small figures, creatures and flora.
    Symbiosis
  • Black and white digital drawing of a cafe, named "La Bossue". Chairs and tables sit outside underneath the cafe's awning, and the building above has a wrought iron balcony.
    Unsplash Building 2
  • A black ink on white paper semi-abstract linear sketch of 4 different items that might depict a crop field, a tree, a bush, and a scarecrow.
    untitled
  • A black ink on white paper semi-abstract linear sketch of a few items that might reminisce a shovel, a rake, a crop field.
    untitled
  • A young woman faces downward towards the camera. There is a big smile on her face and her long hair is swept away by the wind, floating like a banner. The photo is in black and white.
    Vanessa’s hair
  • A double glass door with its exterior solid panels open. Its transom has twin metal designs of curvy lines like mandala and the center of each is decorated by a mini shield.
    Widener doors
  • A black-and-white print of a woman leaning back with her hands in her pockets. Her long dark hair falls straight down; her back is arched, her face turned away from the viewer.
    Woman Posing
  • Comic style drawing with 11 cells. Read as 4 separate pages left down. Figure looks at stuff. Turn back? You don’t turn back. Figure in blank space. Dandelion. You turn back. Narrative reads: You draw closer still to the barrier. Your steps slowing as you reach the last five feet of available ground before the wall. You want to turn back. Turn back. Turn back. Turn back. You somehow ignore the urge to turn back and close the last little bit of distance between you and the wall. You’re close enough to kiss it, if you wanted too.. (what a strange notion. You don’t want to kiss the wall.) It sounds like nothing. Not silence, but nothing. It smells sour…Your teeth ache this close to the barrier. And you know that to reach out and touch it would be a grave mistake. You don’t want the story to end yet. You don’t want to end. You turn back.
    You Turn Back
  • A minimalist print of the outline of a white mountain on an off black background.
    やま (yama) III
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