retrospective page 3

sketchbook, ca 2008
homemade pen & ink

untitled, 2008, 20 x 15
 

birds, 2008, 24 x 20
 

ruben ruben, i’ve been thinking, 1995, 36 x 24
 

untitled, 2009, 24 x 18
 

crow:
doctor how much time do i have?

long ears:
i have no idea' i'm not a doctor.

center piece, 2011, 14 x 11
 

2005, 24 x 24
 

monoprint, ca 1983

2008, 14 x 11
 

wishing well, 1996, 10 x 5
 

left:
Under the big tree there is a cacophony of yelling and laughing children.
The big limbs shelter the ground and keep the earth dry.

Hens roost up there and drop little feathers on us as we play.
Under the big tree the men repair their trucks and split firewood,

right:
the deer hiding beneath the alder tree cannot hide.
The man in the dirty car squeezes off another shot.
It's doe season.

His hands trembling, the boy in the back regrets speaking out,
Cold shame floods his heart.

untitled, 2006, 18 x 12
 

good shepherd, 2009, 14 x 12
 

left:
she stitched birth certificates
on a lavender coat
of babies she never met

over time the paper they were printed on
turned brown
the lavender faded gray

the family put her in a home
and the lavender coat was thrown away

ink drawing, ca 1984

katie lewis, 2008, 14 x 11

lean on me, 2006, 10 x 8