SPECKSYNDER
HIGHER LEARNING
WHERE ARE WE ?
HOMEWARD BOUND
REBELLION • 24” x 35” • 1982 A TRIBUTE THE WHALING INDUSTRY OF THE 1800’S WHEN THE NEW ENGLAND WHALE FISHERIES WERE LIMITED BY THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND UNABLE TO DECIMATE THE WHALE POPULATION. TODAY, THE JAPANESE AND RUSSIA AND ARE MAKING UP FOR LOS
EXODUS • 33’x24” • 1982 THE SEI WHALE, A SPECIES RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING, TO MY SORROW, HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THE OCEAN TO THOSE WHO DESPOIL IT WITH THEIR NEGLECT AND DEBRIS. RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO BE HUNTED, THE WHALE HAS GONE ON STRIKE. HE IS LE
TIME TO GO
BIRTH • 34”x 27” • 1984 MAN BY NATURE, REQUIRES ORDER AND STRUCTURE TO SURVIVE. HE IMPOSES BOUNDARIES AND, IN EFFECT, IMPRISONS HIMSELF IN A PROTECTIVE SHELL. NATURE, BY CONTRAST, IS FEE AND TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL. THE PAINTING RAISES MANY QUESTI
ETERNITY • 24” x 30” • 1980 THE SHARK IS ONE OF THE FEW CREATURES LEFT FROM THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURS. ONE REASON IS BECAUSE HIS FORM HAS ACHIEVED PERFECTION. ( FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION,” TO QUOTE LOUISE SULLIVAN, THE NOTED ARCHITECT). I HAVE TRI
LOW TIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
TAKING CONTROL (diptych)
CHASE (diptych) • 53” x 23” • 1982 MAN AN HAS THE INCURABLE TENDENCY OF WAGING WAR UPON HIS FELLOW MAN AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS, CONDITIONS SHOULD BE REVERSED. THE APPROXIMATE COST OF AN F-15 TODAY IS 24 MILLION DOLLARS. IF THESE FUNDS
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