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Drawing, Graphite on Paper
Size: 6.5 W x 8.5 H x 0.3 D in
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My pencil drawing was specifically created to appear as the book cover for "The Taking of the Waters", a novel by John Shannon published in 1994. The Taking of the Waters novel weaves a story that begins in the eastern California Owens Valley, were farmers and ranchers tried to block the diversion of their water to the city of Los Angeles. The backdrop for the book's tale is the real life 1900s California Water Wars; members of the political/economic power elite of Los Angeles - men like L.A. city Mayor Fred Eaton and William Mulholland - succeeded in obtaining water rights in the Owens Valley through subterfuge and fraud, and then dispossessed the Owens Valley of its water. Some of these dirty tricks were loosely recounted in the Academy Award winning 1974 film, Chinatown. With my drawing I wanted to depict the tears of the disenfranchised agricultural workers of the Owens Valley, as well as to depict the life giving waters they were robbed of. The woman in my drawing not only represents those in the Owens Valley that resisted a water-hungry Los Angeles, she also symbolizes the spirit of Mother Earth.
Drawing:Graphite on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:6.5 W x 8.5 H x 0.3 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:United States.
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I was born in Los Angeles, California in 1953, where I continue to live and work as professional artist. A painter and printmaker who creates images based on social observation and empathy for common people, I am a proponent of a new Social Realism for the 21st century. I favor craft, skill, beauty, draftsmanship, and profound narrative in art, and strive to create works that convey humanist concerns and a sense of the spiritual. I have been deeply influenced by the likes of Goya, the Mexican Muralists, the German Expressionists, the American Social Realist School of the 1930s and 1940s, and the Chicano Arts movement of the late 1960s. My commitment to figurative realism and universal themes of human solidarity and compassion are the perfect counterbalance to these chaotic times. In 2004 I founded the popular web log "Art for a Change," where I write about the intersection of art and politics; you can view my blog here: www.art-for-a-change.com/blog
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