Desk Series

The New Palette magazine (Issue #66) arrived yesterday, and there was an article on an artist who was doing a series of paintings of chairs. I was inspired to take up my desk series again. I thought it would be helpful and focusing to make an artist's statement about the desk series, and here it is:

An entire life spent as an academic working at desks -- preparing lectures, planning research and class projects, writing books, proposals, reports, and research papers -- is symbolized by the desk.  It represents the values embodied in this work: rationality, logic, evidence, and truth. Today these values are under attack as never before in our country. The symbolic desk serves as a fragile defense against prejudice, fears, and disinformation. It may also represent hope for our future. 

Now to find time to paint!


Here are the prior desk paintings: