After I completed the Revelations in Red (I Am Red) series, I exhibited and sold most of the pieces, except for two. The Anointing and a large red cross assemblage. The Revelations in Red series ran for a long time in late 2004 at my Flatbush, Brooklyn, home gallery because it was so popular. The sales from my own paintings prompted me to help my art friends, so I held other shows there, including Female Trouble and a solo show for Susan Conrad, whom I greatly respected as an artist. Did not earn much commission from the other artists because I either did not make sales or the sales were made by the artist outside my gallery setting. It did not matter because I was successful at selling my own art and had begun to attract repeat collectors. Inventory ran low, and I was reaching for old-school projects to sell when I finally realized I needed to begin work on a new series.
The Revelations in Red series boasted contrasts of Cadmium, Alizarin Crimson, and Rose Madder, along with wax mediums, found objects, mixed-media collage, and Pointillist techniques, and magnified my Christian faith through symbols of religious iconography. I loved the look of my early Abstractrealism works, but felt called to move on to something more architectural. There was something missing, and I believe that a trip to Paris would solve the enigma.
Paris in June of 2005:
As Professor of Fashion Design at Wood Tobé-Coburn School, I planned a trip to Paris with my students working in conjunction with the Travel and Tourism department. We arrived in Paris in June of 2005, and lodged at a hotel near San Michele in the 5th arrondissement on the Left Bank.
The full essay — including the 2005 Tour Eiffel photographs, how they became the study for a new painting series, and their place in the Fine Arts & Culture section of the magazine — is published in Atelier Quarterly Vol. II: Couture Reformation.
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