At the time of the DeVos nomination, during the Trump administration, the farce of it all prompted me to put together a series of works born in the classroom. Titled “Left (behind) student work," this series suggests turning our backs on children, public education and the ominous neglect of our future.
“Left (behind) student work" are paintings left behind by my high school students. Some students did not take their paintings home and left them for next years painting class to re-stretch.
During the process of removing the old painted canvases from the stretcher bars, I became attached to the backs of the paintings, both visually and sentimentally. The memories of instruction, and the physical quality of the canvas, became reflective aspects of sharing the painting experience. This motivated me to sew the old painted canvases together with their verso facing the viewer. They are sewn in groupings and inspired by the titles of different teaching strategies. Such as "think pair share", "collaborative learning" or "scaffolding".

My first meaningful body of work. They laid down the foundation of a language, which set me on my journey. I made about fifty of them in 1989 displayed are a set of nine.

Nine drawings in the set, 12 x 9 inches each .

A series of 40 drawings, Ink on Acetate, each drawing 8.5 x 11 inches

Peach Tree Drawings 1993 set of five drawings and their verso