View from 3409
1967
pen & ink
14 x 14

My first formal art training was in a course for architecture majors - freehand drawing in pen & ink taught by an accomplished painter, Neil Welliver. For me the course was an enlightenment.


View from my first apartment at 3409 Race Street.

Furness Stairway
1967
pen & ink
14 x 17

Building designed by Frank Furness was home to Graduate Fine Arts students' studios, as well as Louis Kahn's master of architecture class.

Germ Warfare Sit-in
1967
pen & ink
14 x 17

Germ warfare protest sit-in in College Hall, U of P. Protest was successful and Penn terminated germ warfare research contracts.

Elfreth's Alley
1967
pen & ink
14 x 14

oldest continuously occupied residential street in North America Notice that it was paved with Belgian blocks. It since has been restored to cobble stones.

Ann
1970
oil
12 x 18

My first painting class with Rackstraw Downes. Andy's girlfriend Ann poses for class.

34th Street Dump Truck
1970
oil
8 x 12

View from 5th floor of the Duhring Wing

Bananas Study 3
1970
oil
18 x 24

Early study

Bananas Study 1
1970
oil
18 x 24

Early study

Marcia Painting
1970
oil
11 x 15

one of those quick oil sketches

Table Top
1970
oil
15 x 16

my studio apartment on Powelton Village

Fruit on Mantle
1970
oil
14 x 16

Worked on this painting for a week. Red Grooms looked at it, shook his head and said, "Never work on a painting for more than a day."

House in Powelton
1970
oil
9 x 10

on-site sketch in Powelton Village

32nd Street 2
1970
oil
9 x 11

on site oil sketch in Powelton

Hamilton Street
1970
oil
16 x 21

view out my front window on Hamilton Street

Trees Over river 1
1970
oil
14 x 17

view from east side of Schuylkill near art museum

Self Portrait
1970
oil
8 x 12

portrait of the artist as a young man