1982-1983 Description of a Struggle series

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Living 15 years in New York, I longed to escape the legacy of abstract expressionism. Description of a Struggle was my first series of narrative paintings. Painting in oils, I eliminated the brush stroke and formatted the canvases to mimic Polaroid snap shots, complete with a white border on which I scribbled anecdotes to ‘narrate’ the image. The series tells a love story structured after the short story of the same name by Franz Kafka. I identified 3 characters: hero, heroine & rival.

Description of a Struggle #2, 1983
oil on canvas, 58 x 68 inches
catalogue # 83d81
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Study from Description of a Struggle, 1982-83
22 x 30 inches
acrylic on paper

catalogue # 83a30

A Kafka Parable #2, 1986

76 x 101 inches

oil on canvas

catalogue # 83d88

A Kafka Parable #2, 1986

76 x 101 inches (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

oil on canvas

catalogue #83a49