1987-1988 Forgotten Histories series

selection

In a love letter written to the poet Paul Verlaine in 1873, Rimbaud wrote: Yes, I was in the wrong, Oh! You won’t forget me, will you? No, you can’t forget me. As for me, I still have you, here. Listen, answer your friend, must we not live together anymore? Be brave. Answer this quickly. I based the paintings of Forgotten Histories on these words at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. The work is an ode to friends who were being diagnosed with, and dying of AIDS.

Oh, you wont forget me . . ., 1987

52.5 x 90 inches

oil on canvas

Listen, answer your friend . . ., 1987

95 x 73 inches

oil on canvas

Forgotten Histories, 1987

68 x 44 inches

charcoal on stained paper

As for me, I still have you here, 1987

74 x 120 inches

oil on canvas

COLLECTION: Dalhousie Art Gallery

study, 1988

22 x 30 inches

gouache on paper

Untitled, 1987

30 x 22 inches

gouache on paper

catalogue # 87a43

PRIVATE COLLECTION

Untitled, 1987

30 x 22 inches

gouache on paper

catalogue # 87a46

PRIVATE COLLECTION

“The Taxi” (day), 1987

71 x 58 inches

oil on canvas

catalogue # 87d58