Happy Mountain

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Happy Mountain

I finally finished this painting. I have been working on it for three weeks. It started when I saw a photograph of Freudenberg, Germany. All of these half-timber houses that were all black and white with the same basic pattern of timbers and windows and roof lines. Don’t get me wrong; the residents must be happy and content. I thought it would be nice to Americanize it to propose it for a hillside development, say, in central PA,  as opposed to all of these boring boxes that waste arable farmland. This is the result.

“Freudenberg” means “joyful or happy mountain”.

Painting is acrylic on 15-7/8″ on 20″ stretched canvas
Price: $395 plus postage

SOLD.

Zinnia

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Zinnia

This is a simple, stylized painting of a zinnia, just for fun!

The painting is acrylic on 12″ x 12″ stretched canvas. The paint continues over the edges, so no expensive framing is required.

Price: $50 plus postage

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Dimitri

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Dimitri

Dimitri Papagiani was born with a mysterious, incurable birth defect; more like, multiple birth defects. He is crippled. He cannot speak, except in unintelligible grunts. His body and limbs are twisted and he is confined to a horizontal wheelchair. His mother has cared for him for all of his 54 years, with help from his sister.

If you have followed my work on this website, you know that I have had 43 acquaintances who have committed suicide including 19 people close to me, who include my sister and my baptismal godfather. I also know many others who have attempted suicide, but failed. When I saw Dimitri at St. Andrew Orthodox Church, Lewes, Delaware, last Sunday, I was so moved. With so much stacked against him, he still decides to wake up every morning and face the day.

Painting is acrylic on 20″ x 16″ on stretched canvas
Price: $195 plus postage

SOLD.