Earliest photographed works. Paintings prior to this time have been lost. These were all executed in San Francisco in the early 70s. These might have had titles different that simply "Rondo" at the time. The order here does not represent the order of execution. The last image is of the Billboard of the Magic Square of Jupiter or of the number 15. See below.
Previous works were created in New York City in the 60s on very large rolls of paper using enamel spray cans sprayed through cut-outs and sometimes doilies. As far as I can recollect they were cloud-like formations. These works probably still exist somewhere rolled up in a corner. They were left with friends to preserve but you know how that goes. I don't consider them necessary at this time as I'd probably want to burn them anyway. We are only dealing in this Archive with images that have somehow remained in tact.
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1972-3 RONDOS - 7-INCH DIAMETER - WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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1972-73 RONDOS - 7-INCH DIAMETER - WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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1972-3 RONDOS - 7-INCH DIAMETER - WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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1972-73 RONDOS - 7-INCH DIAMETER - WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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1972-73 RONDOS - APPROX. 12-INCH DIAMETER -
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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1972-73 RONDOS - 7-INCH DIAMETER - WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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1972-73 RONDOS - 7-INCH DIAMETER - WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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Not a RONDO. SIZE UNKNOWN. WATERCOLOR ON PAPER.
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1974 - Magic Square of Jupiter (number 15) Non-advertising BILLBOARD - 15 X 30 FEET -
Water-based paint on paper. Hand-painted.
The billboard company (Foster and Kleiser) donated the paper. I was given an empty floor in Glide Church, San Francisco, to complete the work. When completed I wanted it exhibited in downtown San Francisco, on a rooftop, as I recall. But the billboard company hung it up without my knowledge on the corner of Haight & Ashbury. A fitting place nevertheless. I only found out about it since friends saw it there.
A press release, titled "A Press Release to Release the Pressure" (the Vietnam War was ongoing) was created for this and will be added once I locate a copy. This was created by "following the numbers" of the magic square. Go the the wikipedia page below for a definition of a magic square and to actually see the one for number 15.
The shape on the left is one dimensional, in the center three dimensional, and on the right n-dimensional. The patterns on the top and bottom are similar to how a computer (none then) would produce a pattern using the same configuration. This is the largest work I've done, as I suspected it would be at the time. It was not intended to be preserved but to be covered over by the next advertisement. It is more to my liking to preserve work photographically rather than store things. Given my lifestyle that emerged it would not have been possible to preserve and store very much. I did make certain that someone took photographs. I still have the slides. I wish I could remember the name of the friend who took them. Someone might possibly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square
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1976 - MANJUSHRI THANGKA - GOUACHE ON COTTON
12 X 22 INCHES
Began studying thangka painting, initially with Glen Eddy, then the Rongaes, then Sherabpalden Beru. There aren't too many other examples of this sort of work in my files. After this I preferred doing single diety images that were painted in one single session without stopping.
