Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

Janet, oil on canvas

Kevin, mixed-media on paper

Cuban, mixed media on canvas

Janet, collage and acrylic on paper









Faces from the Streets, oil on canvas

Ronald, oil on canvas

Casey, oil on canvas







Lance, oil on canvas







Cuban, oil on canvas






John, oil on canvas






Little Bill, oil on canvas






Antony, oil on canvas






Sarge, oil on canvas






Bob Newton







Little Bill II






Big Bill








Bob Newton, bronze

Bob Newton, bronze

Bob Newton, plaster







Sketches from the Streets, pencil on paper








Calvin, pencil on paper







Kevin, pencil on paper






Janet, pencil on paper






Bob Newton, pencil on paper






Cuban, pencil on paper






Janet, pencil on paper





Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008






Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008







Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008







Jane and me, Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008







Calvin, Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008






Kevin, Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008







Fred and me, Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008







Calvin and Kevin, Senior Thesis Show, May 9, 2008

Artist Statement

Let me introduce you to Calvin, Bill, John, Kevin, Janet…
Some call them “homeless.”  They are not “homeless;”
rather,
they make their homes on the streets.
These portraits work to portray not only their
facial features, but also their emotions, characters,
and human qualities.
My eyes have always sought beauty,
and I have found it here
on the streets, in these people. 

I always begin by working from life; the relationships
I form on the streets inspire me, and are in fact
the essence of my work.
Collage furthers my exploration of these people
because
each item
and scrap specifically signifies the person
it helps depict.
Using a variety of media, I attempt to tell
pieces of their stories,
pieces of their personalities,
pieces of their lives—because
it is they who have added such depth to my own. 

This work is not about the homeless condition,
but about the human condition.
It asks the viewer to try to understand
the misunderstood,
to hear the silenced, and most of all,
to embrace those who are regularly rejected
as disposable
and admire them as valuable individuals.
I invite you to experience the intimacy of
our connections.
In getting to know them—if at first only through
their faces—I challenge you to look
past their state of “homelessness,”
and seek to understand the realities of our fellow
human beings. 

Because it is with them, despite their lack of shelter,
that I find myself most at home.