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Charles Gaba, Health Policy Analyst, Educator, Activist, Blogger

(Interview 2/2019, oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2019) This portrait story looks at the US healthcare system before...

Blood Cancer, Insurance with Lifetime Limits

(Interview 6/2017, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2018) This portrait story is my response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s...

My Abortion Story

(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) I had an abortion. I’m sharing my story to bear witness for all the women who have ever had to make...

Fell off Subsidy Cliff (before the American Rescue Plan ended it -- temporarily)

(Interview April 2021) (oil on canvas, 48” x 48”) Update 2022 This portrait consists of 2 paintings. One stays in the Art As Social...

Enough

(oil, acrylic on canvas, 48 ins. x 60 ins.) “Enough” hangs upside down until President Trump no longer occupies the White House. Once...

Big World, Small Man

(oil on canvas, 36 ins. x 72 ins.) This painting “Big World Small Man” is my response to Donald Trump as President of the United States...

Nuclear Trump

(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) This painting is a thank you to Republican heroes, both high profile public servants and citizen...

I'm With Her

(30 ins. x 40 ins., oil on canvas) Hillary Clinton faced Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election. She won the popular vote but...

Corey

(Oil on canvas, 72 ins. x 36 ins.) (Interview with Corey’s parents, 4/ 2014) Update 2021 I was saddened to see that a lot of the links...

Dina Nina

(oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) (Interview 5/2015) Artist’s Note (2015) Dina Nina Martinez is a transgender woman. Her journey to...

Nam. Can We Stop Now?

(47 ins. x 46 ins., acrylic on paper ) This painting is about examining/feeling the past so we are free to make peace in the present. We...

"I went into hemorrhagic shock in the ambulance."

(oil on canvas , 36 ins. x 72 ins.) (Interview 8/2015) 2021 Update Alec went on to cofound the Denver Justice Project, " a coalition...