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Feared COBRA Lapsing. Knew She'd Be Uninsurable. (Before Affordable Care Act passed)

(Interview 6/2010. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I wasn't sure about this painting after I finished it. I knew I captured...

(Interview w/ Courtney’s mother, 3/ 2010. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Only once did a family reject my request to paint...

(Interview 7/2009. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) How it started... Update 2021 Alex was one of my very first subjects for ASI's...

(Interview 2/2010. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Good Lord. What was I thinking? A one word portrait story? Hmmm...I...

(Interview June 2010. Oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I tracked him down on the internet. Up to a point. He bid farewell on...

(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) (Interview 1/2010) Update 2021 I grew to love this painting over the years. I didn't love it at first....

(Interview 4/2009. Oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 This is another very early painting in Art As Social Inquiry's Healthcare...

(Interview 2009. il on canvas 40 ins. x30 ins.) Update 2021 I value this painting as a marker in this painter's development. There are...

(Interview 2009. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Today, adult children are able to stay on their parents' family health...

(Interview 2009, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins. ) Update 2021 Oh that hair! In 2008 my son came home from college with his thick,...

Interview 6/2009. Oil on linen 40 ins. x 30 ins. Oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins. I repainted John (top picture). This portrait (above)...

(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...

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

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

(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...

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

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

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