View Gridby: Sal Mantegna
"I'm angry - his pants are too low. I laugh - her hair is purple. I avert my eyes - he's in a wheelchair. I shake my head - they sleep on the sidewalk. They are all different, aren't they? Not like me, but so like me, part of me. Embrace this difference. This sameness."
quote by: Pamela Crawford, Mother, Grandmother
Twentieth century artist Claes Odenburg stated: 'Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete of all communications.' In my figurative paintings I tried to convey a sense of despair and helplessness on the part of the homeless in an effort to increase public awareness for this serious and persistent social problem.