Ladies Luncheonb

Ladies Luncheon      oil on canvas        36 " x 36 "



doorways

Lifecycles   oil on canvas    44" round



Kangaroo Court

Kangaroo Court      oil on canvas    30" x 40"



Sold Down the River

Sold Down the River     oil on canvas    36" x 24"

Anna Nicole Smith is more important to the networks than Katrina; while Libby becomes flotsam of the
administration’s continuing ride on the back of the military industrial complex right over the American people.


                                                                   Nancy Calef     
 
 
CNN
The Supremes
Ballet and Beyond the Sym-phonies
Still Wading
Deaf, Dumb & Blind
State of the World
Carnival
Millennium Models
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2D Peoplescapes

My oil on canvas "Peoplescapes" are inspired by my fascination with people everywhere today facing global issues, and satisfy my discipline for drawing figures, color and composition. I create a visual narrative by weaving together personalities, places and current events. With a skewed photojournalist’s style, I try to capture an important historical period. Each painting, while filled with considerable detail, unfolds uniquely, without plans or sketches. The paintings evolve as I follow my universal language. May it never stop.

Still Wading

Still Wading
   oil on canvas   36" x 48"

Betty Friedan leads womankind to its destiny across the bridge of control.
The Triple Goddess, symbol of female lifecycles, announces powerhouses Hillary Clinton,
Nancy Pelosi, slaughtered Benizir Bhutto and pregnant girl in Pope’s folds before the world stage.



World Music

World Music    oil on canvas    48" x 36"

Music is a universal language.


Supremes

Supremes
   oil on canvas   36" x 48"

The Statue of Liberty is on trial, while the historical figures in the gallery represent good
and evil, from Clarence Darrow, Thurgood Marshall, Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Abraham Lincoln, to Nixon,
Bush, Cheney, Rove, Bin Laden, Sadam Hussein, among others.




CNN

CNN
   oil on canvas   36" x 48"

The costume party rages on as the tanks come over the bridge.
The crowd is sprinkled with individuals prepared for the carnival of war.



Carnival

Carnival    oil on canvas   36" x 48"


Indulgence

Indulgence     oil on canvas   44" x 36"
Four Twenty

Four Twenty    oil, mixed media & paper on canvas   40" x 30"
Deaf, Dumb & Blind

Deaf, Dumb & Blind    oil on canvas     36" x 48"

Published in Nothing But The Truth So Help Me God (Band Of Women Publishers)




Blues Festival   oil on canvas    36" x 48"



Ballet and Beyond the Sym-phonies

Ballet and Beyond the Sym-phonies
   oil on canvas    30" x 40"

The 2016 Race to the White House



October 32nd

October 32nd    oil on canvas   36" x 48"

Bill and Hillary Clinton out on the town surrounded by familar personalities, including Monica, Bush,
Clarence Thomas, Janet Reno, Linda Tripp, Nancy Reagan hiding behind Ronnie mask,
Newt Gingrich, and a young Bin Laden.



American Dream
American Nightmare      oil on canvas      40" x 30"

On a course of money, Trump hits the public with his golf club, releasing their funds to the big corporations who dangle power and control. With the Justices' backing, death wears a McConnell mask, green lighting destruction and deregulation.  Nancy Pelosi stands with  Congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley.  Former Presidents, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Jr. George Bush, Sr., Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and John Kennedy look on as history is being recorded. With praying hands, and pastel hair, hope sits with nature.





Millennium Models

Millennium Models      oil on canvas      48 " x 48"

The fashion world reflects our new culture of the War on Terror, while the statue of
liberty is cracked in a background of destruction. |


Caffeinated Bohemians

Caffeinated Bohemians      oil and collaged painting on canvas  18" x 24"


Deaf Dumb and Blind

Extra-Inner     oil, paper, coins, metal, found objects on canvas     36" x 36"

 


State of the World

State of the World       oil on canvas     36" x 60"

Through my travels and experience as resident artist at the State of the World Forum,
I've been inspired by the transforming power of unifying people from various cultures,
religions, and professionals to address global issues.



Red Carpet

Red Carpet
    oil on canvas         30" x 40"


In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight
   oil on canvas   36" x 48"

On-location filming addresses America’s obsession with media and celebrity.  The stars and
understudy are portrayed in black and white to emphasize their unreality.



Lifecycles
American Dream
Down the River
Extra Inner
ladies luncheon
Caffeinated Bohemians
Blues Festival
   
Four Twenty
Red Carpet
October 32nd
Kangaroo Court
World Music
In the Spotlight
Indulgence
 
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