A Tribute to my Father

The past month and a half has been really challenging for me. I received a frantic phone call from my mom a few weeks ago telling me that my dad had been rushed to the emergency room! I was unsure of what to do here in Boston... should I make arrangements to fly back to Kansas?... stay here and decide what to do in the morning?... or just continue life as normally as possible? This was a difficult decision primarily, because no one had any idea that my dad was feeling different than he normally did. About 1 a.m. Saturday morning, I decided to book my flight to Kansas and pack my bags. I thought I'd be away for a few days and come home, but I ended up staying in my home state for two and a half weeks. This was the longest I had taken off work, since my college years. But it was no vacation! My family and I spent endless hours in the hospital and slept in the waiting room... just occasionally going to my mother-in-law's to 'sleep over.' At the end of a twelve to thirteen day stretch, my dad's condition worsened tremendously, and he passed away... unexpectedly at the age of fifty years old. Needless to say, the reason I share this story here is because the majority of the artwork that has been created since those painstaking days has been very emotive in nature.

Scribbles--Sketches 08
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Medium: Pen & Ink on Paper
Date: 2006


Scribbles--Sketches 09
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Medium: Pen & Ink on Paper
Date: 2006
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Scribbles--Sketches 10
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Medium: Pen & Ink on Paper
Date: 2006


Scribbles--Sketches 11
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Medium: Pen & Ink on Paper
Date: 2006


Scribbles--Sketches 12
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Medium: Pen & Ink on Paper
Date: 2006


* The work listed above was created the day that I received that haunted phone call from my mom telling me that my dad was being rushed to the emergency room.