I am inspired to make this work because of my fascination with people. I'm working on a series of life size portraits of friends, family, acquaintances and strangers. This piece, "Courtney," is based on an old friend. We met at at SBCC in 1981. We were studying theatre. One afternoon I was sitting on the lawn outside the class room, gazing out at the ocean, when from behind me someone placed headphones on my ears attached to a Walkman. The song playing was Talking Heads, "This must be the place." It was a moment of pure bliss, the sun warming my face, the sea a sparkling blue, the music in my ears, and the mystery of a new found friend. Forty two years later we are still going strong.

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