I had one goal this summer: to do a fundraiser supporting Planned Parenthood in honor of my Mom, Anita Jaffe Seyler, an ardent supporter. My intention was to use the watercolors from my It’s My Body series which consists of 5×7” watercolors depicting a woman in her multiple personas: nurturer; justice of the peace; beautiful;…
This is what it feels like when some strange woman promoting pro-life invades my space and tells me she knows what’s best for my body and my understanding of life. A kick in the gut. Would a man let another man legislate his penis?
Based on current reporting, Matthew Hale, a judge who lived in Great Britain in the 1600s, should be “hailed” as The Father of the Inequality Doctrine between the Sexes. He’s the pontifical sexist who proclaimed that Christianity is part of the common law of England, and enshrined the concept that a woman’s account of being…
The Oklahoma State Legislature has just passed a law that provides that an anonymous person with no connection to the doctor, the woman, the man or the couple may sue the Dr. if the Dr. makes ANY EFFORT to assist a woman in terminating a pregnancy. There is no breathing room. From the moment the …
How it feels to have Five Supreme Court Jusitices breathing down your neck.
The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the laws. This means men and women must be treated equally, but state abortion laws apply only to women. That is illogical since the fetus can only come into being when the guy’s sperm nails a bullseye with the egg. That being the case, the laws placed on…
My body is mine, in all its power. I have the right to protect it from the invidious invasion of the American government. My right to privacy was recognized by the Supreme Court long before Roe. Keep your hands off me!
This drawing was inspired by a photograph from the Christian Dior exhibit up at the Brooklyn Museum closing soon in February. The show is eye-popping, starting from the revolving slides capturing the models from Dior’s live fashion shows to the designers that carry his legacy today to the unparalleled silver gelatin prints nailing Dior’s fashion…
This drawing was inspired by the flowers of the island of Madiera and the flowers depicted in a 3rd century AD mosaic tile of the God Oceanus that once graced the floor of a flourishing commercial enterprise in the Roman port city of Ossonoba. The flowers on the island were in a streaming supply. Every…
I saw a grand tree in Auroville, India in February, 2017. The tree was wide and deeply hung to the earth, but also split open with its womb and breath vessels twisted and exposed. Inspired by the photograph I took, which showed off its naked soul, I did a drawing and as the drawing evolved,…