 Title: Novus Ordo Seclorum, New World Order, 1991 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 48"x144" (six 48"x24" panels) framed $4000. |  Title: Novus Ordo Seclorum, New World Order, 1991, detail of left three panels Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 48"x144" (six 48"x24" panels) framed |
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 Title: Novus Ordo Seclorum, New World Order, 1991, detail o right three panels Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 48"x144" (six 48"x24" panels) framed |  Title: Quantification Triptych, 1990 (The onset of the business model in Higher Education) Medium: Pastel on paper, 72"x108" (three panels 72"x36" each) framed $3000. |
 Title: Profane Prophets or Profane Profits, 1992 Medium: Pastel on paper, 72"x54" (three panels 72"x18" each) framed $3000. |  Title: Dogma Chamber, 1991 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 63"x50" (four panels) framed $3500 |
 Title: Sharing Air, 1991 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 48"x72" (three 48"x24" panels) framed $3000. |  Title: Sleeping with St Louis, 1991 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 48"x72" (three 48"x24" panels) framed $3000. |
 Title: Deadly Terrors, 1992 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 60"x52" (three panels) framed $3000. |  Title: Smart Bombs, 1991 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 72"x48" (three panels 24"x48" each) framed $3000. |
 Title: Cultural Confluence, 1994 Medium: Pastel on paper, 31" x 23" (three panels) $3000. |  Title: Arch, 1993 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 59"x32" framed $3000. |
 Title: Anastazi Ruins, 1990 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 34"x52" framed $2500. |  Title: Metope, 2000 Medium: Pastel on paper, 22" x 30" $2500. |
 Title: Beginnings, 1988 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 30"x42" $900. |  Title: Nesting Place, 1988 Medium: Pastel on paper, approximately 30"x42" framed $900. |
Pastel Drawings
These large scale pastel drawings were made originally as statements on world order but have become reflections of the evolving cycles of political power. The New World Order theme, echoed in popular culture of the 1990's, is represented here in different modes. The emerging dominance of digital imagery metaphorically structures that theme. I contemplated degrees of power measured from personal empowerment through corporate and government levels. In retrospect and considering the ongoing world conflicts, especially the Middle East and Persian Gulf Region, it appears that little has changed over time except the actors. For example, originally, Novus Ordor Seclorum, (left) represented the leaders of three powerful and influential countries, George H. W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev and Saddam Hussein. The piece is about world conflict, balance of power, authority and natural resources. Ultimately, each actor has been replaced multiple times but the conflicts of interest continue. From a current interpretation, the work seems to be more a testament to the notion that what is New is Old and that humanity continues to fail at understanding and conflict resolution.