O&S VOLUME 2
ISSUE 6
Self Portrait Issue Jason John Stephen Wright Jarrett Min Davis Denise Duhamel Jennifer Wildermuth Richard J. Frost Billy Collins Alyssa Monks Bob Hicok Steven DaLuz Rauan Klassnik Ron Androla William Stobb David Lehman and more ‌
2009
Stephen Wright
Self Profile oil on canvas 66” X 33”
Mouth oil on canvas 66” X 33”
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Alyssa Monks
Vaseline II oil on linen 64� X 86�
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Stephen Russell
Hit Parade A beer can hit the hood of a pickup as “Smoke On The Water” belched from the eight track Billy Right had installed in his new Dodge Dart. My sister wouldn’t budge. My mother balled her right hand. “I didn’t raise a slut.” Sarah, my sister, was not a whore. My mother slapped my sister. Several more ... wounds, a grave large enough for each curse clenched into fist. “Not in my house.” My mother’s voice, the smell of burnt bacon filled the kitchen with dark clouds. A neighbor’s mutt yelped. I walked past my mom, my sister, into my bedroom where I grabbed my headphones and the latest Jethro Tull. Dishes crashed into walls. Sarah screamed, “Don’t.” Older people were always fighting. I strummed along on acoustic as Ian Anderson sung the 1971 billboard hit “Aqualung.”
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Self Portrait
acrylic on masonite
11” x 14””
Richard J. Frost
Jason John
Self Portrai oil on board 16” X 20”
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