Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

richard was very muscular, he had a business upolstering furniture.
he also was a model at the st pete art center.

i used see him with his partner at cirkis mcgurkis in october during the annual event where they sold his partner's pottery and jewelry amidst a crowd of lefties and artisans...


anyhow a few years ago they said at the drawing group, sat mornings, that richard's lover was very sick, actually richard was there modeling, very sensitive yet also testimony to the openness and trust there at that little circle, then i later saw the obit and brought it into the art group.

i had stopped going to the art center for a few years, man, wierrd,
but hey it was good going back later. i started going back a few months ago, even now intermittantly, the last time i went richard was there. he looked aged, loss of muscle tone, he had pierced his penus, yet there he was, smiling.

as i left the group, i said hello to richard and said that i enjoyed his long arms and big hands. he said, "i know you did," smiling.


richard dig those clavicles.....1997

richard in the studio 1997

i've got some drawings from the last time i saw richard in art group and will eventually post them, shows the changes in him.
grace, it be a good thing.