3 pieces from the 70's and 80's... art challenge with day 2 of five days with 3 works each day. I've dug back into files and have chosen to show works trail from the 60's to present.

thanks Virginia Erdie for the challenge!...

seated figure

charcoal on paper

18" x 24"

1978

"Shawangunk"

oil stick on gesso with siena ground on masonite

14" x 20"

1980

Red Tail Entering

pastel on paper

18" x 24"

1986

"Blue chalk trail"

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"Blue chalk trail" originally posted on 3/24/14

http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/blue-chalk-trail-on-spring-walk-about_24.html

from that post; "on a Spring walk about the neighborhood I came upon this found art sequentially. by their distance apart from each other, with no other typical construction site indicators and on different properties there is mystery to what they're indicative of. a & b were on two separate roads. c & d were within the grounds of the Rosendale (NY) Cemetery. the cross inside the circle and within the cemetery grounds aligns with the four directions..."

on a walk on 4/1/14 along a back trail from town to where I'm living I came upon more of the Blue chalk markings. leading from the outside of the NW corner of the cemetery these markings drew a straight line along the path Northwesterly. the sequential photos from SW to NW...
today and tomorrow I'm posting 5 cell photos I took of these found markings...

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"Blue chalk trail"

on a Spring walk about the neighborhood I came upon this found art sequentially. by their distance apart from each other, with no other typical construction site indicators and on different properties there is mystery to what they're indicative of. a & b on two separate roads. c & d were within the grounds of the Rosendale (NY) Cemetery. the cross within the circle, within the cemetery grounds, aligns with the four directions (North top right)...

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sidewalk grid art

sidewalk grid art                                 ©Greg Patch

Here the grid "appears" on and about the sidewalk in red, blue & white colored chalk the day after the news reported Osama bin Laden dead. The printed reads "LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE. To the right is the direction East. The #3 in red. Will ask about the neighborhood to see if the artist(s) would like credit in creating this work. May edit that in later when we get to speak with their intentions...