Uncle Sam

charcoal with concrete, vegetation, Hudson River, Green Island & Earth/Cosmos

drawing area 3' x 12' approx.

Troy NY

(near the burial site of Uncle Sam)

Samuel Wilson was born to Scottish parents in Arlington, Massachusetts. In 1789, he and his brother, Ebenezer, moved to Troy where they set a brickmaking business and later, a meat- packing business. 

At the time of the War of 1812, Wilson was a prosperous meat packer. He obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army, which he shipped in barrels. As government property, the barrels were branded with the initials "U.S.," but soldiers joked that the initials referred to "Uncle Sam," as Samuel Wilson was often called. Over time, anything marked with the same initials (as much Army property was) also became linked with his name. 
After the War of 1812, the concept of "Uncle Sam" began to take hold. Representations of Uncle Sam as a symbol began appearing in 1813. In 1817, James Flagg created the iconic "I Want You" recruitment poster. In 1961, Congress officially recognized Samuel Wilson of Troy as the progenitor of the Uncle Sam icon, which has represented the United States around the world for more than a century and a half. 

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Love, Peace and CoCreativity ode with omega fallen branch

charcoal with dead branches, late Fall vegetation, Hudson River, Town of Watervliet, NY (home of the Watervliet Arsenal to right of visible distant shore) and Earth/Cosmos

drawing area 8' x 5"

Troy NY

The Watervliet Arsenal /ˈwɔːtərvliːt/ is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army, as well as gun tubes for cannons, mortars, and tanks. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966.^[2][3]
The arsenal was founded in 1813 to support the War of 1812, and was designated as the Watervliet Arsenal in 1817. It occupies 142 acres (57 ha) of land, approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Albany, New York. The location is adjacent to the Hudson River. The site contains manufacturing, administrative offices and storage areas. It also houses the Army's Benet Laboratories, which does product development, improvement, research, and testing. - Wikipedia

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cropped from photo of the temporary installation at the source 

of Kinderhook Creek in Hancock MA...

am using with intro page for an unfinished piece with map images, photo journaling and video...

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rising stone

charcoal with stone, Hudson River, Albany Port Authority petroleum storage tanks & Earth/Cosmos

stone 1' x 1'

AMRI Pharmaceutical, Riverside Ave

Rennselaer NY

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swarming black snakes shedding skins

charcoal with trees, feed corn field, petroleum storage tanks & Earth/Cosmos

drawing area 6' x 6'

American Oil Road

Rennselaer NY

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canoes & kayaks landing

charcoal with concrete, Earth & Water

3'x 3'  concrete footing

Schodack Island

Schodack Landing State Park

Schodack NY

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divided concrete domino equations

charcoal with concrete, stones and Water

drawing area 6' x 6'

Schodack Island

Schodack Landing State Park

Schodack NY

while divisive two party systems, i.e., governments/families/marriages/self, theorize, argue and debate for solutions the infrastructures of those systems crumble away, fragmented like dominos, and are swallowed into an abyss of historical hysteria exponentially...

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