Category Archive: Honoring Charisse

Jane Hulstrunk
and Charisse Cecil

Jane Hulstrunk
and Charisse Cecil

Jane Hulstrunk Response   Blues By Charisse R. Cecil Inspiration piece My music, my mood. Billie and Miles. Melancholy and mellow. The berries in my morning muffin. His bow-legged, boot-cut, denim-clad swagger. The funky-sweet blend of sweat, liquor, tears …

 

Lisa Lipkind Leibow
and Charisse Cecil

Lisa Lipkind Leibow
and Charisse Cecil

Charisse Cecil Unperceptive Glances Collage/Acrylic, 8 x 10 inches Inspiration New Eyes By Lisa Lipkind Leibow Response Get ready to see the world through new eyes. Get ready to shed senses and notions like a …

 

Annie Perconti and Charisse Cecil

Annie Perconti and Charisse Cecil

Annie Perconti Looking Back Response   Lottie By Charisse Cecil Inspiration piece Dedicated to the memory of “Mom” Lottie Mae Burrell Lottie never smiles. Her husband is dead, sons lost to wars in arid, sandy, …

 

Sandy Coleman and Charrise Cecil

Sandy Coleman and Charrise Cecil

Sandy Coleman Response Charisse Cecil Inspiration Farewell, stairwell I’m ready. I’m standing in these slotted shadows, leaning against this cinderblock wall that is coated in countless layers of paint vainly attempting to cover generations of …

 

Robin Peace and Charisse Cecil

Robin Peace and Charisse Cecil

Charisse Cecil Inspiration piece Schizo By Robin Peace Response “The eyes are the windows to the soul.” “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “An eye for an eye; a tooth …

 

Margaret Mair and Charisse Cecil

Margaret Mair and Charisse Cecil

Margaret Mair Leave Me Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 in. Response Metro Outlaw By Charisse Cecil Inspiration piece I am an outlaw. If you ride the Metro rail, you understand me. I have to …

 

Michael Mineiro and
Charisse Cecil

Michael Mineiro and
Charisse Cecil

Blues By Charisse R. Cecil Inspiration piece My music, my mood. Billie and Miles. Melancholy and mellow. The berries in my morning muffin. His bow-legged, boot-cut, denim-clad swagger. The funky-sweet blend of sweat, liquor, tears and …

 

Amanda C. Brainerd and Charisse R. Cecil

Amanda C. Brainerd and Charisse R. Cecil

Amanda C. Brainerd Response Blues By Charisse R. Cecil Inspiration piece My music, my mood. Billie and Miles. Melancholy and mellow. The berries in my morning muffin. His bow-legged, boot-cut, denim-clad swagger. The funky-sweet blend of sweat, liquor, …

 

Amy Moffitt and Charisse Cecil

Amy Moffitt and Charisse Cecil

Charisse Cecil Inspiration piece   Amy Moffitt Response Choose (for Charisse) Every day is a decision. Tonight, the crickets sing in the bushes, and I choose to remember you: dreadlocks flowing and bright face, smile beaming …