Observations

It’s summer and I’ve started a new series — but this isn’t it.

These Pleaconomy drawings are a way to make a polite comment, with a subdued undercurrent of frustration, on how much harder it is for downsized workers of a certain age to find meaningful employment in this economy. Layoffs, furloughs, downsizing - it’s happened to too many people I know. So, the tin toys here have been reconfigured to highlight their most endearing aspects. These toys used to be the height of desirability, but now need to try harder to please us, like job-seekers in the laid-off workforce.

Pleaconomy: Chicken
Color pencil on paper
Image 12” × 12”
Paper 21” × 21”
2009

This group of four drawings is at Sera Davis’s gallery in Tennessee. Thanks!