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My Abortion Story

(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) I had an abortion. I’m sharing my story to bear witness for all the women who have ever had to make...

Fell off Subsidy Cliff (before the American Rescue Plan ended it -- temporarily)

(Interview April 2021) (oil on canvas, 48” x 48”) Update 2022 This portrait consists of 2 paintings. One stays in the Art As Social...

Enough

(oil, acrylic on canvas, 48 ins. x 60 ins.) “Enough” hangs upside down until President Trump no longer occupies the White House. Once...

Big World, Small Man

(oil on canvas, 36 ins. x 72 ins.) This painting “Big World Small Man” is my response to Donald Trump as President of the United States...

Nuclear Trump

(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) This painting is a thank you to Republican heroes, both high profile public servants and citizen...

I'm With Her

(30 ins. x 40 ins., oil on canvas) Hillary Clinton faced Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election. She won the popular vote but...

Corey

(Oil on canvas, 72 ins. x 36 ins.) (Interview with Corey’s parents, 4/ 2014) Update 2021 I was saddened to see that a lot of the links...

Dina Nina

(oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) (Interview 5/2015) Artist’s Note (2015) Dina Nina Martinez is a transgender woman. Her journey to...

Nam. Can We Stop Now?

(47 ins. x 46 ins., acrylic on paper ) This painting is about examining/feeling the past so we are free to make peace in the present. We...

"I went into hemorrhagic shock in the ambulance."

(oil on canvas , 36 ins. x 72 ins.) (Interview 8/2015) 2021 Update Alec went on to cofound the Denver Justice Project, " a coalition...

DECEMBER 2012, THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE, NEWTOWN, CT

(Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Since the bloody murders of the Connecticut schoolchildren in 2012, gun violence remains a...

Tracking Town Halls. I Wanted to Go to Town Hall Meetings. Instead I Unmasked my Congressman

The Story (2012-2014) (short version) This whole story is long, and probably boring to most. If you lived in my district (now PA-1,...

2009. Which would kill her first? Congenital heart condition? Or US healthcare system?

(Interview 2/2021) (oil on canvas, 48 ins. x 48 ins.) Required reading from Katherine Standefer, this portrait story’s subject: “The...

Healthcare in the Netherlands

(Interview Jan 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 ins. x 40 ins.) Artist Note (2020) I write this portrait story in the time of...

Medicare Enrollee & NO Supplemental

(Interview September 2019. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 "Hello, I have some exciting news to share with you. I received a...

No Insurance in COVID Times

(Interview November 2020. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Missouri Supreme Court rules that voter-approved Medicaid must be...

Did Not Know She Had Faith-Based "Insurance"

(Interview 5/2019, oil on linen 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 In March 2020 California issued a cease and desist order for Aliera...

Charles Gaba, Health Policy Analyst, Educator, Activist, Blogger

(Interview 2/2019, oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2019) This portrait story looks at the US healthcare system before...

Former Libertarian, Beyond Grateful for Obamacare

(Interview 1/2019, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2019) Jeff is not extraordinary because he damned healthcare reform...

Uninsured, Throat Cancer Scare, Self-Treating with OTC Meds

(Interview 3/2018, oil on linen, 30 ins. x 40 ins.) Update 2021 Christine lost her job as a dental office manager when the pandemic...