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...
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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 public servants and citizen voters. They are...
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...
Multiple Sclerosis, Uninsured then Gov. Wolf Expanded Medicaid
(Interview 3/2018, oil on canvas, 30 ins. x 40 ins.) Artist Note (2018) If you live in Pennsylvania and you voted for Governor Tom Wolf...
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 public servants and citizen voters. They are...
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...