I've put a link to the paintings below. I have to say that I was very impressed by them, more than I expected to be. You have to look at them a bit to really see everything. There is a face of tragedy in the smoke coming from WTC 1 and a face very similar to Bin Laden (look for the turban) in the fire coming out of WTC 2. The painting from her bedroom is very dreamlike and the book looked to me to be like a bible, but with a Red Cross and the title "NEWS" on the cover. Very interesting. She always amazes me at how prolific she can be (short turnaround time between event, inspiration and creation). She told Stephen and I that she did these paintings right after Sept. 11th. They are very well done. I'm sorry my scan job isn't so great and you might notice that one of them ripped as I was putting it through the scanner! I hope you all can get a copy of this - it is well worth it.
To hopefully clarify why there may not have been commentary from Joni in the Hilburn article - his article is one of several written by the LA Times various critics in Drama, Dance, Art, Film, Theater, Television, Architecture, Classical Music and Pop Music. All of those articles are accompanied by art work in various media done by local LA artists. They don't really "go" with the articles, except to be other expressions of Sept. 11th. Would love to hear more from Joni on the subject in an interview soon. I hear she did talk about this at the Toronto tribute, so hopefully our roving (and missing) reporters will fill us in soon ;-) Kakki http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1481388&a=13900367 If you use AOL, use this link to see the photos. <a href="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1481388&a=13900367";> Click here</a>
