Thomas Jefferson: One Man, Two Legacies
Questions raised by the display of AWTT portraits at Monticello.
May 10, 2020
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The Coronavirus and Why We Have Government
How our government has failed us during the coronavirus epidemic – and a call to action.
April 4, 2020
George W’s Innocence Project
I’ve got a stone in my shoe. It’s been there for 18 painful years. I can’t seem to accommodate myself to it. Because every so
August 22, 2019
To Stand Up a Stone
Artist Robert Shetterly contemplates how acts of courage are like standing up stones.
August 4, 2019
Who Will Save Us from the Climate Crisis?
From Robert Shetterly’s opening address at the Climate Convergence Conference in Blue Hill, Maine on July 20, 2019. I begin with Gauguin’s great painting which
July 23, 2019
Death of a Warbler
I was sitting at the kitchen table reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s article in The New Yorker (May 20, 2019) about species extinction. Such a litany of
May 30, 2019
On Getting Arrested at Bath Iron Works
A couple of weeks ago I chose to get arrested at a demonstration at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine. The day was cold,
May 20, 2019
How to Think about Frederick Douglass’s Feet of Clay
Not saints, flawed human beings. I’ve told people ever since I began painting the Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits: I don’t paint saints. They’re
May 1, 2019
Fairness. A Sparrow. A Robin.
I was driving home from the Conners Emerson School in Bar Harbor where I had spent the day with three first grade and one fourth
February 13, 2019