1. Chuck Close (1940-)
Began as a photo-realistic painter, then worked toward abstraction
Suffered from a collapsed spinal artery in 1988, leaving him paralyzed in a wheelchair

2. Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait, 1967-1968 acrylic on canvas.
107 ½” x 83 ½”

3. Chuck Close, Leslie, 1986.
Watercolor.

4. Chuck Close, Fanny, 1985.
Fingerpainting.

5. Chuck Close, Lucas,
Oil Paint.

6. Chuck Close, John,

7. Chuck Close, Self Portrait, 2000.

9. Chuck Close, Emma,
113-color Japanese-style woodcut!

10. Chuck Close, Self-Portrait, 1991.
Oil Paint.

12. Chuck Close, Roy, 1994.
Oil Paint.

13. Chuck Close, Lyle, 2003.
Silkscreen.

15. Faith Ringgold (1930-) Born in Harlem in 1930
Her mother, a Fashion Designer, taught her how to sew
Stories on quilts related to African-American heritage (Great-great-great-grandmother was a slave)
She is still a professor of Art at the University of California in San Diego

16. Faith Ringgold, Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1991.

17. Faith Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre, 1991.

18. Faith Ringgold Tar Beach, 1988.

19. Faith Ringgold Tar Beach 2, 1990.