09th Jan 2011
Alexander Hamilton Essence Portrait
My first completed work of 2011 is a basic Essence Portrait of Alexander Hamilton that is created with strokes that are all the original letters (and words) of Leviticus 19 .
Alexander Hamilton by Judy Rey Wasserman
2011, Strokes: Original letters of Leviticus 19
I am filled with ideas of how to use this Essence Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, which will include a new ten dollar bill that is close to being complete. More than any other person who appears on bills or coins from the USA, Hamilton focus was on money and banking for the country. As the recession drags on it could be a good time to review his ideas. Under President Washington he became Secretary of the Treasury. He also founded the bank of New York and helped guide the financial policies of the new, free republic.
As a Founding Father, Hamilton was also the only New Yorker to sign the Constitution.. As a New Yorker by birth, and again residence, this has meaning for me.
Close up of a section of Alexander Hamilton by Judy Rey Wasserman- See the Bible’s Torah font letters?
Yesterday, the new 2011 new session of the House of Representatives began with a reading of the Constitution. The majority of the Federalist Papers, which are still used today to help interpret the Constitution, were written by Hamilton . They remain the single most important interpretation of the Constitution.
For more on Alexander Hamilton see the excellent article on Wikipedia
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Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke.
Check out the limited and open edition prints in the estore.
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