Works inspired by Victor Hugo’s
LES MISÉRABLES
Currently on view at the Hephzibah House / HHouse.org
New works & a selection of illustrations from Les Misérables: An Engaging Visual Journey, Tyndale House Publishers, 2021
Drawings and reproductions are available upon request.
An Angel Descends on the Tomb, 2026
Oil on flax linen, 18 x 24 in.
$550
The Death of Fantine. Repose in Death, 2026
Oil on panel, 18.5 X 24.5 in.
$550
Study of Madonna & Child and the Suggestion of Love, 2026
Graphite on paper, 15 x 10 in.
$350
Each 4 x 4 in. drawing is $250
Jean Valjean, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“Nevertheless, he remained as simple as at first. He had gray hair, a serious eye, the tanned complexion of a laborer, and the thoughtful countenance of a philosopher.
Madeleine himself wore on his face an expression of joyous and celestial suffering, and he looked with tranquil eye upon Javert, who was still watching him.”
Javert, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“This personage, grave with an almost- threatening gravity, was one who, even in a hurried interview, commanded the attention of the observer. His name was Javert, and he was one of the police.
Javert was born in a prison. His mother was a fortune-teller whose husband was in the galleys.
This man was a compound of two sentiments, very simple and very good in themselves, but he almost made them
evil by his exaggeration of them: respect for authority and hatred of rebellion. His stare was as cold and piercing as a corkscrew. His whole life was contained in these two words: waking and watching. He marked out a straight path through the most tortuous thing in the world; his conscience was bound up in his utility, his religion in his duties, and he was a spy as others are priests.”
Fantine, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“When Fantine realized how she was living, she had a moment of joy. To live honestly by her own labor—what a heavenly boon! The taste for labor returned to her. She bought a mirror, delighted herself with the sight of her youth, her fine hair and her fine teeth, thought of nothing but to save Cosette and the possibilities of the future, and was almost happy. She hired a small room and furnished it on the credit of her future labor.”
Gavroche, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“Now, this family was the family of a sprightly little barefoot urchin. When he came there, he found distress and what is sadder still, no smile; a cold hearthstone and cold hearts. When he came in, they would ask, “Where have you come from?” He would answer, “From the street.” When he was going away, they would ask him, “Where are you going to?” He would answer, “Into the street.”
On the Boulevard du Temple this boy went by the name of little Gavroche....Little Gavroche marched on singing with all his might.
Gavroche, completely carried away and radiant, had charged himself with making all ready—filling the air, being everywhere at once.”
Monsieur Thénardier’s Inkstand, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“Here Thénardier paused, casting a smile toward the fireplace. He pushed the table close up to Monsieur Leblanc and took the inkstand, a pen, and a sheet of paper from the drawer, which he left partly open and from which gleamed the long blade of a knife.
“Urbain Fabre,” said the prisoner.
Thénardier, with the movement of a cat, thrust his hand into his pocket and pulled out the handkerchief taken from M. Leblanc. He looked for the mark upon it and held it up to the candle.
“U. F. That is it. Urbain Fabre. Well, sign U. F.”
The Gate on the Rue de Babylone, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“Neither Jean Valjean, nor Cosette, nor Toussaint ever came
in or went out except by the gate on the Rue de Babylone. Unless one had seen them through the grated gate of the garden, it would have been difficult to guess that they lived in the Rue Plumet. This gate always remained closed.”
The Bishop’s Candlesticks, 2020
Graphite on paper, 4 x 4 in.
“With this silverware should be counted two massive silver candlesticks which he inherited from a great-aunt. When he had guests, Madame Magloire lighted the two candles and moved the two candlesticks from the mantel to the table...The bishop’s candlesticks were in their place on the mantel. He took two wax tapers from a drawer and put them into the candlesticks. Then, although it was still broad daylight, he lighted them.”
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