Gary Schlappal

Gee, it's been 12yrs since I updated this -?!.... this is Sept.2020 and I feel bombarded on several fronts - AND - have been reflecting on the past and future[ mine and societies ] - so, its a good time to update this ....
I work in a field that one does ' retire'- and i wouldn't have it any other way - I go to the studio everyday ... seeking visual meaning & answers - often making things and I don't know why - but, thats ok- there IS a nobility in the pursuit of beauty or the inventation of a visual language.
The two biggest changes over this time have been what I choose not to eat... no sugar/ dairy/ and rarely any red meat or alcohol - [ except when I travel ] AND - the other is international travel, something that never crossed my mind - I was always always focused on the studio work- never took a break . Over the last several years [ NOT this year !] we traveled to several international cities within the same trip...the shock for me is how very small, limited & finite our world is - scary . If we didn't have children we would seriously be looking into relocating to Copenhagen [ or Amsterdam , Edinburgh , etcetc....]

I will say that for good or bad we are a composite of all these experiences... child / teenager/ adult , etc...and the roles we found ourselves playing - often at night as I turn the light off and laydown - I review what I accomplished that day & I hear and feel the air filling my lungs AND wonder how many more days I have left to fulfill my dreams ...for myself and our world .
Posted a few art images...some pretty - some not [ the Dick & Jane work is about gun violence in the US ]

Dudley Field

St. MM

Willowick Jr.