“Mitch and His Love for Life” shows 2 figures.

Everette Leo Swinson (1956)-1998), a Norfolk Virginia artist who painted with oil pastels. This series of oil pastels on paper were from a time in Swinson’s life where he was diagnosed with HIV and living with AID’s in the early to late 90’s. The disease carried a lot of weight and social stigma and Everett expressed these through this series of works. After Everett passed in 1998 his friends held an auction raising funds by selling his art to help his mother pay for his funeral. These paintings were left over from the auction, stored rolled up in a friends closet until being recently discovered.

The vivid and bright colors depicting death, and the pain of living with HIV, bring a new look at the struggle Swinson was enduring on a daily basis. Alien like figures bring an ethereal out of this world feel to the paintings.

Condition: The art has pin holes in corners and will have various tears from mounting and demounting from walls. These are works on paper and will need to be mounted with a floating frame to protect the oil pastels. All pieces are signed some near the edges so depending on mounting techniques the signature may not be present after mounting.

Dimensions: 24" x 36”

Shipping: This item will ship rolled in a tube postal anywhere in the United States and will require professional mounting on the buyers end.