Suicided ScienceProf (SSP)
During an extremely difficult stretch at my university, I kept despair at bay with thoughts of a colleague who, sadly, failed to.
I did not know Dr. Dennis Gray, but remember when one night on campus he took his own life.
https://www.ambrosesquiresfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Dennis-W-Gray?obId=19084138
During an extremely difficult stretch at my university, I kept despair at bay with thoughts of a colleague who, sadly, failed to.
I did not know Dr. Dennis Gray, but remember when one night on campus he took his own life.
https://www.ambrosesquiresfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Dennis-W-Gray?obId=19084138
A colleague in the sciences said of Dr. Gray "He cared deeply for students".
In this photo by a student photographer, he is focused on his research in the campus greenhouse.
This image served as visual inspiration for this series, begun at the end of 2024.
Please click on each image to see it in full.
In this photo by a student photographer, he is focused on his research in the campus greenhouse.
This image served as visual inspiration for this series, begun at the end of 2024.
Please click on each image to see it in full.
I was surprised that two inter-campus envelopes I’d picked up for re-use were both addressed to him, evidently retrieved from his office after his death.
They are now contained in the first of these artworks: “Suicided ScienceProf w/December Rose Petals”.
“Suicided ScienceProf w/December Rose Petal” soon followed.
They are now contained in the first of these artworks: “Suicided ScienceProf w/December Rose Petals”.
“Suicided ScienceProf w/December Rose Petal” soon followed.
"Suicided ScienceProf", "Green Man 1", "Green Man 2".
"Suicided ScienceProf Evaluation (Plant)", ""Suicided ScienceProf Evaluation", "Suicided ScienceProf in Greenhouse" collage.
"Green House 1 (Blue)", "Green House 2 (Blue)", "Green Heart",
"Greenhouse Garden of Screaming Suicided ScienceProf", "Tuber", "Little Pink Professor".
"Greenhouse Garden of Screaming Suicided ScienceProf", "Tuber", "Little Pink Professor".
Four Suicided ScienceProf drawings upon "mosherpaper"—my late father's diagrams, graphs & notes.
"Vitruvian Dennis"; "Flowerpot Index"; "DG Index"; "Unhappy"; "Flowerpot Sniff"; "Scream in the Greenhouse"; "DG Sprouting"; "D. Gray Clock".
"Small Blue Suicided ScienceProf #1"; "Yellow Suicided ScienceProf #1";
"Small Blue Suicided ScienceProf #2"; "Yellow Suicided ScienceProf #2".
"Small Blue Suicided ScienceProf #2"; "Yellow Suicided ScienceProf #2".
Please, be kind to one another.