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Derrick Dexter. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 1996. 14″ x 11″ Chair of the English Department, cousin to Debbie, Moolka, and Lisa Melinda, and refugee from Waxtor Carnationist College |
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Jipo Jarg Reconsidered. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 1997. 14″ x 11″ Vice President for Academic Affairs, member of the ruling circle of Overcrons, Derrick’s wife, disinherited heiress to the Jarg family’s oil fortune |
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Himal Steina. Oil pastel on paper, 1996. 14″ x 11″ New Writer in Residence who’s immediately and inexplicably appointed an Overcron |
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Moolka Waxtor. Pencil on mat board, 2015. 16” x 12” Writer in Residence, sister to Debbie, cousin to Derrick and his anima; chosen as the Healer Overcron |
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Alfred Moid Burlcron. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 1996. 14″ x 11″ Director of the Soul Institute, former bestselling novelist, tall, gaunt, handsome, and sallow |
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Mitar Curtal Burlcron. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 1997. 14″ x 11″ Son of Alfred and Debbie, younger brother of Lisa Melinda, ninth grader at Faller Junior High and JFK Assassination Librarian at the Glouair Library |
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Rhea Secovenge (Before the Transformation). Permanent marker on glossy photo paper, digitally colorized, 2016. 8.5” x 5.5” Eighth grader at Faller Junior High, Paint Snigger, writes poetry, daughter of the mayor of Linstar; her mother is a Daughter of the Republic of Texas, and so is Rhea herself. This portrait shows her before her adventures with Mitar. B&W Before | B&W During | B&W After |
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Lisa Melinda Burlcron. Ink and silver enamel paint on wood, colorized image file, 2015. 11.25” x 4.75” Soul Institute freshman, daughter of Alfred and Debbie, in love with Derrick |
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Dorrington Caldwell. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2015. 12” x 9” Soul Institute sophomore, guitarist, songwriter, and poet, dumped by Lisa Melinda Burlcron |
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Milton Raeynold (Milt) Glouair IV. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2017. 8.5″ x 5.5″
TSI Library director, appointment secured through grandparent Glouairs, skinny, thin blond hair, pointed wedge face, gold wire-rimmed glasses, huge mole on left side of nose, red cheeks, icy blue eyes, wears dark three-piece suits as Library Director, but when on patrol, he wears camouflage fatigues and green beret. A purely digital version of Milt Okay, so I didn’t feel like drawing the huge mole. |
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Angent Tunn. Ink, colored pencil, and gouache on canvas-covered board, 2016. 6″ x 6″ Ninth grader at Faller Junior High, Leader of the Paint Sniffing Gang, malicious yet noble leader who keeps everyone riled up; six feet tall, scruffy in his leather jacket with torn off sleeves, a cross between a Viking and a Comanche |
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Alice Plollio. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 1997. 14″ x 11″ Mitar’s Faller Junior High art teacher |
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Fannin Richardson. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 1996. 18″ x 14″ Chair of the Art Department, passionate but distant, coming off distastefully to many; secretly in love with Debbie Burlcron |
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Debbie Burlcron. Linoleum block printing ink, pen and ink, oil pastel on paper, 1998. 14″ x 11″ Alfred’s wife and Moolka’s sister, former nude model; works for TSI Press |
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Felicia McKinnon. Oil pastel on paper, 1996. 12″ x 9″ Senior Editor at TSI Press, wife of Greg McKinnon, and Derrick’s former lover |
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Solis Waxtor. Pen and ink, oil pastel on plywood, 1997. 8″ x 6″ Former Waxtor Carnationist College president who lost the Waxtor fortune; later became a mercenary in Africa, and finally went into spiritual exile |
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Seveta Stroen. Pencil on paper, 2015. 7” x 5” Lisa’s friend from Linstar High; now attending Yale as a freshman; buxom, long blond hair, sensuous face, brown eyes, direct, brilliant, prone to anger |
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Holcombe Charmouth. Ink on paper, 1996. 6.5″ x 6″ Vice President for Coordination, but not one of the ruling circle of Overcrons; expected to run things efficiently while Burlcron keeps him out of the loop |
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Tuttle Chael Borgenfoen. Ink on paper, 1997. 9” x 8” Chair of TSI Languages, Overcron, German professor from Munich, races boats, once conducted symphonies, wrote an opera, broke up with Moolka three years ago. This image shows his scary side, but he has others. |
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Bryan Larson. Ink and oil pastel on paper, 1998. 14” x 11” Linstar police officer and homicide investigator |
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Mal Rumson. Pencil on paper, 1998. 14” x 11” Soul Institute sophomore, Dorrington’s roommate, bass player in the band Rumson, Caldwell and Spon |
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Boots Emerson (and the Fantasies She Engenders). Ink and colored pencil on paper, 1998. 14” x 11” Wife of Don Emerson and co-owner of Emerson’s Vast Hotel restaurant, combination hippie earth mother and Texas gal |
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Original TSI Map as Aerial View. Crayon on photocopy of original TSI map, 1996. 8.5” x 9.5” Original map had south at the top of the page. Several street names have changed during novel revisions. |
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The Soul Institute Tarot Card. Ink on card, scanned and colorized, 2004-2015. 4.75” x 2.75” |
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Recurring Dream – The Soul Institute. Oil on canvas, 1997. 19″ x 50″ |
All words and images copyright by Michael D. Smith