OUR FAMILY DOCUMENTA / produces rare, precious art media

+SANSOUCI JUNGLE HOUSE 1960+

>this very faded print of the living area of our<

>glass pavilion studio house near covington<

>louisiana means a lot to me despite its very<

>faded condition as it was so very special<

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+DEREK & BRONWEN & ROBIN & NIKKI &+

+JACK & MANY OTHERS REMEMBER THE+

>sounds of the piliated woodpeckers<

>among the ancient magnolia trees< 

+BEAUTIFUL LIGHT IN THE FOREST+

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>(please have patience with<

+RARE=SPECIAL+

>these first 2 photographs)<

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 >red, yellow and white pegboard panel black<
>waxed exposed hardware furniture was my<
+SANSOUCI GLASS JUNGLE+
+STUDIO-RESIDENCE 1960+
>first furniture effort dating from our apt<
>days on highland road in baton rouge<
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 >ralph bowman, my friend and early student<
>asst took this photo of our cramped apt in<
+CHRISTMAS 1975 APT+
+FAY AVE, LAJOLLA+
>lajolla before we built the silver ship<
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 >derek, bronwen and lesley on bonair street<
>during our first year in california where tim,
>vreeland head of ucla architecture came to<
+WIND-N-SEA AREA+
+LAJOLLA, 1970-71+
>visit me at the suggestion of forest wilson<
>editor of progressive architecture journal<

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 >marian loved tropical tahiti as much as i<
>& french radiant nirvana made me soo <
+LUNG CANCER THE+
+SCURGE OF LIFE+
>happy i was able to do that before she<
>passed away just after christmas 2003<
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 >my favorite family portrait made just after<
>we moved into the silver ship reflects the<
+BRONWEN-DEREK-LESLEY+
+MARIAN & I -(ABOUT 1980)+
>happiness that event made to our lives<
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 >marianne was a friend of marian and i<
+MARIANNE SAVED ME+
+AFTER MARIAN DIED+

>for ten years before marian passed on<

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 >mystery in the new orleans vieux carre<
+NOLA AFRICA VOUDOU+
+FOR ERIC BOOKHARDT+
>was aptly expressed in this photo series<

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 >radiant light at the cove beach of<
+COLOR=LIGHT=ENERGY+
+BUNGALOW FOOD 1969+

>lajolla won our heart and soul<

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>research and writing about our life and work<

+WHO ARE WE=WHERE FROM+

+WHERE DO WE GO+ ???

>has given new potential to my life on earth<

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>i have several volumes of collage graphics<
+MARIANNE HAS DNA THAT+
+GALVENIZED LATER LIFE+

>that i have made devoted to both wives<

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+COURTNEY UTT'S PASSING HAS+
>see her vital www"UTTwerk"<

+GALVANIZED FAMILY LOVE+ !

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu