In 1964 I taught art to West African teens in N Kongsamba, East Cameroun where I was stationed as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I  saved two of my student drawings depicting tribal ceremonies and almost 50 years later these drawings have become mosaics.

A wire armature found at Ross forms the base for this high relief sculptural mosaic inspired by Julie Richey's "Night Shirt," which won the Juror's Choice at the 2009 Society of American Artists' Conference.

In the First Century A.D. in Egypt artists under the influence of Greek and Roman culture created a series of sarcophagus covers in encaustic which have endured as some of the most elegant and poignant portraits ever made.