Marginal People

In 1968 Len Steckler was disheartened by the poverty he saw on a trip to India. Visions of homeless people sleeping on beds of concrete and dirt burned deep into his psyche. Twenty years later those same images revealed themselves to him once more. Only now he was in Los Angeles, California, in the richest country in the world.

Eyes filled with hopelessness, faces drawn from sorrow, and everywhere the human form hunched over in submission to the only reality they know: Despair.
Deeply effected by what he saw, Steckler cries out to us through a series of paintings titled, "Marginal People."

"I seek to elevate understanding through images of those we see everyday on the street. To act with compassion is to heal. I hope to heal with this act of painting our brothers and sisters, who mirror both our nobility and degradation. My desire is not to present spectacles to spectators, but rather to portray real persons, for those sensitive enough to see Truth below the surface."

All images in this room are signed and numbered, and sold as
30" x 20" Artes Limited Editions on hand made paper, or as *Mixtura Editions (textured).

"J. Doe"
Oil on Canvas
Original Size 54" x 54"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

"Survival"
Oil on Canvas
Original Size 76" x 54"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

"Contemplation"
Oil on Canvas
Original Size 48" x 36"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

"Desolation"
Oil on Canvas
Original Size 48" x 36"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

"Day In The Park"
Oil on Canvas
Original Size 54" x 54"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

"Why"
Oil on Canvas
Original Size 54" x 54"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

"Lesbian Couple"
Drawing
Original Size 36" x 24"

Artes Print or Mixtura Edition

Gallery Seven

Marginal People

* Mixtura is a patented process.

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