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Michael Jewell, Abstracts
Note Card. Acrylic on paper
Powledge Unit State Prison, Palestine, Texas
Michael Jewell, 58, has been in prison for 33 years. His handcrafted note cards titled Abstracts (2004) feature acrylic paintings on 140 lb watercolor paper. Formerly on death row, Jewell is now serving a life sentence. "I paint to nourish my emotions, just as I eat to nourish my body," he says."When I was on death row everything was ...dingy grey and olive drab. Even our windows were painted over to deny the sun. We were allowed to purchase water based paints...[and] I craved the presence of color." He began painting.
Jewell's death sentence was commuted as a result of the landmark Furman vs. Georgia case, a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared capital punishment illegal because of unfair procedures. It applied to everyone on death row at the time.
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