https://avabagleystudios.com/gallery daily 0.75 2026-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/c9d56238-135c-46cf-976b-2310b5e5bc18/2026+05+14+Guanyin+America.jpg GALLERY Guanyin America, 2026. Acrylic on canvas. 4'x5'. This image envisions my wish that my country become one truly led by mercy and compassion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/8ead6a67-e18d-42ca-96be-f0b0c0c4413d/2025+11+06+lady+liberty+america+sketch+edit.jpg GALLERY "Guanyin America" sketch. November 6, 2025. Thinking about what the Statue of Liberty could look like if she were the Bodhisattva of Mercy and Compassion, Guanyin. What if our government were a merciful one, a compassionate one, that helped and cared for its people? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/5b622d01-afdb-4dac-9278-48e7be9b0531/1000003978.jpg GALLERY "The Moment." August 2024. A marker sketch. Illustrating the Statue of Liberty self-immolating in an act of desperate protest. The image evokes Thích Quảng Đức, who set himself on fire in 1963 to protest the treatment of Buddhists by the Vietnamese government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/d9699aeb-c920-4a72-976d-2e0c5b7ee1c0/2026+09+08+Updated+Liberty+and+Justice.jpg GALLERY "Liberty and Justice are anti-establishment punk lesbians now," 1 September 2026. This image depicts founding principals of the American experience as tattooed, counterculture lesbians, still in love with each other as their backed into a corner. The tattoo on Justice's neck reads, this is true, "Dike," and is the name of the Greek Goddess of social justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/3e8e97ec-4555-4a9e-ba0f-ea6cd5d93125/2026+05+14+Guanyin+Deb+Halprin.jpg GALLERY "Guanyin" as a nude. This image shows Guanyin, serene, strong, yet aged - sitting calmly in the traditional pose of royal respite, with a contented, kind look on her face. October 17, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/78748466-040a-4421-8608-5800af7ef9bd/2026+05+04+The+Moment+Deb+Halprin+photo.jpg GALLERY "The Moment." After creating the initial furious marker sketch, I created this image. The refined painting further highlights Liberty's peaceful resignation and strength. Her posture is strong and upright as she calls for desperate actions to preserve democracy. Acrylic on canvas, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/721a7f50-f816-48bb-a4ed-82a55867a73a/1000003982.jpg GALLERY "Fanaticism and Ignorance" Drawn after the 2024 Presidential election. The title comes from searing remarks by Clarence Darrow, who in 1925, defended John T. Scopes in the State of Tennessee v. Scopes trial. Scopes, a teacher, was put on trial for teaching evolution. In his remarks, Darrow said that to require teachers conform to religious beliefs would lead to the ultimate collapse of civil society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/313d6449-b01c-461c-91a7-bcabff4c3228/2026+05+14+Nude+at+Rest.jpg GALLERY "Nude at Rest," September 10, 2023. I painted her as a reflection on the anxiety, loneliness, and desire for connection we felt during the covid pandemic. 48x48. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/1747413996071-9RJDTHVZ2ZQBT5AIE8RD/Fanaticism%2Band%2BIgnorance%2Bpainting.jpg GALLERY "Pieta America: Fanaticism and Ignorance" (detail). January 2025. This image shows Lady Liberty being devoured by the personified Fanaticism and Ignorance. Fanaticism raises her hand into a Nazi solute, and Ignorance tears the flesh from her face, revealing her skull. Acrylic on canvas, 48x60" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/5035e64c-8da6-452c-abb4-26a5018679ce/2026+05+04+Karama+Mudra+Deb+Halprin+photo.jpg GALLERY Karama Mudra, 2026. 32x40. This image depicts Guanyin's gesture Karama, which wards off evil and destroys negativity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/8eb4fa1a-95fb-4b05-b0c2-083e51a7d873/1000003953.jpg GALLERY "Russian Bear Attacking the People of Ukraine." Painted after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this image is a reaction to the February, 2022 invasion of the independent country Ukraine. Acrylic on canvas, 18x24''. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/d56498e1-8e12-44d7-9475-2068ebed194a/2.jpg GALLERY "Water Jug," May 17, 2026. Guanyin is often depicted holding a jug of water in one hand as she gestures Karama with the other. The jug of water is to slake the thirst and provide care for those who ask for her help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/70e914d3-a655-4841-8c4c-db27d665e001/1000003969+%283%29.jpg GALLERY "Confident nude." It is what it says on the tin. When I don't paint, I draw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/c00337cd-2364-48b4-80be-a95146876ca5/2026+05+04+I+was+Here+Deb+Halprin+photo+v2.jpg GALLERY "I Was Here." In January 2025, it occurred to me that my work would outlive me. This image is my thumbprint, rendered at 3'x5', to illustrate that our actions will outlive us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/67c1206b-4b1a-40c2-8b3b-c756ebe24a7d/1000003980+%283%29.jpg GALLERY "Athena." A marker sketch which shows Athena, goddess of both the hunt and wisdom, reading Clausewitz in the company of her owl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/dfdbc50c-cf3a-4c62-b111-db63323fc5db/2026+07+27+A+Christian+Nation.jpg GALLERY "A Christian Nation," July 27, 2026. A meditation on what we could be if the theocrats in the right wing listened not to James Dobson but to Jesus Christ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/a0a2eda9-31dc-455d-9c74-1d7c9223c25f/1000003973.jpg GALLERY "breasts" When my mind wanders, I often turn to the female form. I had recently purchased some new markers and wanted to see how they work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/dd41d3f1-fe40-4cdd-b746-9b483e3687fd/20260116+For+Renee.jpg GALLERY "For Renee," January 16, 2026. Marking the horrible murder of lesbian mom Renee Good by the President's terrorist organization, ICE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/d3c0d407-c96f-4816-9b29-474a1df83476/1000003998.jpg GALLERY Abstract, white. An abstract painting of different colors of white, applied with brush, roller, and paint knife. Breaking up the round form of the white paints are blue lines. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/c3719baf-c2ef-4d30-a7da-7f98d2753639/1000003956.jpg GALLERY "Memento Mori I." This image depicts a man, woman, and child, each with a certain amount of time left. Their faces have been replaced by timers. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/207be149-9bfb-42f6-8851-cadb5a60c23e/1000003959.jpg GALLERY "Memento Mori II: Lightening Bolt" This image depicts life as a brief and bright flash, causing a fire. It's a reminder that our lives can be short and have great effect on those around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/68eded19-a299-4bbe-bcb3-4233f053257b/1000003963.jpg GALLERY "Memento Mori III: Samsara." This image depicts life as a cycle. Birth and death feed one another. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/deba5561-ee0e-4c56-8f35-79c607cd40cb/1000004001.jpg GALLERY "Machines that kill fascism I: Love." Love for each other is an essential element in efforts to destroy fascist oppression. This is the first of a series of three paintings I created to illustrate core aspects of any resistance against fascism. The three key elements I identified are love, free thought, and compassion. Acrylic on canvas, 24x36, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/9f79f6ff-49a7-4c10-b3a0-799e59609c88/1000004000.jpg GALLERY "Machines that kill fascism II: Thought." The figure's brain appears to be bent over in a Child's Pose, or contorted in some kind of pain. This image illustrates the importance of free thought to efforts to destroy fascist oppression. Acrylic on canvas, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/532a2b07-bc4e-46ab-a5c2-b0f693de0820/1000003999.jpg GALLERY "Machines that kill fascism III: The outstretched hand." This image depicts an abstracted female figure, blurry except for her hand, reaching forward to the viewer. Acrylic on canvas, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/89b167e8-6f96-43ba-a933-e0a94c6e9aa9/1000004003.jpg GALLERY "Bathers, Keane Valley, New York." Inspired by summers spent in upstate New York with a lover of mine, this image depicts two women gazing lovingly at one another while enjoying the cold waters of a rocky stream in Keane Valley, New York. Acrylic on canvas, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/4d45ecea-4cbe-45ec-a4d8-8b6acf7606d7/1000004004.jpg GALLERY "Boudica, wearing the skin of a man as a trophy." This image depicts a naked woman, sitting proudly, wearing the skin of a man killed in combat. She looks confrontationally at the viewer, daring her to question her power. Acrylic on canvas, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/b4f71081-0e58-475b-ae11-9b931bfc3db3/1000004005.jpg GALLERY "Grief." This abstract image depicts roiling strokes of blue, white, and green cut through with sharp black lines from which emit bright red. Read from left to right, this image depicts the process of grief - first, dark, chaotic, and angry, and eventually, mostly peaceful. Acrylic on canvas, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a22239e18d41dfcb9ee11/5870157d-f27a-42ed-83fc-e24f423db4f7/1000003961.jpg GALLERY "Kite Festival, 2011." 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