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Sam Whiting March 9, 2021Updated: March 11, 2021, 11:46 pm
Sid Garrison in his Laurel Heights studio. Photo: Ken Probst, Ken Probst 2007
Sid Garrison, a San Francisco artist whose work appeared in galleries in the city throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, used the most basic materials available: colored pencil on paper. He was colorblind and worked in moody shades of blue and black until he suffered a stroke at age 50, in 2005. The effect on his brain caused an explosion of bright hues in his work, inspiring a level of creativity that would last the rest of his life.
But Garrison did not draw figures or imagery. He worked very slowly, layering his colors to form new colors. His drawings were intriguing, but a viewer had to be willing to put in time and effort to understand them. One of the people who did just that was former Chronicle art critic Kenneth Baker, who was attracted to Garrison’s maplike creations, uniform in size at 28 by 28 inches.