WEDNESDAY SEPT. 19, 2007 - We often think of professors as very structured individuals, and with good reason too. Some may say they are stiff, a characterization a typical government professor may encounter. With all its rules, bureaucracies, and hierarchies, this field of study may structure people as they try to put it into perspective.
Alexander Dawoody defies this convention. He is what one could term, a government professor with a touch of art, and a glimpse of this stands on walls of the government department office located in MRCS 276. Dawoody has painted several murals depicting a variety of social issues with government as the central theme.
“I paint about social issues that focus on poverty, liberty and democracy” Dawoody said.
The Statue of Liberty is one of his most prominent paintings. "I made this painting to go along with the government department theme. It represents what the government department stands for; liberty and democracy.”
Dawoody’s art is a mix of neo impressionist and realism and he has exhibited his work at Boston University. His work is not for sale however.
“There is no price on art. It’s just a hobby I started as child” he added.
A government professor with a touch of art
Below: A mural painted on the main wall of the government departments depicts local scenes common to the Rio Grande Valley.
Above: Alexander Dawoody painted a mural of the Statue of Liberty for the government department office to go along with the departments government theme. Below: One of Dawoody's paintings that hangs on one of the walls of the government department depicts the marshlands of Iraq.
