ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 36" x 48" BACKSTORY: Between– Originated with the idea that it really takes so little to have a connection with someone else. With just a direct gaze and minimal detail, the painting pulls the viewer into an immediate, wordless meeting. It…
Acrylics 24" x 24" BACKSTRORY: There is a healing, transcendent power to solitude in nature. Where the heart can listen and belong. Without need for anything else. The quiet, sacred connection between a person and the natural world and something greater. Alone, but not lonely-there’s wordless communication with the elements and with the soul.
Acrylics 16" x 20" Framed BACKSTRORY: I created this image specifically for a magazine issue themed, “Dream House,” and it brought to mind a recurring dream I’ve had for years. In the dream, I move through a home filled with many rooms, each one holding a visit with a beloved family member who’s passed on. The feeling is one both…
Acrylics 36" x 36" BACKSTRORY: There is magic in shared, uncontrollable, laughter – the kind that bubbles up without warning and bonds people instantly. This painting captures the essence of those rare, heartexpanding moments when joy overrides our self-consciousness, and walls come down. For me, these flashes of glee are a sign of kinship and a healing force for the…
20”x16”, Framed Acrylic on Canvas BACKSTORY: Lisa's Bliss at the Shore is actually a sad story about happy times. Lisa was a very dear friend, the wife of another dear friend and coworker. We spent many afternoons at beaches and shorelines with our kids, our last being the coast of Rhode Island. This is a compilation of lake shores, and…
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 24" x 48" BACKSTORY: Now You Can Look explores intimacy and the discomfort that nudity can provoke. Originally gentle and personal, the painting evolved after audience reactions, incorporating surreal clouds to refocus attention. It became a reflection on society, selective acceptance…
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 36" x 48" BACKSTORY: Placid Violet is the posture of a teenage granddaughter, cajoled into sitting for a portrait. The title calls out her energy and desire to escape the sitting and return to whatever dangerous activity created the need for…
32”x51”, Acrylic on Canvas BACKSTORY: Sleepy Claire is the wife of a former staff member and a fellow creative Polish girl! She offered to model for me in my studio and I provided the fabric props (Moroccan souvenirs). She is sleepy because of the heat from the lights on her and the relaxing poses I provided (because she is my…
40”x30”, Acrylic on Canvas BACKSOTORY: The Art Teacher: I was enamored by a vintage b/w photo, of a second cousin who happened to be a nun. The tinyphoto mailed to her mother included a small handwritten "x" under one of the nuns in the lineup. The note on the back of the photo said I'm the one with the x"…
24”x24” Acrylic on Canvas BACKSTORY: Time Travelers. Again, thanks to a cache of vintage photos, I discovered one of my grandmothers as a child in Poland, dressed for what appears to be a First Communion. I am fairly confident that the stern looking mother of all these children would NOT wear this pink skirt so I chose to provide it…
20”x20” Giclée BACKSTORY: Trepidation grew from the LOOK from the new big sister. The introduction of Vera to brand new Ellis elicited trepidation on the part of ALL the characters, including Mom (her arm) and the energy = linear white marks; a cheap trick maybe, but I think they work.
