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series: self-portraits

+ View Statement

(2004 - present) This series deals self-portraiture in the context of contemporary abstraction. By elevating myself and those around me to saintly positions, I artificially grant us credibility, a higher status. We are all saints at certain moments of consciousness. Those instances where we see glimpses, as de Kooning says, "of something, encountered like a flash."

We may not be aware of these kairos moments between cups of coffee and clipping our toenails, but a world exists just at the edge of our consciousness. And this is the world I seek in these paintings - the moment before redemption when we feel all of our mortal weight.

moldy
moldy
  • moldy
  • Best of Show 2005 WCA Celebration of Women in the Arts
  • 16x19"
  • mixed media on matte board
  • 2004
  • Sold
Old Highway 203
Old Highway 203
  • Old Highway 203
  • Best of Show Silent Auction 2005 WCA Celebration of Women in the Arts
  • 24x36"
  • mixed media on wood panel
  • 2004
  • Sold
duplex
duplex
  • duplex
  • 15x19"
  • mixed media on matte board
  • 2004
Inversion Halo
Inversion Halo
  • Inversion Halo
  • 34x40"
  • acrylic on matte board
  • 2005
Where my hands come together
Where my hands come together
  • Where my hands come together
  • 34x40"
  • mixed media on matte board
  • 2005
Where my hands come together
Where my hands come together
  • Where my hands come together
  • and all the people come rushing out
  • 34x40"
  • acrylic on matte board
  • 2005
Concerning all the water in your skin
Concerning all the water in your skin
  • Concerning all the water in your skin
  • 34x40"
  • acrylic on matte board
  • 2005
  • Sold
I wanted to be a people person.
I wanted to be a people person.
  • I wanted to be a people person.
  • 34x40"
  • mixed media on matte board
  • 2005
  • Sold
Apollonia,
Apollonia,
  • Apollonia,
  • mandible or mother tongue is this the texture of speaking or is it your jaw popping in their sockets?
  • 11x14"
  • oil pastel and colored pencil on paper
  • 2006
take us to brick and mortar
take us to brick and mortar
  • take us to brick and mortar
  • and watch us communicate
  • 14x11"
  • oil pastel and colored pencil on paper
  • 2006
i could see all the way through your chest
i could see all the way through your chest
  • i could see all the way through your chest
  • on the other side of you was me and on the other side of you was me each rib a fence i could climb over and in
  • 11x14"
  • oil pastel and colored pencil on paper
  • 2006
she met Saint Tularemia in the cul de sac
she met Saint Tularemia in the cul de sac
  • she met Saint Tularemia in the cul de sac
  • she was all foam and ticks and their eyes talked in the street lamps
  • 11x14"
  • oil pastel and colored pencil on paper
  • 2006
  • Sold
a chatter box opened to a plum pit
a chatter box opened to a plum pit
  • a chatter box opened to a plum pit
  • a plum pit held open a girl she sat tight in the jibber jabber the part that said, Amen
  • 11x14"
  • oil pastel and colored pencil on paper
  • 2006