Art Speaks
Blurring the boundaries between self-portraiture and imagination, challenging the past, engaging with the present, and redefining the future.
This body of work combines painted self-portraiture and photography. Self-portrait photographs printed on tissue-thin paper are layered into the painted form. They are bringing a sense of aging skin and humanness to an otherwise two-dimensional surface.
With specific attention to cropped features, this work conveys a sense of silence yet evokes emotion through a look or a gaze.
Self Portrait as the Allegory of Something 24" x 18" acrylic and photographs on canvas
Self-Portrait as Venus de Milo 24" x 24" acrylic and photographs on canvas
Self-Portrait as a Distant Grandmother 24" x 24" acrylic and photographs on canvas
Wearing Out Art History 36"x48" acrylic, photographs & textbook pages on canvas
The "F" Word 24" x 24" acrylic, photographs & textbook pages on canvas
Art History or Bust-Torn art history pages, which do not mention women artists, made into self-portrait sculptures, Fresco-like in appearance.
Art History or Bust- A close-up look reveals the textbook works and images, and act as a reappropriation of a past that does not include women artists in the canon.
The Realm of Beauty "18 x 12" Art History Textbook Page & Watercolor
Fawning 48" x 60" acrylic, photograph and fabric on canvas