portraits

Hysteria

I painted some of the patients from a hospital in France when I was working in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department at Princeton University. So this may have been painted between 2012-2014. The texture is like barbed wire. It is a 30 x 40 inch oil painting on canvas.

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Portrait of Sandra Bernhard

Back in the day, many of us looked up to Sandra Bernhard, and were intrigued and tantalized by her relationship with Madonna. For some reason I remember her line from a live show, “Look ladies, no cellulite”. Maybe I am thinking about that now because of being in Palm Springs. The original painting is in someone’s personal collection.

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Maryanne, Now and Then

One of the more enjoyable aspects of gathering materials for the retrospective book is seeing artwork of the people who have been in my life for decades. The drawing is from the 1990s; the painting from 2024. It is true that time flies.

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Mentorship Class

I am taking an inspiring course with the insightful artist Elody Gyekis who is mentoring a group of us to take our work to the next level. The monochromatic and color studies have been painted in the last two weeks while the portraits were completed prior to the class. ‘Cat’ won an award at the 93rd Juried Show at Phillips’ Mill. The award presentation was an awesome highlight of an otherwise difficult year.

Monochromatic study, 16 x 20 inches, oil on canvas, 2022
Color study, 16 x 20 inches, oil on canvas, 2022
Cat, 30 x 40 inches, oil on canvas, 2022
Alex (AJ Minter) among the sunflowers, 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas, 2022

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