LESSONS

Large and Small

1991 - 1993

Interiors, both inhabited and not, have figured large in the narrative of my representational painting and drawings. These works, exploring the concept of "interior" in every sense of the word both visually and thematically, are characterized by heightened spacial sense and intense analysis of structure.

The early Night Rooms series of drawings done in 1987-88 present a highly charged figurative narrative within an intimate, even claustrophobic space. While the focus is on the figures, the interior space itself functions as both stage and visual reflection of the figurative narrative.

In the LESSONS series, eight oil on linen paintings done from 1991-1993, the drama-filled space is now filled with chiaroscuro contrast, inanimate objects and imagistic quotes that stand in for the figure and create a narrative that lectures or declaims. The subject matter? The power and oppression of women throughout history as expressed in art. The visual references include baroque paintings by Artemesia Gentileschi and Ginevra Cantofoli as well as my own self-images.

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Lesson Number One. 1991

Lesson Number Three (Allegory). 1992

   

Lesson Number Four (Four Women). 1992

          

 

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