WORK > LACE FACES

This series of lace paintings is inspired by the ideals of feminine beauty, the traditional arts of sewing and handwork, and the element of chance that is inherent in working with unconventional materials. I begin with found materials: vintage lace curtains serve as a painting surface, and photographs provide subject matter. I select images that evoke quiet introspection, reinterpreting them to explore the complexity that often underlies a seemingly calm surface. The resulting portraits serve as metaphors for inner and outer life.

Sweet Sweat
oil and acrylic on lace and canvas
30" x 48" diptych
2022
Work is Never Done
oil and acrylic on lace and canvas
30" x 48" diptych
2022
Work Hard
oil and acrylic on lace and canvas
20" x 40" diptych
2022
Ire/Desire
oil and acrylic on lace and canvas
30" x 48" diptych
2021
Notorious II
oil on canvas and lace
30" x 24"
2021
$3000
Frida (diptych)
oil on lace and canvas
30" x 48"
2021
$4200
Nina
oil on lace and canvas
30" x 24"
2021
$3000
Kamala
oil on lace and canvas
36" x 36"
2021
$3800
Watchful
oil on lace and panel
30" x 24"
2016
$3000
Oil portrait on lace
oil on lace
30" x 24"
2014
$3000
Oil portrait on lace
oil on lace
30" x 24"
2011
oil portrait on lace
oil on lace
30" x 24"
2014
$3000
Presentiment
oil on lace and canvas
30" x 24"
2016
$3000
oil portrait on lace
oil on lace
36" x 24"
2016
Lull
oil on lace and canvas
30" x 24"
2016
$3000
Notorious
oil on lace and panel
32" x 52"
2017
Oil portrait on lace
oil on lace and paper
30" x 48"
2014
$2600
Pause
oil on lace and canvas
32" x 52"
2016
$3000