People > People in Frames 2008-2014

Four standing figures and one seated one look at a vacuum cleaner, while a seated figure recedes into the shadowy background. A dog lying on the floor looks int he opposite direction.

Figures with Vacuum Cleaner

mixed media on paper

@ 36" x 52"

2008

This piece evolved out of several discreet small drawings and paintings of people that I had created over the year, and collaged onto a larger sheet of gessoed stonehedge. It suggests an ambiguous narrative relationship between the figures who now exist in a shared space. The vacuum cleaner becomes the star of the show.