People > People in Frames 2008-2014

oil painting, portrait, patterned, a woman sitting on a yoga bench against a wall with bookshelves.
Agnes on Headstand Bench
oil with collage on canvas
36" x 36"
2010
oil painting, portrait, patterned. A man sits in an Eames chair, positioned against wall of bookshelves.
Tom in Eames Chair
oil with collage on canvas
36" x 36"
2010
figurative, musician, fiddle, border, pattern, oil on canvas, figures in background playing clapping game.
Mia Fiddles with Clapping Game
Oil on Collage on Canvas
36" x 36""
2014
oil painting, portrait, patterned, interior, a young mother holds her baby and looks up at her husband. They have a polka dot blanket.
Family with Polka Dot Blanket
oil with collage on canvas
36" x 36"
2010
Portrait, acrylic, collage, A figure sits in profile, wearing a coppery satin skirt. Beyond her gaze a silhouette drawing of two girls gazes at her, and in the background, two girls look out of a photographic window.
Who's Looking
acrylic, colored pencil, photographic collage, collage on cnavas
36" x 36"
2009
oil painting, portrait, border, a woman sits on a porch with her puppy pulling at the leash
Anne and Nelly
oil with collage on canvas
36" x 36"
2009
oil painting, portrait, border. An older woman sits in a wheelchair.
Peggy in Her Chariot
oil with collage on canvas
36" x 36"
2009
oil painting, portrait, patterned, interior. A girl sits and plays at a grand piano.
Recital
oil with collage on canvas
36" x 36"
2010
mixed materials, acrylic, pastel ,collage, musicians, cello, duet, painterly
Kate and Nick Play Cello 2003
Acrylic, pastel, gouache, collage on paper mounted on canvas
36" x 36"
2008
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

A series of portraits with patterned frames around them. Sometimes the frames engage with patterning that enters the pictorial space. Sometimes elements of the picture (especially feet) project into the border. The subjects are family and friends (who else...)