Figurative
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Mostly, it's women's stories that mesmerize me. My mother, artists I admire, strangers with attitude or a particularly haunting presence. Charcoal, ink and acrylic, fast marks buried under slower ones. Some arrive in a single charged sitting. Others get layered, scraped and rebuilt.
People have been sharing their stories with me for as far back as I can remember. Being a psychologist for 35 years felt like the most natural thing in the world. Now, painting faces and figures is another way of connecting deeply, of caring about what's beneath the surface, about what gets revealed sideways.
Women in Rooms
These paintings are conversations through time — with my mother, with artists like Diebenkorn and Neel, and with the rooms that hold my earliest memories.
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Her Room, 80 x 51 — SOLD
To Forget, 48 x 48, $5800 — (Inquire)
Is That All There Is, 36 x 40, $4200 — (Inquire)
Keep Dreaming, 36 x 36 — SOLD
For Her, 51x 43 — SOLD
Surrender after Esther and Suzanne, 40 x 40 — SOLD
Her Time, 40 x 40, $4800 — (Inquire)
Alice Neel & Hartley, 25 x 26, $1900 — (Inquire)
To Remember, 30 x 22 — SOLD
Raw Silk, 40 x 40, $4800 — (Inquire)
The Esther Paintings
When Alzheimer’s incrementally stole Esther, my mom, away from us, painting became a way to get her back. It was a way to reconnect with her unapologetic love of beauty, and to make it my own.
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They Knew, 40 x 40 — (SOLD)
Yes She Is, 30 x 22 — SOLD
Sunkissed, 30 x 24 —SOLD
Queen Esther, 24 x 24 — SOLD
She Didn’t Yet Know, 40 x 30 — SOLD
Vanishing, 12 x 12 — SOLD
That Summer, 24 x 24 — SOLD
She Knew, 36 x 24 — SOLD
The One That Got Away, 30 x 30 — SOLD
Exuberance
Women who know their power and relish it. Who enjoy their bodies, delight in speaking their minds.
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That’s the Goddess, 40 x 36 — SOLD
Eden’s Gate, 15 x 20 (21 x 26 framed), $1600 — (Inquire)
Playin’ Around #2, 48 x 18 (51 x 24 framed), $1900 — (Inquire)
Playin' Around, 51 x 24 — SOLD
Things Are About To Get Interesting, 30 x 24 — SOLD
Anita, 24 x 24 — SOLD
Scrappy Women
Portraits of women artists who deserved way more attention than they got, painted on studio scraps.
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Joan Mitchell — SOLD
Camille Claudel — SOLD
Alice Neel — SOLD
Tracey Emin — SOLD
Marisol — SOLD
Olga Boznanska — SOLD
Lee Krasner — SOLD
Little Women
Consigned to tiny spaces yet demanding to be seen in full, these faces started quick and small. They kept demanding more time, complexity, and nuance.
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Aakou 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Itzi SOLD
Dani 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Laura-#3 SOLD
Patty SOLD
Maria 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Elyse 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Laura 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Louise SOLD
Lilo 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Laura-#5 SOLD
Susana 3 x 3, 10 x 10 SOLD
Variations
Not every painting belongs to a series. These are standalone pieces that came from the same hand and the same obsessions but went their own way.
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Brothers, 33 x 26 — SOLD
Trust the Tale, 18 x 18, $1400 — (Inquire)
Cozy, 15 x 13 — SOLD
Laurel, 12 x 14 — SOLD
In the Night Room, 41 x 57 — SOLD (Collaboration with Studio Gabriella Interiors)