Woman's Work
As a woman, the way I behave and express myself is shaped by the cultures I was brought up in. Gender roles, characteristics and activities are not innate, but are socially constructed. Further, my gender roles morph, contract and expand in time with the passing years and responsibilities. I find myself trying to deny my aging but also wanting to reconcile and make peace with the inevitable changes to my constructed female role. This series of paintings contemplates these transitions and examines ideas around femininity, beauty, gender, age and intimacy. My work begins with second hand clothes; I search for garments that offer a history or a counterpart. All of my models are women in my life, and I am using myself as a model more and more. With all these women, I am seeking overlooked details and intimacies that are only revealed through long and careful observation. My paintings are quiet and my palette subdued, in an effort to open an honest dialogue - hopefully with my viewer but ultimately with myself.

Rain Jacket
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Young Woman
24" x 18"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Working Hands II
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022

Braids
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Generation II
54" x 40"
Oil on Canvas
2022

Just Enjoy the Day
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Rain Coat
52" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Working Hands
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Young Woman II
60" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022
3 Button Jacket
Oil on Canvas
2022

Generation
54" x 40"
Oil on Canvas
2022

3 Button Jacket
48" x 48"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Ginger Braids
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Situated
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
2022

3 Pearl Buttons
22" x 22"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Little Braids
8" x 10"
Ink and Oil on Yupo
2022
SOLD

Blonde Braid
18" x 18"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Plaid Blanket
18" x 18"
Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Floral Dress
8" x 11"
Ink and Oil on Yupo
2022
NOT FOR SALE

Crow I
5" x 5"
Ink and Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Crow III
5" x 5"
Ink and Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Crow II
5" x 5"
Ink and Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD

Crow IV
5" x 5"
Ink and Oil on Canvas
2022
SOLD