Black River Falls

2001 - 2006

Funeral of Peter Pan

2003 | 72in X 96in | 182.88cm X 243.84cm | oil paint on canvas

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I painted these life-sized oil paintings from photos my family inherited. Growing up in a house cluttered with my mother’s genealogy research and old photographs spilling from every corner, I had a primal fear of anything Victorian. When I was 20, I had a dream in which an ancestor that died in childhood urged me to color her photograph. I’ve been coloring ever since.


Oil Painting – Process Photos

2004 | oil paint on canvas

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The girl who dreamt my fate to be our saint

2004 | 48in X 84in | 121.92cm X 213.36cm | oil paint on canvas

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The swaying back of her bright tambourine

2003 | 60in X 35in | 152.4cm X 88.9cm | oil paint on canvas

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Sunset oceans above her maple tree

2003 | 61in X 41in | 154.94cm X 104.14cm | oil paint on canvas

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Sunset oceans above her maple tree

1970 | 61in X 41in | 154.94cm X 104.14cm | oil paint on canvas

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Gumballs under tongues

2003 | 70in X 56in | 177.8cm X 142.24cm | oil paint on canvas

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The virtues of disbelief

2002 | 45in X 32in | 114.3cm X 81.28cm | oil paint on canvas

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We wait in song and lie

2004 | 54in X 40in | 137.16cm X 101.6cm | oil paint on canvas

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Study for Leona

2006 | 12in X 9in | 30.48cm X 22.86cm | acrylic paint, ink, pencils, resin on panel

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Eleven Mercury Stars over Lyman.

2005 | 30in X 20in | 76.2cm X 50.8cm | acrylic paint, crayon, ink, pencils, resin on panel

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Stolen Children

2004 | 7in X 10in 3in X | 17.78cm X 25.4cm 7.62cm X | acrylic paint, gel pens, ink, pencils, resin on resin

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After the Theft

2003 | 8in X 6in 2in X | 20.32cm X 15.24cm 5.08cm X | acrylic paint, ink, pencils, pens, resin on resin

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Virtues of Disbelief

2004 | 9in X 7in 3in X | 22.86cm X 17.78cm 7.62cm X | acrylic paint, gel pens, ink, pens, resin on resin

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Leona giggled in the face of futures to come

2004 | 9in X 11in 3in X | 22.86cm X 27.94cm 7.62cm X | acrylic paint, ink, resin on resin

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