Black River Falls
2001 - 2006
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.
“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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“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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