FEM
Face12 Dot 12X12
Acrylic on canvas
Face 11 Pensive 12X12
Acrylic on canvas
What If? 16X20
Acrylic on canvas
Looking In 20X20
Acrylic & charcoal on canvas
BirdWoman Series
BirdWoman 20X20 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas (S)
BirdWoman2 24X20 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas (S)
Selected by Art Fluent for online exhibit, SHE
BirdWoman3 20X16 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas (S)
BirdWoman4 24X20
Acrylic on canvas (S)
BirdWoman5 24X12
Acrylic on canvas (S)
BirdWoman6 22X15
Mixed media on paper
BirdWoman7: Insight
24X18 Mixed media on canvas board (S)
BirdWoman8: Emerging 36X24 Acrylic on canvas
BirdWoman9: From Darkness
20X20 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Selected by Art Fluent for the online exhibit, Motion www.art-fluent.com/motion
Feminism Illustrated 24X36
Acrylic on canvas
Going Up 18X24
Acrylic on canvas
Where No More 12X16
Acrylic on canvas
Handmaids Tell 18X24
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
These handmaids have their genesis in Fates, folklore, foundation myths, goddess/mothers, Salem, crones, hags, witches and bitches, who -- on behalf of women -- witness, object to, and protest repression, subjugation, subservience, and abuse. They demand fair treatment and equal rights, and their powers serve women. “Tell” is an archeological term for a place created when many generations build on the same spot, forming a mound.
Selected for Triton Museum of Art Statewide Art Competition and Exhibition, 2021 and ArtFluent Online Exhibition, FEMME, March 2021.
City Study 16X20
Mixed Media on canvas, framed
City Contemplation 16X20
Mixed Media on canvas, framed
Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a pre-feminist author whose female protagonists exhibited independence and strength of character. An astute critic of the American Gilded Age, she was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921.
Edith Warned Us 10X30 Mixed Media on canvas
Staying or Leaving? 16X20
Acrylic on canvas, framed
Which Came First? 16X20
Acrylic on canvas, framed (S)
Selected by the Marin Society of Artists for the show, Expressions.
Morning Already? 12X18
Mixed Media on paper (S)
Earring 12X12
Mixed Media on canvas (S)
Blue 14X18 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, framed
Yes, you! 18X24 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Selected for the Las Laguna Gallery January 2022 Show, Human Faces & Figures
We are often split on decisions about the best way forward. Self/other? Career/family? Go/stay? Partake/don’t?
And if only it were as simple as binary choices -- without all the other elements.
In the Shadow 18X24
Acrylic on canvas
Split 12X24
Acrylic on canvas
Selected by Art Fluent for the virtual exhibit, Figures, 2022
This piece was inspired by a friend who disclosed an assault and the continuing emotional and physical violence in her youth. It symbolizes the potential for all women to be subject to verbal, emotional and physical assault. Victims, usually but not always women, can be any ethnicity, age, religion, appearance, stance, sexual orientation, body type or economic status. The feeling of protection by virtue of class, race, or age is false.
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center,
1 in 6 U.S. women has been victims of rape or attempted rape. And it is estimated that only ¼ of those crimes are reported. Based on Department of Justice statistics, RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) projects that every 92 seconds an American woman (or man or transgender individual) is sexually assaulted, with those aged 12 – 34 being most at risk.
Some believe women invite assault by being provocative, uppity, or rule-breakers. The #MeToo phenomenon has mitigated that belief somewhat -- merely by the sheer numbers of those proclaiming -- but many, often including the victims themselves, are sure that some certain behavior or attitude encourages assault. Victims can feel they are somehow responsible and may feel guilt and shame. Hopefully, loved ones are supportive -- but can also project shame and responsibility, despite believing in the independence and competence of the victim.
Those who assault do so, I believe, as a means of humiliation, subjugation, and domination of their victim -- with varying degrees of accompanying violence. Perpetrators seldom face justice, as this crime is difficult to prove and victims may be unwilling to endure the trauma of a trial.
For those who are assaulted, this horrifying memory never leaves, and it influences, directly or indirectly, future actions.
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800.656.4673
Everyday Danger 15X30
Mixed media on canvas
Faces on Paper
Face 1 16X12
Acrylic on paper
Face 4 16X12
Acrylic on paper
