|  | | | | | | | | Installing Orchids at Tom Gaughn's Funeral, detail, oil on linen, 2010 Installing Orchids at a Funeral for Tom Gaughan, 80"x52", oil on linen, 2010 Summer Sick as Love, 68"x60", Gouache and Charcoal on Paper, 2010 Detail, A Living Opal, 2010 A Living Opal, 82"x86", oil on linen, 2010 Detail, Sound the Lobster Claw Harmonica, 2010 Sound the Lobster Claw Harmonica, 25"x16", oil on muslin on panel, 2010 Blindspot, 16"x 12", oil on muslin on board, 2009 A Green Carnation Seemed to Grow out of his Pumas, 2010, 80"x24", oil on linen Detail, A Green Carnation Seemed to Grow out of his Pumas, 2010 |
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Summer Sick as LoveCurrently on Display June 30-July 31st at Bromfield Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA, Wed-Sat 12-5Summer seduces our sense of scale and pace. There is a longing that starts to swell as the summer grows; to escape the thick of it. Flooded by color, this romantic mania can feel incredible until it hits the point of heat stroke. The paintings in "Summer Sick as Love" are connected to the overwhelming pressures of humidity, pleasure and decadence that unfold in the physical act of painting as well as the building narrative. Characters create objects that are initially a source of delight or sweetness but ultimately become a dominating force in their painted world.
I start each of these paintings with an idea that is based on personal history, using self portraits to enter the picture. The painting becomes a filter of my current life, gleaning from my interactions and influences. As I step back from the work I see elements of some of my favorite media, including, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Lovis Corinth's self portraits and Pepi Ginsburg's beautiful song "Summer Sick as Love", of which she shared her title. |
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