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Ageless
This series extends the tradition of portraiture beyond that of merely capturing an idealized likeness. Through resonant collaborations, I engage my models in games of dress up, and each woman inevitably reveals something of her story in what she chooses to wear and how she poses. The title of the series, Ageless, refers to the notion that we carry within ourselves all the ages we have been and will ever be, and thereby addresses personal and historical time from a woman's perspective.
Each woman in these singular portraits poses with facial enhancements, masks or headdresses: trappings evoking folktale narratives or historical periods. In most cultures, hair and head adornment give clues to a woman's status or enhance a particular ideal of beauty. In these works I make use of these cultural extensions and their symbolic baggage, along with facial expressions and body language, to explore various states of mind and identity.
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Ranajoon, ©2013, India Ink on Paper, 22" x 30"

Hans' Girl ©2012
India Ink, Graphite and Acrylic on Paper
14" H x 11" W
Collection of Samuel Fusco, Los Angeles, CA

Overpast, ©2015
Acrylic and Collage on Wood Panel
42" x 48"
Collection of John Slicer, Charleston, WV

Warrior Queen, ©2016 Acrylic, Collage, and India Ink on Wood Panel 52" x 46"

Seaweed ©2013 Acrylic and Pastel on Paper 26” x 19”

Everybody’s Got Something to Hide ©2013 Acrylic on Wood Panel 28” x 22”

My Father's Muse, ©2015 Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 24" x 18"

Mirror ©2013 Acrylic and Pastel on Paper 26” x 19”

Summer, ©2013 Acrylic and Pastel on Paper 26” x 19”

Birthday, ©2010, Acrylic, Charcoal and Collage on Paper, 36" x 28"

Fit Me With These Weeds ©2014
India Ink on Paper
30" x 24"
Collection of Julia Ward, San Francisco, CA

Lin ©2014 Acrylic, India Ink on Paper and Wood Panel 18" x 24"

Bonnie ©2010 India Ink on Paper 30" x 22"

Pasha ©2014 Acrylic, India Ink on Paper and Wood Panel 24" x 18"

Sand ©2012 India Ink on Paper 30" x 22"

Scarlet ©2013 India Ink on Paper 30" x 22"

Sheepish ©2010 Charcoal and Collage on Paper 36" x 30"

Shroud ©2012 India Ink on Paper 30" x 22"

Niamh ©2012 India Ink on Paper 30" x 22"

Gertrude, ©2016 Acrylic, Collage, and India Ink on Wood Panel 30" x 24"

Courounne ©2012 India Ink on Paper 30" x 22"