The Rising II – Dream of Life
This is the second in a series of pieces inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s album, The Rising, his response to the tragic events of 9/11. The title song summons the image of a preacher offering us — and the first responders and others who perished in the Twin Towers — a message of hope, redemption, and…
Two Chairs V – Self Portrait
This piece is an abstract representation of my own body, with the front and back of it appearing side by side. So, strictly speaking the subject matter is different from that of the other pieces in the Two Chairs series; however, it is a stylistic extension of what I employed in creating the last work…
Two Chairs IV – Chippendales
This piece depicts two mahogany Chippendale dining room chairs. These chairs once occupied the Vanderbilt’s Breakers mansion in Newport, RI. The owners of the chairs gifted them to my great-grandmother. They were passed down through my grandmother and mother to me.
Two Chairs III
This oil painting is the last piece in the artist’s extended abstract study of two chairs. It depicts two mahogany chippendale dining room chairs. Each chair once lived in the Vanderbilt’s Breakers mansion in Newport, RI. The chairs were a gift to my great grandmother and were passed down to me through her daughter, and subsequently my…
Two Chairs II
This oil painting is the last piece in the artist’s extended abstract study of two chairs. It depicts two mahogany chippendale dining room chairs. Each chair once lived in the Vanderbilt’s Breakers mansion in Newport, RI. The chairs were a gift to my great grandmother and were passed down to me through her daughter, and subsequently my…