Another piece in my new series
"Maybe Gin Rummy" | oil, encaustic and foam construction on hemp | 24"x25"
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Come by @penandbrushnyc today from 12-6 for the public opening of the @everywomanbiennial ! So excited to debut this piece among such an incredible group of artists. If you can't make it today - the show is open Tuesday-Saturday until April 11th.
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Someone Else's Family Dinner | 24"x24" | oil, encaustic and foam assemblage on hemp
Some of you might have noticed that in my recent paintings, I've been recreating Tim's work within my compositions. I always did my best to recount his thoughts and feelings at the end of each day, to record the details of our time together. I never could quite succeed. Something will always be lost in translation when we try to recall our relationships, and my recreations will never be perfect. In this piece I'm interested in the obscuring of information, the strange ways you come to know the people on your peripheries, and my own complicated feelings getting to know families through their hardships.
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I'm so sad to share the passing of my dear friend Tim Connor. Tim and I met in October 2022, and in the three years and three months following that he became one of my closest friends. It was the privilege of a lifetime to help his art blossom - to collaborate and to learn from each other, and to be his companion while he ventured into the last stages of his life.
As he coped with aphasia, he developed a kind of shorthand vocabulary to describe the world and his own creations. "It's wild," he would say with quiet thrill about a piece we finished. "It's strange, it's powerful" - these are the feelings he wanted his work to convey. I always wished he could tell me, with all the precision he wanted, the depth of meaning in those words, in each color he chose and shape he drew. But they just have to speak for themselves.
Three years - such a small fraction of his life, how short they might seem when I get to be his age. But how weird and wonderful a time we had.
"Karlo's Wedding Day" | 24"x28" | Oil and encaustic on hemp with foam construction
It's been a crazy winter. More work coming soon
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After almost a year and a half, I've finally finished the last painting in my @duetcare commission series! I've grown so much doing this project, and it's been an honor to highlight the amazing work companions do. Can't wait for what comes next!
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New batch of 36x28" paintings for my @duetcare series! Just one painting left to go.
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You can buy a print of this piece, my other cityscapes and the work of over 40 other artists at @basin_gallery_brooklyn 's Holiday Art Extravaganza!
The show will be up until January 10th - Thursdays and Fridays from 2-7 and Saturdays and Sundays from 12-7. ❤️💚
