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"Oh, Dammit, John!"

I enjoy the challenge of painting concepts - in this case, when dementia entered my marriage via my husband; and the ensuing dynamic changes in our relationship.

Conceptually this series explores the changes that are taking place in my relationship with my husband, John. Because I don't take change well, my "go to" emotion is anger (which is a cover for fear) and irritation (over my lack of being able to control everything). Before we officially received a diagnosis in 2020, many of my conversations with my husband began with "Oh, dammit, John!". Hence, the series' title.

Through the course of exploring this series, I discovered the power of highly reductive compositions, which is a departure from my norm. My intentions in this series is to explore a minimal numbers of shapes and areas of interest, how/if a limited, complimentary palette (the same throughout the series) can support the strength of a reductive composition and minimal physical texture and limited visual texture.

Be sure to click on each thumbnail to see the full paintings; included is a story with each title.

"Senescence"

Senescence is a series of eleven paintings that look at aging. Growing up in Southern California, I received a lot of messages about growing old. The biggest one I remember is "Don't Do It!" I've spent decades watching many of my elder sisterhood of women working to stave off the effects of aging, thinking to myself "Thank God I'm not there yet." Well, I'm there now. And I'm painting about aging. Not just our bodies aging, but also infrastructure, institutions and landmarks.​

In my work, I use architectural references, map lines, shape and texture to convey my themes of aging. In addition, the juxtaposition of value, color and hard/soft edges are other ways I explore the natural processes of aging and decay.