DARK CORNERS

This series of figure paintings for a show at Archway Gallery in 1998. The series was expanded and displayed at Cameo Fine Arts, Columbia, SC. 

These paintings are meant to convey feelings of fear and distress and are suggestive of abuse. Most of the paintings of are my models and they show a young, frail woman within a dark room. The figure is painted in realistic detail and the background is a minimalist wash of black paint over a gray ground. The overall effect is one of isolation and loneliness.
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In most of the paintings, there is no threatening object present. We only see the isolated figure. But the threat does appear, albeit indirectly, in "Intruder" and "Haunted". However, not all the paintings are dark, as there is some sense of hope in "Glimmer of Light" which is made manifest in "Recovery" and the final "Liberation."

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Glimmer of Light, Oil on Canvas, 36x48, 1997

Fetal Pose, Oil on Canvas, 20x24, 1996

Back Study, Oil on Canvas, 16x24, 1996

Standing Study Oil on Canvas, 24x16, 1996

Crouching Study, Oil on Canvas, 24x19, 1996

Confrontation, Oil on Canvas, 24x20, 1997

Confined, Oil on Canvas, 36x26, 1998

Haunted, Oil on Canvas, 36x48, 1998

Intruder, Oil on Canvas, 24x36, 1998

Contemplation, Oil on Canvas, 18x36, 1998

Dark Corner, Oil on Canvas, 16x24, 1997

Reclined, Oil on Canvas, 20x30, 1997

Dreaming, Oil on Canvas, 36x48, 1996

Shame, Oil on Canvas, 24x16, 1997

Exhaustion, Oil on Canvas, 24x36, 1998

Deep, Oil on Canvas, 48x28, 1997

Recovery, Oil on Canvas, 60x36, 1998

Liberation, Oil on Canvas, 60x36, 1998

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Tina, Oil on Canvas, 20x36, 1997

Dark Background, Oil on Canvas, 36x36, 1997

Edie, Oil on Canvas, 24x18

Jennifer, Oil on Canvas, 12x18

Remembrance (Tina), Oil on Canvas, 12x18