These paintings are interpretations of family photographs, many taken in Williamstown, NJ during the 1950s.
Mickie and Chuck
Mickie and Chuck, 11″ by 14″ oil on canva
My mother and brother. The image captures her characteristic tension.
Spring, Williamstown, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana in Pennsylvania. She liked a big dog.
Nana and Shep, 18″ by 14″ oil on canvas
Baba, my Polish great-grandmother. A mystery.
Baba, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
My mom when she still had her swagger.
Virginia, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
Me with Aunt Dolly, the other sister.
Dolly, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Me with another of my grandmother’s big black dogs.
Party dress, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas
My grandparents’ wedding. He was 30, a widower with a child; she was probably 15.
It didn’t work out.
Nana’s wedding, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
My brother and me and some background drama.
Williamstown, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
My Russian step-grandfather standing behind a rosebush, God knows why.
Grandpop, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana and me, her captive.
Nana and me, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas