These paintings are interpretations of family photos, many taken in Williamstown, NJ during the 1950s.
Mickie and Chuck.
My mother and brother. The painting captures her characteristic tension.
My grandmother from Riga in her Pennsylvania backyard.
She liked a big, ferocious-looking dog.
My mother displaying a smile and posture from WWII, the kind that haven’t been
seen on anyone since.
Baba, my Polish great-grandmother.
Me all dressed up with another of my grandmother’s big black dogs.
My grandparents’ wedding. He was 30 and a widower, she was probably 15. It did not work out.
- My brother and me and some background drama.
My Russian step-grandfather standing behind a rosebush, God knows why.
Nana and me, her captive.