These paintings are interpretations of family photos, many taken in Williamstown, NJ during the 1950s.
Mickie and Chuck.
Williamstown: Mickie and Chuck, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas
My mother and brother. The painting captures her characteristic tension.
Williamstown: Mom and Chuck, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
My grandmother from Riga in her Pennsylvania backyard.
She liked a big, ferocious-looking dog.
Snapshot of Nana with Shep, 18″ by 14″ oil on canvas
My mother displaying a smile and posture from WWII, the kind that haven’t been
seen on anyone since.
Snapshot of Virginia, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
Baba, my Polish great-grandmother.
Williamstown: Baba, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Me all dressed up with another of my grandmother’s big black dogs.
Williamstown: Holiday dress, 11″ by 14″ oil0 on canvas
My grandparents’ wedding. He was 30 and a widower, she was probably 15. It did not work out.
Snapshot: Nana’s wedding, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
- My brother and me and some background drama.
Williamstown: Posing, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
My Russian step-grandfather standing behind a rosebush, God knows why.
Williamstown: Grandpop, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana and me, her captive.
Williamstown: Nana and me, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas