These paintings are based on family photographs, many taken in Williamstown, NJ during the 1950s. The narrative, once I get to it, will be loving and deeply unpleasant.
Baba, my Polish great-grandmother.
Baba, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
My grandparents’ wedding.
Nana’s wedding, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
Dolly and Virginia, two very different sisters.
Sisters, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana’s second husband standing behind a rosebush, God knows why.
Grandpop, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
My mom when she still had her swagger.
Virginia, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
Aunt Dolly, fenced in.
Dolly, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas
Mom with Chuck.
Williamstown, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana and me, her captive.
Nana and me, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Me in overalls and a babushka, with a chicken.
Red scarf, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Me with my brother and some background drama.
Williamstown, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas
And again, Mickie and Chuck, most often said as just one word.
Mickie and Chuck, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas
Chuck in his golden era.
Chuck, golden era, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Me at that age.
Pink cliche, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas
My Mom the plant lady, at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Flower show, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Dolly in her blond era
Birthday cake, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana with Mr. D., her late-life companion.
Nana and Mr. D., 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Nana and Shep in her Pennsylvania backyard.
Nana and Shep, 18″ by 14″ oil on canvas
Me at the Gulf of Mexico.
Red cliche, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas
Chuck, nature photographer.
Chuck, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas
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