SNAPSHOTS

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