These paintings are interpretations of family photographs, many taken in Williamstown, NJ during the 1950s.
Mickie and Chuck
My mother and brother.
My grandmother from Riga in her Pennsylvania backyard.
She liked a big, ferocious-looking dog.
My mom when she still had her swagger. (Temporarily removed.)
Baba, my Polish great-grandmother.
Me with another of my grandmother’s big black dogs.
Aunt Dolly, the other sister.
My grandparents’ wedding. It was a short marriage.
My brother and me and some background drama.
My Russian step-grandfather standing behind a rosebush, God knows why.
Nana and me, her captive.