2025.04 d’ART CENTER of Norfolk

THEME: GILDED - NORFOLK/VA/USA/In-Gallery Exhibit

THE BACK STORY 

TITLE: WE SHARED A LIFE TOGETHER IN ANOTHER TIME

          This odyssey began back in New Orleans when I was searching for an artistic direction.  I embarked searching the French Quarter and yard sales looking for and finding old photographs from the 18th century. Among my finds was a family album full of their ancestors.  Bringing these people to life again was fun.  I was and am drawn to what their lives had been like. Fast forward to the 21st century  a distant DNA relative asked me to paint a six-trip of our common ancestors.  Full circle I began painting those “whose shoulders we stand on”.  While painting this New Orleans child,  I started her Jackie.  My paintings are asking the viewer to breathe, to remember, to return to their roots, and feel their connection to All That Is.

MEDIUM: ACRYLIC AND GOLD LEAF ON LINEN

SIZE: 12”x 10” - 30.48cm x 24.5cm