Portrait of Shostakovich

Copy of a Frida Kahlo

Fatigue

On the verge

Saying The Rosary

say a rosary
say a few prayer
lie down

Romantica

I loved the colors and the carnival feeling of this photograph of the band Romantica so I painted it.

Farmer's Daughter

If I had been born 100 years ago, I would have been a farmer's daughter ...

Nursing mother

I spent 11 1/2 years nursing 4 children.  Painting from this photograph of a Malaysian woman, I felt like I was painting myself.

Serious Child

Kiki's Quilt

I call this painting "Kiki's Quilt" because the patchwork of the dress is actually a photograph of a quilt my great aunt Kiki Tierney made years ago. I was trying to paint a self portrait with the quilt covering me as I lay on a bed. I could not get it right, so instead, I painted over myself and turned the quilt covered bed into a dress. Here, the woman covers herself with the past --she wears it because there is nothing else to wear but it.