The Jess and Tuck Show: A Mother’s Upbringing

This show is a tribute to parenting and all of its glory and ridiculousness. Reflecting on my favorite snapped photos over the years and freezing them in time. In this collection, I have featured, and painted from, three photos by photographer, Aleda Yourdon. Yourdon is a fabulous local artist, who is generous enough, to share a few photos, for this series of work. This new series describe my children’s upbringing, including favorite still lives that complete a time line of the last 16 years. Jessie created incredibly imaginative play for her brother Tucker. Resulting in her whimsical role as “Captain”, pirate of the ship. Standing on the the living room coffee table, was the deck. She stood, barking orders. A huge smile beaming from Tuck’s face, running back and forth, in the room, saying “I Captain!”, over and over. These stories have humor and pain. Such as life and parenting.

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Cityscapes

This series of cityscapes began from a memory that I have from when I was a little kid. I owned a puzzle of a city where the people were diverse and distinguished. The women wore beautiful hats and long coats. The men were all wearing suits and dress shoes. I remember their shoes were shiny like when an artist would draw a little white square in a balloon to describe it’s volume.

I was mesmerized by the painting and would study it long after I finished the puzzle. The artist had an intriguing way of abstracting the street scene into simple shapes using clean lines an very bold colors. The street signs, the flower boxes, the window were all made up of hundreds of squares, rectangles and triangles, fitting together so thoughtfully as if the painting was a puzzle itself. Although I have not found out who the artist is, I will always be moved by this experience.

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