Summer at the Lake
Kerr Lake, 1970
Ben, Amy and Jane: fooling around on top of our VW Van. Later I was driving the kids on a dirt road in the rain and went into a ditch and the van rolled over. That was before seatbelts but no one was hurt except for the car.
One of the delights and challenges in making these paintings come alive is the choice I make as an artist to paint objects that I had no ide
In the Studio
Durham NC 1969
Once my kids were in school I had 3 hours every morning to paint. That required discipline—until I fell into the sinkhole that is painting-time, and then there was never enough time.
In this series, I take the freedom to construct the space and choose the colors so that they add up to the atmosphere of the painting and the feelings of my memories. I hope that the ex
River
North Carolina 1978
I am in a boat on the Eno River and my boyfriend is breaking up with me. I didn’t know it then, but this would be my last heartbreak, and I would stop smoking, too.
25 x 19 oil on linen
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