Q: Can you elaborate on the series title, “Domestic Threats?”
A: All of the paintings in this series are set in places where I reside or used to live, either a Virginia house or New York apartments, i.e., domestic environments. Each painting typically contains a conflict of some sort, at least one figure who is being menaced or threatened by a group of figures. So I named the series “Domestic Threats.” Depending on what is going on in the country at a particular moment in time, however, people have seen political associations in my work. Since my husband was killed on 9/11, many people thought the title, “Domestic Threats,” was prescient. They have ascribed all kinds of domestic terrorism associations to it, but that is not really what I had in mind. For a time some thought I was hinting at scenes of domestic violence, but that also is not what I had intended. “Domestic Threats” seems to be fraught with associations that I never considered, but it’s an apt title for this work.
Posted on August 5, 2012, in An Artist's Life, Domestic Threats, Inspiration, Pastel Painting and tagged 9/11, apartment, conflict, domestic terrorism, Domestic Threats, domestic violence, figure, house, paintings, Virginia. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
It is so impressive…the painting looks so vivid and 3D… I like your art very much.
Thank you, Vendy. That is kind of you. I am also a fan of your photographs! Your images stay with me for days and days.