Portrait of a Contemporary Family

2002-2006
Each contemporary family portrait is based on two generations of an actual family. The figures are painted almost life size life size directly on the canvas, in their own space, devoid of any kind of background and possible associations of place, mood, or social symbols. This isolation serves to cancel extraneous information and concentrate on each individual figure, and then emphasize the image of the family as a whole. Each portrait also includes any pets the family has. There is no precise blueprint for which family members are portrayed. The portraits present a family.
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A total of 10 Portrait of a Family paintings were created.
The Montoya-Lee Family Portrait
72” x 96”
2004
The Wagner Family Portrait
72” x 96”
2006
The Konte Family Portrait
72” x 96”
2004
The Koken-Glover Family Portrait
72”  x 96”
2002
The Savage Family Portrait
72” x 96”
2004
The Maxey Family Portrait
72” x 60”
2003
Family Sittings refers to historical painted family portraits, in which the sitters  were adorned with specific clothes and jewelry, and surrounded by carefully curated objects.  Extending this tradition; the family is painted, sitting, dressed in formal attire, in their living room. The families’ identities are portrayed only through their material belongings, their bodies implied only by the mold of garments.
Famly Sitting no. 4
Oil on panel
36” x 48”
2004
Family Sitting no. 3
Oil on panel
36” x 48”
2004
Family Sitting no. 2
Oil on panel
36” x 48”
2004
Family Sitting no. 1
Oil on panel
36” x 48”
2004
Family Trees represent two generations of a contemporary family to swatches of skin color for each person.
The Sierra-Mundo Famly Tree
Oil and wax on panel
13/8”x17 ½”
2006
The Ami Family Tree
Oil and wax on panel
13 3/8”x17 ½”
2006
The Fein Family Tree
Oil and wax on panel
13 3/8”x 14”
2006
The Palmer-Kidd Family Tree
Oil and wax on panel
13 3/8”x17 ½”
2006