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Into the Country (larger works)
This series is an expansion (both in scale and quanity) of a series of miniatures from my ongoing Monthly Miniature project.
My father was an engineer and around when I was born, he was suffering from a mysterious illness. Doctors weren’t giving him any answers and he decided to move to a small farm where he could walk in his own woods, breathe the fresh air and grow everything he ate organically with his own two hands. When I was five he was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and though it was an ideal place for a little girl to grow up, the farm didn’t help my father get better. My early memories are few but vivid, with joy and sorrow in equal measure. I loved the animals around me (we had goats, rabbits, chickens, horses, cows, a pig, cats, dogs, a parrot, seven bee hives and a pond full of frogs!) and when I was older I helped take care of them.
Now I paint animals, revisiting fond memories of my dad and the wonder of growing up on a small family farm. The subjects for these paintings, come from my mother in law, my sister in law, my own animals, and from friends. My work also draws influences from the language of portraiture from the Northern Renaissance and the Dutch Golden age of painting. I want to demonstrate the emotional sophistication animals can have as well as their dignity. I seek not only the likeness of my subject, but also the beauty particular to them.