"Organ Lady"

Organ Lady
Oil on Canvas
48 x 60 inches

Organ Lady is an oil painting that depicts a woman standing behind an organ cleaning up after a flood disaster. It speaks to our resilience and ability to move on from seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Her paisley top has an image of a lotus flower along the neckline symbolizing rebirth. My mother showed this strength and disconnect from the flood disaster we experienced when I was a child. Over the years I noticed women specifically having the ability to move forward after disasters, to begin to clean, to create order, and to survive for their families. After WWI and WWII there was a group of women called trümmer frauen, or rubble women, who would remove an entire city block of bombed out rubble brick by brick.

Living and working in Los Angeles.

Breach (2021)
Oil on Canvas
6 x 16 feet

Breach is part of a series based on a flood I was in when I was young. Images from this disaster became the framework of my subconscious and have taken on metaphorical significance in my life. Breach is a group of people working together to stop an overwhelming force. At first it was the flood waters, now it can be a metaphor for an election, pandemic, global warming, corporations, psychological depression, etc. Breach was painted during Covid in New York City. I call it my Covid beast.