18″ x 24″ – Oil on Linen
This portrait painting was painted from a digitally enhanced collage. Her hands jut from her head and splay out, as if they are a head-dress or a rooster’s comb. Not only is time depicted as being displaced and out-of-sync, the rhythm of her hands look as if she is donning surreal ritualistic ornamentation. Sometimes compositions like “Ornament” are discoveries. They are composed randomly and then a story unfolds through the painting afterwards. She is stitched together from a multitude of people – ghosts or layered memories. She is timeless and self-aware. Is this depicting a crown? A rooster-like comb? As with all of my work, it is left for the viewer to interpret.