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About the Work…

The integration of orphaned, vintage photographs, digital photography, abstract drawings and encaustic paint in my work occurs simultaneously as a dialogue develops among these elements. The mixed media approach to my work is both additive and subtractive; employing many subtle layers to form an amalgam of biographical texture. The facial expression and posture of the figure in the photographs influence my palette, the lines and marks that I make to create the narrative abstract drawings and paintings. As I work, these disparate elements transcend the physical attributes of the materials and become one brush for me to paint these portraits of strangers.

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The Longford Sisters

The Longford Sisters The Longford Lighthouse was built in 1857 on the Arthur Dewey Longford family farm on the Massachusetts coast. During the 1940’s, the Longford sisters were both the Longford lighthouse keepers and dance troupe. In the years following the Great Depression, the Longford Lighthouse became a gathering place […]

Concanon Coal Mine String Trio

Melody Hitchcock24x42x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Victoria Pullen24x24x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Violet Carmack24x24x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media

Fellow Travelers

The Ipswich League of Women Voters Arriving on the 11:45 Ferry18×18”Archival Pigment Print Edition of 3Edition of 3 The Choreographer, The Poet and Their Family18×2.5” Archival Pigment PrintEdition of 3 Ernesto Centano’s Nephew18×18”Archival Pigment Print>Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace18×12”Archival Pigment Print>Edition of 3 Sunday Morning in Lakeville18×18”Archival Pigment Print>Edition […]

The Poet’s Encampment: A Conversation

THE POET’S ENCAMPMENT: A CONVERSATION The Poet’s Encampment is a conversation among human figures, abstract forms and other echoing counterparts. These disparate images both inform andcatalyze one another, engendering an evocative dialogue sometimes between the animate and inanimate, the part and the whole or the far and familiar. One can find […]

The Longford Journals

Tuesday 6:29 am48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Wednesday 12:14 pm48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Friday 5:27 pm48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Sunday 6:45 am48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media

Moirae

MOIRAE Moirae is an on going series of the Three Fates. In Greek mythology the Moirae control the destiny of mankind: birth, life and death. Clotho the spinner spins the thread of life. Lachesis the apportioner decides the length of life. Atropos the inevitable clips the thread of life. The Three Fates40x30x2”archival […]

Dreamt in the Lighthouse

Ava and Tulip Dream the Same Dream30x30x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Hama’s last Dream of the Sanzu30x30x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Jacob Eamon Dreams of Flying30x30x2”archival print, encausticand mixed media Eden’s Plan30x30x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Lily Moon’s Day Dream36x16x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media

The Hobby Horse Literary Guild

The HOBBY HORSE LITERARY GUILD The Hobby Horse was the first African American book store in the United States, established in Harlem in 1930 during the Harlem Renaissance. This rich intellectual and cultural period in African American history occurred in the Harlem borough of New York City during The Great Migration. From 1915 […]

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