painting

My first big forays in painting occurred in the early '80s, and were very influenced by the neo-expressive movement of the East Village in NYC. I did some street art with my husband Cary Hart, and other media as well. I went through another big spate of painting in the mid '90s, and then finally really kicked into gear around 2000 or so, when I studied landscape oil painting with Margot Lennartz. I have been painting ever since.

These days I am far more likely to use my non-dominant (left) hand than not. I learned about this technique from Dr. Lucia Capacchione, and it opened up a whole world of expressive possibilities and freed me to get outside of my head and into my body. Both kinds of painting you see above were done with my non- dominant hand. Some excerpts from the SuperBratty series (1- 100) are on the left, and a detail of an oil painting inspired by Fellini's "The Clowns" is on the right - part of a forthcoming series.

My Angel 2009 Yellow Unicorn 2009 (collection J. Barone)

Surf Angel I (2009) Bratty Pair (2007)

More Brats in the house! series 1- 100, all 8 X 10 inches, in acrylic (2006-2007)

naughty Brats!

About SuperBrattyFlowerPower

This began as a series of 100 paintings and quickly overflowed into studies for large scale sculpture and installation. The Brats are from another dimension, (which may or may not be virtual), and they are on a mission to learn what it is to be human. They are exploring the realm of emotion and since they are still quite young as humans, they try everything under the sun to see what happens! It's a lot of fun and also poignant and they are thinking about doing a movie, perhaps an adaptation of A Midsummer Bratty Eve. stay tuned!

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