Prop Master

Prop Master, 2010, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

Emily's painted dramas make plenty use of sets and props, but this is a rare instance of no characters, just props and setting.  But of course, in Emily's paintings, the props ARE characters.

UPDATE:  Both this painting and Trio were selected for the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative 2010 open juried show.  Click here to read Emily's statement from that show.

Black Stockings

Black Stockings, 2010, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

It could be perfectly innocent, but there's something a bit sinister going on here.

UPDATE:  This painting was selected for "Water," the 2010 Pawtucket Arts Collaborative members juried show.  Click here to read Emily's statement from that show.

The arched arcade overlooking the sea has appeared before:



Summer Arcade, 2005, oil on canvas, 11" x 14"  $400

The Family

The Family, 2010, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

Not a flattering portrait; serene, tragic, perhaps inevitable.

Double Take

Double Take, 2010, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

What makes you look twice, the lady with her inverted twin or the cross-dressing robot?

Trio

Trio, 2010, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

Dancing girls in exotic outfits who happen to be missing their heads.  Compare with this much earlier painting below, a solitary predecessor.

UPDATE:  Both this painting and Prop Master were selected for the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative 2010 open juried show.  Click here to read Emily's statement from that show.



Night Beach, 2006, oil on canvas, 11" x 14"  $500

Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower, 2009, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

Aww, isn't she beautiful?

Emily named her most recent show (at AS220 in Providence) Three's a Crowd, and this will now be the name of this series which so far consists of 20x16 paintings.  Click here to read Emily's statement from that show regarding this series.

Perishables and Tangibles

Perishables and Tangibles, 2009, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900
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The flying ephemera is the final touch in a painting that has it all:  food, pets, draperies, and headlessness.

The Unspeakable Space Between Us

The Unspeakable Space Between Us, 2009, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900

In this current series of 20x16 paintings (which started with Stage of Indecision), Emily has been giving her characters a little more living space.  Here the characters seem to have drifted apart in response, dimly aware of their estrangement.

PS: Check out the photo of this costume at the New York Times.

Balance

Balance, 2008, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900
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A pensive woman in a spare setting that is somehow both indoors and outdoors.  Compare with this earlier painting below.
Dream With Blue Gloves, 2005, oil on canvas, 11" x 14"  $400

Baroque

Baroque, 2008, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $900
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Another take on the pas de deux theme (see here for more on this theme).  This view is a bit more "revealing."

Stage of Indecision

Stage of Indecision, 2007, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"  $750

Not officially part of the 11x14 Series, but obviously influenced by it.