artifacts oF memory series

Behind The Barn
30 x 40 Oil on canvas $2000
At a family gathering at my Great-Grandfather's farm in Henderson, MN, the children all made a pilgrimage to see the dead bat in the rain barrel behind the barn.

i'm Cleaning Up YOUR Mess $2200

22 x 54 Oil on canvas
A traumatic morning when, as atoilet-training  toddler, I woke up with a mess in my pants. I was yelled at, shamed, and roughly bathed. Later in the day, I wandered into the bathroom and saw my maternal parent cleaning the bathtub. I innocently asked what she was doing and received a snarled reply.

After the Funeral $3500

36 x 48 Oil on canvas
The first funeral I attended was my great-grandfather’s While the adults visited afterwards, I sat on the floor drawing a crayon picture of the dead man in his coffin.

PLACE OF REFUGE
48 x 48 oil on canvas $4600
My grandmother thought that my cat sleeping on top of me would make my legs crooked, so she chased poor Suzy with a broom. We later found the terrified cat hiding in the root cellar, directly underneath the bedroom where I was staying. 

The Mixer

20 x 16 oil on canvas $800

 A happy childhood memory is of watching my mother mix up peanut butter cookie dough using her sturdy kitchen mixer.

THEY ALL LAUGHED

24 x 30 oil on canvas $1200
On my turn up to bat for kickball, I stepped on the ball, falling down hard and starting to cry. It caused a lot of laughter and jeering from my classmates.