Solo exhibition at Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California, Spring 2025

The women and girls are floating, falling, running or escaping. Their feet on not on the ground. They are in some strange space. Everything that was up is now down. There is wonder, confusion, fear. The concept of floating, of not being tethered to earth, is relatable as an older person. The possibility of other worlds beyond ours, other ways of knowing. So what does one do when it seems like everything one took for granted is gone or going?
None of the figures have landed. This is important, because in a darker shade, their bodies would be slammed into the ground and painted in muted browns and grays. I do not want to imagine this and cannot go there.
I love costuming and theater. The costume is what is next to the skin, it’s as important as fur is to an animal. Many years ago I was an editorial fashion photographer in NY and London, and what I loved best about that job was the potential of narrative. Who exactly is the woman in the photograph? It was up to me to create her, give her lines and direction, set the stage with appropriate props, and the right lighting. Fashion tells you who the character is as much as her stance, or expression. Larger images of the artworks below