DISCARDED SERIES

Portrait of Milwaukee Progress

Digital Medium • 11 canvas installation

Printing and framing by Greenwood Park Gallery, Milwaukee

SOLD

This installation was commissioned by Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) as part of an exhibition to commemorate the opening of the newly renovated, historic Main Building on the Milwaukee downtown campus in August of 2021. The concept is a collection of 11 canvases focusing on individuals who each in their own way, contributed to Milwaukee's progressive history.  This installation is part of the permanent collection at MATC. 

To find out more about each individual canvas, click on the images below. 

PORTRAIT OF MILWAUKEE PROGRESS

The following 11 pieces comprise the installation, "Portrait of Milwaukee Progress", commissioned by Milwaukee Area Technical College. 

The Founding Mother of Milwaukee

Pioneer for LGBTQ Rights

Fighting for Worker's Rights

Lady of Firsts

Anti Segregation Leader

The Priest Leading the Protest for Fair Housing

Milwaukee's Golda

The Chinese Rockefeller of Milwaukee

Feminist of the 19th Century

Wisconsin's First Female Doctor

Men's Suffrage Leader

The Discarded Series

A love of antique photography spurred my Discarded series of works. I love antique stores and through the years I’ve often found myself sifting through bins filled with an array of formal portraits, family snap shots, polaroids, class photos, all mixed up, transfixed by the faces. Who are these people? What were their lives like? What happened to these families? And how did all these photos end up disposessed in a bin mixed with hundreds of other familes, on sale for a quarter apiece? I decided to start a series of paintings featuring these images, to give them new life and meaning. I’ve worked in multiple mediums for this series, including transparent watercolor, encaustic and collage.

Portrait of Milwaukee Progress

Young Honey

Ida B

Remember the day...

America

The Family Farm

The First Five

Picture Day

Arrivals

Ellis Island

Hot All Nite

Victoria

Strings

Awaiting

Farfalla

Family Portrait

The Girls Team

Faded Chalkboard Memories

Sordid

Enclosed

First Bloom

Jim Dandy

Last Regrets

Reconsider

The Spinster Sisters

Ginny remembers it different

It's up to her

And then I lost it

The Spinster Sisters Do Mexico