“N Is for Nancy”

That which haunts the unconscious eventually shows up on the canvas.

 

“N Is for Nancy” is replete with windows metaphorical and actual. Many of them are depicted in the works on display, frames within frames, subtly changing the tenor and attitude of these paintings. Others are implied by angled sunlight or wrinkles and distortions in the picture meant to warp the viewer’s perspective.

 

Then there are the imaginary windows through which we peek into other people’s spaces. They mediate our views of these scenes of domestic life, and blur the distinction between interiors and exteriors, inner states and the outer realms beyond the walls.