Zig Zag Ribs and Flying Arches

When I began painting from snapshots of my family and friends I thought long and hard about why and where. I didn't want these paintings to be about the reproduction of source material, so decided to place these Midwestern figures in environments that are alien to their lives and in relationships to the architecture that are physically impossible.

Exhibited in "The Family: Emissaries, Seductors, Martyrs and Saints" at Rebecca Ibel Gallery, 2003; "Personal Visions ll" at Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 2003; and "Linda Gall" at Art Center/South Florida, 2003.