la famiglia
| I began work on this series of paintings after the death of my grandfather. While sorting through his belongings I discovered a box of small black and white snapshots of my Italian family dating back to the early 1900’s. These photos fascinated me; the environments were both familiar and yet antiquated, provoking memories of a time and place that existed before I was born. I became fascinated with the idea that the lives of my ancestors seemed so familiar to me, that I could relate so strongly not only to the people in the photos, but to the choices made by the person behind the camera. Sometimes humorous, often poignant, the photographs triggered in me a desire to further explore my roots on canvas. |