AMAZONS/CEZANNES
Below: Cezanne Bathers as Amazons, monoprint, 2011

Below: Two Amazons In the Midst of Battle, oil on canvas, 2012.
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Below: the 4-foot square Icon, isn't a depiction of an Amazon by any measure; she's more like an All-American Biker Girl. But with her heft and clear authority over the miniature bishop --and over the viewer-- she exerts an exquisite feminine power equal to that of the ancient female warriors. Let's call her an Honorary Amazon.
Icon, acrylic and pencil on raw shaped plywood with relief sections, 2005. |