These paintings were completed at the Chateau de Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany, France, an artist residency sponsored by the Maryland Institute College of Art.  The chateau was a sixteenth century country estate with a stone wall surrounding it.   Six of the paintings reference openings in the stone walls which were originally observation holes called squints.  The other six paintings depict laundry hanging on clotheslines, a daily communal routine at the chateau.  Both subjects provided a veil through which I could peer at my new surroundings.  The paintings are about my attempt as an outsider to “squint at” and interpret an unfamiliar environment steeped in beauty, history, and culture.                                     

La Cascade, La Furriere, La Voilette, Le Carton, Le Diable and La Cloche: oil on board, 12”x12”
Checkered, Knitted, and Ruffled: oil on canvas, 12"x12".
L'Enfant, La Concierge, and La Famille: oil on canvas, 48"x48"