MOIRA BROWN: PAINTINGS

In the spring, after my loft in New York was burned, I came back to the building to work each day. This corner of the studio was relatively intact; behind the "camera" the roof was still caved in and the floor opened, everything charred. I painted the hope I could find: the promise of a blank canvas, narcissus given to me as I walked from the subway, a place to work again... all these helped me reclaim my life and put things in perspective.

Only later did I see the sinister line of red running through the scene. I went on to other places within two weeks.


Still Life With Danger
(1987) 25"x38"/64x97cm (Oil on canvas)

Still Life With Danger