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Kiddie Pool Painting
United States
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 50 W x 47 H x 2 D in
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About The Artwork
Two pre-teen girls in bikinis stand jauntily ankle deep in a blow-up kiddie pool. This image is painted from a found photograph, so I don’t personally know these girls, but I felt that I knew them when I saw the photo. They are every girl, caught between childhood and adolescence, trying on womanhood. The image reminded me of a friendship I had at that age, and how when we went out walking in our small town, we would count “looks” from men as they just had started to notice us. This piece is part of the "like a girl' body of work, focusing on representations of girls and young women on the path to discovering their own identities. Painted in oil using a combination of washes, solid blocks of color, layered brushwork, and thick impasto applied with a palette knife, the images play with the rules of pictorial space while evoking nostalgia, dreams, and memories of childhood and adolescence. Wortham’s award-winning painting “Girl” was aptly described by Minneapolis Star-Tribune art critic Mary Abbe as capturing “the mingled hostility, curiosity, and vulnerability” of girlhood in its many stages.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:50 W x 47 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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The paintings of award-winning artist Lizzie Wortham have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and cultural centers, including Woman Made Gallery in Chicago; the George C. Mosse Gallery, Gordon Commons Gallery, and Common Wealth Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin; the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery of St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota; and the Duluth Art Institute in Minnesota. Public art commissions include the Ebenezer Tower Retirement Community and the Ramsey County Detox Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She has received recognition through awards from national and regional organizations, including the Minnesota State Arts Board, White Bear Arts Council, and the North American Graduate Art Survey. She received a BA with a fine art major from Macalester College and an MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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