Mary Lovelace O'Neal's complex, deeply personal paintings are resonant with strength and fertility, vulnerability and loss.
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Mary Lovelace O'Neal's complex, deeply personal paintings are resonant with strength and fertility, vulnerability and loss. |
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She weaves together biographical elements, narrative, images from her travels, themes from the civil rights movement, and memories of her childhood in Mississippi. The painting at the top is Orgasma Anticanonica; to the left is Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did; and below is The Tyranny of Freedom. (top) Orgasma Anticanonica, mixed media on canvas, 6'9" x 11'6", 1997; (left) Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did, mixed media on canvas, 5' x 7', 1996; (below) The Tyranny of Freedom, mixed media on canvas, 5' x 7', 1998. |
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http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/artpractice/faculty/resident/o'neal.html |
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