As with all of my work prior to 1990, my imagery presented a female figure in a controlled, interior space. Individually, or in pairs, they were staged to fit a pre-conceived notion of what should be. That situation isolated the figure from her natural environment. It was a timeless space where the figures performed simple physical gestures: bending, sitting, walking. The woman was specific, yet anonymous. The implied drama was internal as well as external. In this series, the viewer completes the cycle of observation – who is looking at whom?
SERIES | OBSERVER 1978-1979
Observer I lithograph, 15” X 22 1/2” 1978
Observer II lithograph, 15” X 22 1/2” 1978
Observer III lithograph, 19” X 15” 1979
Observer IV lithograph, 15” X 22” 1979
Observer V/State 2 lithograph, 15” X 12 1/2” 1979