"Myth Meets Dream," soft pastel on sandpaper, 60" x 50," 1993; part of the Domestic Threats" series A: All of the paintings in this series are set in places where I reside or used to live, either a Virginia house or New York apartments, i.e., …  | barbararachkoscoloreddust June 8 | ![]() "Myth Meets Dream," soft pastel on sandpaper, 60" x 50," 1993; part of the Domestic Threats" series A: All of the paintings in this series are set in places where I reside or used to live, either a Virginia house or New York apartments, i.e., domestic environments. Each painting typically contains a conflict of some sort, at least one figure who is being menaced or threatened by a group of figures. So I named the series "Domestic Threats." Depending on what is going on in the country at a particular moment in time, however, people have seen political associations in my work. When my husband, Bryan, was killed on 9/11, many people thought the title, "Domestic Threats," was prescient. They have ascribed all kinds of domestic terrorism associations to it, but that is not really what I had in mind. For a time some thought I was hinting at scenes of domestic violence, but that also is not what I had intended. "Domestic Threats" seems to be fraught with associations that I never considered, but it's an apt title for this body of work. Comments are welcome! | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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