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SYNAPSE, Reciprocal, and Hand paintings
DEBORAH CURTISS | ARTIST • AUTHOR
articles, books, paintings, drawings, collages, and prints
PORTRAIT DRAWINGS + PAINTINGS
Each portrait juxtaposes a drawing of a woman —no longer living but who has inspired me as a person
and/or artist— with a chair pertinent to her life and/or time.
Think about them as women who have shone through, despite being “sat upon!”

Martha Graham
graphite and acrylic on silk shantung. 25"x 19" on 28"x 24" fabric frame.

Alice Neel
graphite and acrylic on basket-weave silk • 24"x 19" on 28"x 22" fabric frame

Ellen Glasgow
graphite and acrylic on basket-weave silk • 14"x 20" on 18"x 24" fabric frame

Martha Graham
graphite and acrylic on silk shantung. 25"x 19" on 28"x 24" fabric frame.
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