She is known for her exuberant large-scale depictions of nostalgia-laden interiors that blend historical allusion and theatrical illusion. The paintings evoke the good times of yesteryear, with lush interiors that are always deserted, yet speak eloquently — if obliquely — of recent use and inhabitation. The sense of loss is counterbalanced by the richness of textures, patterns, and references — and especially by vibrant, clashing colors, which display an irreverence to the subject-matter. The work also stands out for its hallucinogenic spaces, with interiors fracturing and distorting from realistic representation into abstraction and surrealism, and “teetering,” as she puts it, “between claustrophobic and agoraphobic.”
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