Minnie

This is a portrait of a woman painted in oil on linen, a fabric canvas. It is fairly large, about four feet tall and a little over three feet wide. She stands as a dark outline, a silhouette, against a background where light seems to radiate outward around her. The first thing to hit you is the color. Reds and greens glow like neon signs, and they do not sit comfortably together. She wears a theatrical costume, an elaborate hairdo and strange makeup. The figure fills the canvas and feels bigger than life, a little like a performer caught under a spotlight.