Every painting has a backstory; there is the initial inspiration when the painter "sees" or imagines a potential capture, and then there is the process of bringing the idea to life. For me the idea is often a vague whisper that lingers in my mind awaiting the opportunity to speak. For some time I imagined a figure occupying a space, and shown in multiple dimensions, including movement. Somehow this figure would capture a more true representation of human existence by uniting movement and dimension. The thing is: we are not frozen in time, nor are we static. Our world is a cyclical world of movement and change, beginnings and endings; a continuous creation. But what shape would this idea take? The opportunity presented itself in Provincetown, MA at studioromolo, a sculpture studio of a friend, who posed a beautiful woman on a rotating stand. Each quarter turn of the model stand revealed a different dimension of the same figure, in the same pose, and in the same space. And each quarter- turn hinted at a segment of a continuous circle in time; all somehow suggesting to me a faint echo of creation.

Anna is currently being shown at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, as part of the exhibition Kathleen and Steven Sidwell: A Life In Art, Oct. 19, 2023- Jan. 14, 2024

Anna was included in the exhibition: GO FIGURE: EXPLORING THE HUMAN FORM, curated by Deborah Forman, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Sept. 13, 2018-Feb. 17, 2019. Anna was on loan from the Sidwell Collection

Anna was first exhibited and sold in the exhibition, 31 BODHISATTVAS, at Miller White Fine Arts, S Dennis, MA Dec. 2017- Feb. 2018