Girl with Wolf 2010

Earlier this summer, two of our closest friends decided to move from Santa Fe to be closer to their family(see Cubana Conversation ).  I inherited a number of my paintings from their collection, and this was one of them, always a favorite of mine.  Of course, this is Little Red Riding Hood, being tricked not by a wolf, but by my blue heeler, Plez.  I love the painting for its wild colors, the innocence of Red Riding Hood, and Plez's leering canine face. Their bodies were made from paint peels-dried acrylic paint poured out, dried, then peeled back up and applied. The little girl's almost beating heart, and the wolf's large red mass that could be his intestines or a very large heart, both paint peels on top of paint peels. Her little black Mary Janes and his slipper like footwear finish these fairytale portraits.