Group Sex

50" x 45"

1973

My personal conflict in group sex - because women were not equal always- interfered with my ability to depict it as a joyful experience.

The Nuclear Family

45" x 56"

1964

The baby is trapped within the mother and father's power struggle. 

Madonna

*sigh*

Lovers

I love the colors in this painting.

Mother & Daughter

In the early 60's I was focused on painting the nuclear family in an effort to understand why it continued to prevail because it is so impossible.

Woman with Her Cat

26" x 41"

1963

During my marriage, my most meaningful love affair was with my cat Toot. 

Lovers

27.5" x 40"

1964

Part of my nuclear family series. 

The Madam with Her Girl

389" x 46"

1962

I had no idea what this painting was going to be about when I started other than a woman's sexual worth is limited to youth unless she becomes a madam and sells younger women.

Polymorphous Puti

48" x 76"

1970-71

An attempt at depicting group sex that failed but the little naughty babies were all having fun.  The Puti were little angels that were found in all of the Italian paintings in the 16th Century. This is a 8 foot canvas.

Self-Portrait

44" x 35"

1962

Mourning the death of a girlfriend who overdosed on heroin.