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.