Description
Bhuvana by Jamie Greenfield
alkyd oils on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Year created: 2023
Description: A woman wearing a vibrant blue sari bordered in red with intricate gold patterns is seated with her hands gracefully resting on her lap smiling at the viewer.
Connection to theme: Bhuvana is a South Asian woman dressed for a family wedding, proud of her heritage and eager to share the joy with which she has chosen her outfit and accessories for this special occasion.
Artist Statement: These paintings reflect my current interest in portraiture, having people I know sit for me and in doing so, reveal something of their inner selves. They choose their own pose, clothing, and setting, revealing how they want to be seen by others, or even how they see themselves. This is a somewhat intimate relationship between painter and subject, at once both historically relevant and completely contemporary.
Bio: As an artist and arts educator, Jamie Greenfield taught Studio Art and Art History at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey from 1988-2016 on the George R. Bunn ‘34 Family
Distinguished Teaching Chair, and was Director of the School’s
Hutchins Gallery. She now maintains a studio in Lawrenceville, NJ.
She has taught art at Rider University, the Arts Council of Princeton, SUNY Albany, and the Albany Academy for Girls, and worked as an antique porcelain restoration artist in Philadelphia.
Having exhibited throughout New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Greenfield’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Rider University, The Lawrenceville School, the Wm. & Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Delaware, The College of New Jersey, SUNY Albany, and the State University of New York at Fredonia.
$5,000 *
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