EvangelineFirst to rec
“I stumbled across this painting and fell in love. The colors and softness of the hair remind me of a renaissance Madonna, but the light on the water betrays a modern photographic sense. Insane that she painted this.
“Created over a span of two years, Bathroom Sink(1994) is based on a tableau the artist meticulously arranged in her home bathroom. Catherine Murphy went to extraordinary lengths to leave the scene of cut locks of hair undisturbed, including building a second bathroom, so that this one could be exclusively dedicated to painting.””
