Julianne Wallace Sterling
I paint about the realities, complexities and absurdities of life as a woman. With some bittersweet humor I explore the place where I rub up against the gender conditioning of my youth and the expectations of being a woman, wife and mother. My paintings are about little secrets women keep to themselves. As Cornelia Otis Skinner said “...Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.” I’m drawing from the rich history of portrait painting with this work, creating a likeness but also musing on cultural norms and ideals of women. My subjects are drawn from the women and children in my life.
Julianne Wallace Sterling
Artist Statement
Julianne Wallace Sterling
I paint about the realities, complexities and absurdities of life as a woman. With some bittersweet humor I explore the place where I rub up against the gender conditioning of my youth and the expectations of being a woman, wife and mother. My paintings are about little secrets women keep to themselves. As Cornelia Otis Skinner said “...Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.” I’m drawing from the rich history of portrait painting with this work, creating a likeness but also musing on cultural norms and ideals of women. My subjects are drawn from the women and children in my life.
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