Jennifer Mondfrans

From a series of paintings I did based on the photographs by Brassai of Parisian prostitutes. It is a profession that a woman does not choose, but is bound into doing to live; it would not be around if men didn’t need it. Sex is part of our biology, but payment makes it illegal, and it becomes a part of the endless cycle of women asking and men taking. Why are the women bound to be punished, when they offer what is needed?

Patty Neal

Somewhere Over Brooklyn. Oil on hardboard. 28 x 16 inches. 2012*

The focus of my work for about 20 years has been the exploration of visual, mental and emotional boundaries. My process is often literally about boundaries. I make a piece by putting together multiple panels, or I segment a single panel into separate visual spaces. Often the things I paint are literal boundaries: walls, fences expanses of water, highway median strips, etc. My intent is to invite viewers to look beyond these boundaries to see the possibilities of a connected whole.