Barbara Maricle          
At the Lake  2008
Oil on Canvas  28 x 46"
Halloween  2007
Oil on Canvas  32 x 26"
Two Boys  2007
Oil on Canvas Board  
24 x 18"
Portrait of Boy  2007
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
 15 x 22"
Portrait of Boy
(Self-Portrait)  2008
Oil on Canvas  24 x 22"
Snow Scene II  2008
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
 35 x 31"
Snow Scene I  2007
Oil on Canvas  28 x 36"
There is nothing more fascinating than watching your offspring come into
his own.  All of the wonderful, exciting, painful and mundane experiences
from your own childhood are there for you to witness; from a distance, and
with the perspective of your years.  There is a common experience in
growing up; we have all had to do it.
This group of paintings was inspired by snapshots of my son and his
friends.   Using a photograph allows me to see what occurs in the quiet
spaces between all the action.  The compositions  are infinitely varied, the
shapes are blocky, and the colors are primary.  The scenarios in these
images are often activities that are all but closed off to me now as an adult.
In them, I see something more than what the subjects are experiencing; a
new story based on memory and imagination.  It is this interaction between
the image and who I am that is compelling for me.
Band Practice II  2008
Oil on Canvas  30 x 42"
Big Jump at Little Farm
 2004  Oil on Canvas  
20 x 16"
Water Park  2008
Oil and Acrylic on Paper
 22 x 30"
Child in the Woods  2005
Oil on Canvas  20 x 16"
Boys with Guns  2008
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
26 x 34"
Family Scene 1958  2008
Oil on Canvas  32 x 24"
Band Practice I  2008
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
 40 x 30"
Portrait of Two Boys  2008
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas  
21 x 19"