AUTONOMOUS OIL PAINTINGS
OBSERVATIONS: LE TROISIÈME EMPIRE
TITLE This is an oil painting. Portrait of Empress Linda of Île-de-France
MEDIUM Oil on Canvas with Gold Leaf
DIMENSIONS W 59 cm x L 31 cm x H 51 cm (Weight 13.7 kg – 30 lbs)
TOTAL CANVAS USED 214 cm x 214 cm (7 ft x 7 ft)
DURATION OF FABRICATION 19 Months
This is an oil painting. Portrait of Empress Linda of Île-de-France, is the first painting in this series, based on a woman named Linda who the artist encountered on Boulevard de Strasbourg in the 10e.
2024 Guggenheim Fellowship Finalist
2025 Prix Fabuleuse Signature Nominee
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Noted Studio Visits in Residency
- The Presidential Delegation of Benin
- Rafael Pic [Editor & Chief | Le Quotidien de l'Art]
- Natalia Smalto (Philanthropist)
- Dexter Wimberly (Independent Curator & Sr. Critic New York Academy of Art)
- Mame Thiaw Diop [Historian | Museum of Black Civilizations (Senegal)]
- Shiva Lynn Burgos Artist | Curator
Peau de Paris | Collection in Progress
Vaincre La Floriane
Oil on Affiche with Razor Blade
50 cm x 50 cm (1.7 ft x 1.7 ft)
Fondation Signature Institute de France 2023 Nominee
FOUND Paris | Art de Rue | Objects Found on the Streets of Paris
Registered Rendezvous (RDV) of moving
Attached to objects found on Rue du Faubourg Saint Denis
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Associated Press Interview with John Rogers
Behind the Scenes of Interview with Associated Press for The Sacred Stones Collection (2008)
Video Credit: Joe Hollywood
UPDATE
Jeanette O'Keefe's murderer was caught in 2009 shortly after the article was released by the AP.
He stood trial in Paris in 2012 and is now serving the maximum 30 years in prison.
The detectives in Versailles did conduct DNA testing which is how he was later caught.
Jeanette was murdered in Paris on December 30, 2000. I met with detectives in January 2001.
Jeanette's close friends came to Orange County from Australia to view the collection at my gallery.
I called the detectives in Versailles from California to thank them.
I kept their business card for 9 years.
I pray for families & friends who are still seeking closure for the cold cases of their loved ones.
Sacred Stones
Adieu (Final Goodbye)
Dedicated to the Life of Jeanette O'Keefe
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Secondary Sources: Stone Narratives of the Holocaust
La Brouette (The Wheelbarrow)
A-7713 is the number tattooed on Elie Wiesel in Auschwitz.
This collection honors the Jews that were exterminated in the Holocaust and members of the French Resistance who gave their lives defying the anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime.
Speaking Stones
Exnoism
Jeune Papillon (Young Butterfly)
Oil on Canvas
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