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Chernobyl Barbie, 1997
Oil/panel, 18 x 15 inches
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

 

 

Tamed Tiger, 1995
Oil/linen, 88 x 54 inches
From Black Sea Blue catalogue.  Self portrait as an S&M dominatrix - a metaphor
for the artist's love/hate, obsessive relationship with her subject matter.

 

 

Odessa's Tears, 1995
Oil/linen, 88 x 54 inches
From Black Sea Blue catalogue.

 

 

Odalisque-at-Heart, 1994
Oil/linen, 88 x 54 inches
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
From Black Sea Blue catalogue. This work is about re-inventing oneself in the 'new Ukraine'
while also referring to the Western desire to 'be exotic', in this case ethnic/Eastern.

 

 

Torn Heart, 1994
Oil/linen, 88 x 54 inches
From Black Sea Blue catalogue.  Allegory about two cousins (one from Canada, one from Ukraine) who meet and have nothing in common except the same nose.

 

 

Pandora's Parcel to Ukraine, 1993
Oil/linen, 88 x 108 inches
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
From Black Sea Blue catalogue (essay).

 

 

Guilt Quilt, 1992-93
Oil/linen, 86 x 108 inches
From Black Sea Blue catalogue.

 

 

Born-Again, 1991
Oil/linen, 100 x 50 inches
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
From True Confessions catalogue.

 

 

500 People You Don't Know, 1990
Oil/linen, 100 x 114 inches
From True Confessions catalogue.  Clashing cultures colliding in 'The Wedding'.

 

 

Read between the lines, 1987
Oil/linen, 80 x 40 inches
From Milk Blood catalogue.

 

 

Our Lady of Mississauga, 1987
Oil/linen, 80 x 80 inches
From Milk Blood catalogue.  Self portrait as an icon/Madonna.

 

 

Mama's Boy, 1985
Acrylic on canvas, 77 x 37 inches
From Behind the Irony Curtain catalogue.

 

 

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