Clothing vs. figures

“Sisters With Pearls“ (acrylic), by Catherine Adams Burton, in the show “This is Us: Regional Portraiture Today,” at Springfield  (Mass. MuseumsThe museum says  that there is  “ample paradox in Burton’s work, between the pageantry of the women’s clo…

“Sisters With Pearls“ (acrylic), by Catherine Adams Burton, in the show “This is Us: Regional Portraiture Today,” at Springfield (Mass. Museums

The museum says that there is “ample paradox in Burton’s work, between the pageantry of the women’s clothing and the hard-cut outlines of their figures; between blended color and crisp definition of form. ‘Sisters with Pearls’ transcends regionalism, achieving the universal recognition of shared experience."



Right: Catherine Adams Burton, Sisters with Pearls, 2019, acrylic.

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