WORK
Inspired by a vintage letter from 1943, Sahertian plans to create a cast of characters to fill a miniature book based on the content of the correspondence from a father to his son in the Army in a series called LETTER TO EARL.
2012, a new year is beginning and Sahertian has taken an interest in PRISONERS from the early 1900s. After doing some research on the infamous "Birdman" she turns her attention to those incarcerated, at the same time as Richard Stroud, at McNeil Island Penitentiary. These portraits are acrylic on photopaper, measuring 3 x 3 inches.
This series of tiny paintings is called ANTHROPOS (humankind) representing a nostalgic feeling for the mid 1900s. They are acrylic over photopaper, measuring 2.25 x 2.25 inches.
"I began with this little series, simply called CLANN (children). My intention is to blow up and repaint these in a larger square, pushing the abstraction, and then zoom into a rectangular version even larger," Patricia projects.
What do you do when your friend sends you a collection of objects that seem to spell out a murder mystery? Patricia Sahertian immediately went to the internet researching who these items might have belonged to and how this mystery might have evolved. Her second instinct was to create a series of small oil pastel paintings depicting each piece.
Lastly some random paintings take on a more personal note for Patricia.