©2006 Theresa Bertocci

L.J. Douglas Born in Sellersville, PA, 1948 Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA, 1977 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, BFA, 1975 Lives in Bloomington, IL L. J. Douglas investigates the nature of identity. Balancing objective fact with carefully crafted fiction, her abstract paintings are a fusion of sources that include genetic coding, historical figure painting palettes, as well as observations of human skin with the eye, microscope and computer. She explores both the fluid and fixed attributes of identity, questioning the dilemma of  21st century society that increasingly relies on the ostensibly objective fields of science and medicine to define the outer - and the inner-self.

LJ Douglas: evo-devo, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007

macro/micro #2, 2006, encaustic on panel with drawing transfers, 36 x 80 inches, $5,000

72 bytes, 2007, (full view and detail), encaustic on panel with drawing transfers, 5 x 5.5 inches each (72 total paintings), $6,500

Yellow Fever, 2007, (full view and 13 detail views below) encaustic on panel with drawing transfers, 100 x 5.5 inches, 13 individual paintings, 5 x 5.5 inches $3,200

Transmigration, 2007, (Installation views / detail views) encaustic, drawing transfer and collage, dimensions vary, mainly 5 x 5.5 inches

Terra Derma, Black #1 2005, mixed media on canvas, 42 x 61 inches, $6,000

(skin) Blemish, Asian 2003, (full view with detail (left), acrylic on panel, 24 x 20 inches, $3,200

(skin) Blemish, Caucasian 2003, (full view with detail (left), acrylic on canvas, 21.5 x 19.5 inches, $3,000

(skin) Recipe, black in shadow 2001, encaustic on panel, 12 x 14 inches, $1,250

(skin) Recipe, brown skin 2001, encaustic on panel, 12 x 14 inches, $1,250

(skin) Recipe, oriental in shadow 2001, encaustic on panel, 12 x 14 inches, $1,250