Maria Spector

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GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
  As miniatures, my Girls will be Girls series are done using gouache on paper with photo print. They measure 4" x 6".    
         
       
 

LONG IN LINE SERIES
  The Long in Line series is an extension of my In Line series. Each painting is done in miniature, measuring only 5” x 6”. However, all the paintings are connected and create one long line.    
         
       
 

IN LINE SERIES, WORKS ON PAPER
  These works on paper from my In Line/Line Up series are gouache and graphite on paper and measure from 2" x 3" up to 5” x 6”.

 
 
         
       
 

PUZZLE PORTRAITS
  I have painted 6 portraits of artists, each portrait being composed of two paintings. The first painting is in color and the second is in black & white.    
         
       
 

IN LINE/IN LINE GIRLS PAINTINGS
  The paintings from my In Line series are done with oil canvas and measure 9” x 12”



 
 
         
       
 

IDENTITY ICON PROJECT
  The Identity Icons are miniatures. The measure 2: x 3". The medium is gouache on paper.    
         
       
 

FACE PAINTINGS/INSTALLATION
  I completed over 100 oil paintings of cropped and fragmented portraits on 4” diameter bar coasters. A site-specific Face Installation was created for the Queens Theatre in the Park, located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the New York State Pavilion designed for the 1964 World’s Fair.    
         
       
 

NIPPLE PAINTINGS/INSTALLATION
  I completed over 50 individual, 4”round, oil paintings of nipples making up the Nipple Series Installation. Site-specific Face Installations were created for the PS 122 and Gallery Korea, NYC.    
         
       
 

SHADOW PAINTINGS/INSTALLATION
  I created 100 Shadow portraits from oil paint on wood and assembled them to create the Shadow Series. They range from 2” to 10” in diameter. A site-specific Shadow Installation was created for the Citibank Tower in Long Island City, NY.    
         
       
 

CHESS GAME
  The Chess Game is an interactive painting. Each piece is designed to be fully moveable and playable on the board, The game board is canvas backed by metal. The pieces, including the pawns, kings, queens, rooks, knights and bishops, are paintings on wood backed with magnets.