The oil paintings portraits for the Stages series revisited my love of the portrait and my studies of archetypes. The challenges inherent to portraying an individual as revelatory or representational of a demographic.
As an environmentally friendly artist, Jyl Bonaguro’s paintings are stretched on archival belgian linen, mounted on wood and the oil paint is carefully made by hand in small batches from ground pigment powders and linseed oil.
Young Love, 2010, oil on linen, 30 x 34 inches
The Queen, 2010, oil on linen, 26 x 30 inches *in private collection
Quiet, 2011, oil on linen, 30 x 28 inches *in private collection
Great Plains, 2010, oil on linen, 30 x 33 inches
The Rose, 2010, oil on linen, 32 x 30 inches *in private collection