The idea behind these paintings primarily comes from my father's love of chairs. He felt they had personality. He would say, "Watch where people will sit, it will tell you something about them." Painting them has become a way for me to reflect on the people who originally had them or made them, but most of all, the generations who used them. They are tangible things that were touched by people I love and left for us to use as well.
Chairs can be very utilitarian or can be fine tuned into masterpieces of art. Their contours and hills and valleys are fascinating to paint. The places where they have become worn and used by generations of people add meaning, depth, and begin to add personality to them. When I know a certain chair was a favorite of a relative, especially one that I never met, I can understand more about them. Maybe they liked utility, maybe they appreciated comfort, maybe they loved beautiful lines. Maybe they were privileged to have fine things and maybe they made do with the bare necessities. I can sit where they sat and in a way feel something that they felt.
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