The work of Laura Elkins

© 2007 Laura Elkins

laura@lauraelkinsartist.com

20 Ninth Street NE
Washington DC 20002
202.546.4556

Represented by Marion Callis

THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION
is a series of self-portraits as First Ladies that reference the official portraits in the White House. I use these matron icons to question our notions of femininity, sexuality and aging though the conceptual use of the traditional genre of portraiture.

HOME wRAP
addresses life in our age of catastrophe and was prompted by personal experience with abusive government, compounded by national and international political events.

Self-portrait as Mamie
2000
acrylic on 1950s fabric
mounted on wood panel
42 x 34 inches

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Self as Mamie Undressing
2001
acrylic on canvas
42 x 34 inches

Mamie 9/11
2001
ashes, oil on canvas
42 x 34 inches

Mamie with Sunburn
2005
oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

Lady Bird with Cottonmouth
2006
acrylic on canvas and wood frame
35.5 x 29.5 inches

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Lady Bird Nude with Catfish
2001/2006
acrylic on canvas and wood frame
35 x 29 inches

Self-portrait as Lady Bird Naked
2001
acrylic on canvas
24 x 20 inches

Self-portrait as Jackie
2001
acrylic on fabric
48 x 32 inches

Jackie with Inspectors
2007
oil on canvas and wood frame
23.5 x 19.5 inches

Self-portrait as Eleanor Roosevelt
2001
oil, acrylic on canvas
65 x 38 inches

The White House Collection

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Inspector Triumph
2004
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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Mad Money
2007
acrylic on tyvek
112 x 36 inches

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You Can Use the Corpse
2006
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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The Inspector’s Shower
2004
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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acles of sci
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 168 inches

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Ode to Joy
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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ek
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 180 inches

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Inspector Vindictivenessisnotinthelaw
2004
acrylic on tyvek
101 x 36 inches x 36 inches

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Chicken Little
2005
acrylic on tyvek
108 x 108 inches

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What Madness
2005
latex, acrylic on tyvek
240 x 216 inches
Washington DC

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The Sky is Falling
2006
latex on tyvek
dimensions vary
Washington DC

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Hubris Hurts: A Landscape Painting
2007
latex, enamel on tyvek and Dura-lar
dimensions vary
Baltimore MD

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Cajun Christmas
2005
latex, acrylic on tyvek
180 x 216 inches
Washington DC

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