Men’s Shelter, April, 1968; oil on linen, 47 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches; Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Museum Purchase made possible by a gift from the Kemper Foundations.
Credit D. James Dee
Lois Dodd, Men’s Shelter at Night, 1969; oil on linen, 22 x 26 inches; Courtesy of the artist and Alexandre Gallery, New York.
Lois Dodd, Self-Portrait in Green Window, 1971; oil on linen, 53 1/2 x 36 inches; Collection of Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, Museum purchase with support from the Contemporary Art Fund, in memory of Bernice McIlenny Wintersteen.
Credit Dodd Studio Archival Photo
Lois Dodd in Cushing, Maine studio, 2004.
Credit D. James Dee
Lois Dodd, Shadow with Easel, 2010; oil on linen, 48 x 54 inches; Courtesy of the artist and Alexandre Gallery, New York.
Artist Lois Dodd is known for painting from the inside looking out and the outside looking in - from the cityscapes of the Lower East Side of Manhattan to the gardens near her farmhouse in rural Maine.
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