Prudence Whittlesey

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  • Philosophy ReBound
  • KNOW SUCH THINGS
  • think twice
  • suitcase & Co.
  • Known By Sight
  • Et Tu Brute
  • YOU MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT
  • 1990-2015
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    • Home
    • Philosophy ReBound
    • KNOW SUCH THINGS
    • think twice
    • suitcase & Co.
    • Known By Sight
    • Et Tu Brute
    • YOU MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT
    • 1990-2015
    • CONTACT

Prudence Whittlesey

Prudence WhittleseyPrudence WhittleseyPrudence Whittlesey
  • Home
  • Philosophy ReBound
  • KNOW SUCH THINGS
  • think twice
  • suitcase & Co.
  • Known By Sight
  • Et Tu Brute
  • YOU MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT
  • 1990-2015
  • CONTACT
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PHILOSOPHY REBOUND

Over 100 scholars of philosophy and neuroscience have participated as sitters for the on-going painting project titled Philosophy ReBound.  This project is supported by a 2019-2020 artist grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.  






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KNOW SUCH THINGS

Prudence Whittlesey painted Know Such Things in September - October 2020 with one live subject.  He previously sat for the  2016-2017 series You Might Just Be Right. 






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THINK TWICE

The oil on canvas series titled Think Twice  was painted during five months of the pandemic lockdown.  2020






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SUITCASE & CO.
Prudence Whittlesey painted the watercolor portrait series titled Suitcase & Co. in live sittings with one woman, in tandem with the series Think Twice.  2020  


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KNOWN BY SIGHT Part 2
Recent selected oil paintings from live sittings. 2020




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ET TU BRUTE 

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By re-configuring watercolor paintings from portrait sittings, Prudence Whittlesey pulled characters from these initially abstract works. 2019 






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YOU MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT
The language of these portrait paintings occurred spontaneously from the studio interactions with one model. 2016-2017






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1990-2015










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