Bailey Doogan: Selected Works 1971-1998
Bailey Doogan has garnered national respect over the last several years for her portrayals of the human condition. In her richly painted canvases and exquisitely rendered drawings, Doogan makes thought-provoking social statements by stripping her subjects to their most vulnerable core. Often her subjects solicit a range of responses from humor to horror by their frankness, but in each of her works the beauty of her figures emerge. Her works are sophisticated and compelling by the masterful rendering and positioning of her figures and the dramatic manner in which she lights them. This exhibition surveys selected works from 1971 to 1998 covering a range from Doogan's finely rendered graphite works on paper and sequential page layout series from the 1970s, to her glamour portrait works and language/text references in the 1980s, and such important later works as Pour It On, referencing the Morton Salt Girl. Doogan is a past Professor of Painting at the University of Arizona School of Art and she has exhibited widely throughout the United States.
