Baret Boisson's painting connects her love of nostalgia with a pioneering wit, creating contemporary portraiture that captures her subjects with a broad range of idiosyncratic detail and uncompromising humor. Her work recalls the neo-Colonial, two-dimensional imagery, but she doesn't rest on previously established artistic conventions; her subjects range from Rosa Parks to Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammed Ali to her beloved Lab mix, Lucky. From her risk-taking "Great Americans" series to commissioned
works for Sumner Redstone, Jimmy Fallon, Jane Pratt, Elizabeth Taylor
and many of Hollywood's most noteworthy stars, Baret uses her paintbrush
to capture her subjects' personality, incorporating spectacular color
and clever text.
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