Bird I & II both are acrylic on canvas, 5 x 7″ 2019 Based on photographs by Hugh Welch Diamond of a patient at the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum. Circa 1840-1850′s.
If we were in a different place, a different country -if we were in a different time or space –where I wasn’t burdened down by the responsibilities I can’t get my head off from, I’ld run to you and I’ld choose you. And I’ld choose you again. And again. And again.
It should be no surprise that throughout her performance her confident verve pulses unabated and is undeniably contagious.
It’s 8:42pm — I run, not walk, out of the Fonda Theater around to a back alley 3 minutes before she is due on stage; Taylor Upsahl appears out of the darkness with the grin of someone who has performed in front of their biggest audience 3 nights in a row. Even though I am…
