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Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

Josie Tolliver shaw paints confrontational portraits with the intention of reclaiming female sociability through my female gaze. In the history of painting, women have been depicted almost entirely by men from a physical and intellectual distance. She paints women she knows well, in environments that are products of her imagination, but reference environments that have made impressions on her. As a woman painting women close to her, Shaw's work offers a corrective by closing that distance. She uses scenic painting to create a matriarchal utopia and portray the integrity of female relationships. Harnessing her perspective as a lesbian woman and sharing that point of view with the viewer through scenic portraiture. Shaw's use of ornamentation, bright colors, and female sociability purvey an alternative narrative to the viewer, one that is rid of patriarchal standards.
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Artist: Josie Tolliver Shaw
Roadside Attraction

Roadside Attraction

By Josie Tolliver Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tolliver Shaw’s life-size portraits are not whole without her decisive iconography developed in the backgrounds. To look only at the figure, is to read a biography without the footno...

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2010s Contemporary Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Spoiled…and loving it!

Spoiled…and loving it!

By Josie Tolliver Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tolliver Shaw's paintings can be read initially as portraits. Yet, they are layered with objects and words in their abstracted backgrounds, which are rich with kitsch and ephemera. T...

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2010s Contemporary Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Pearl with Apple

Pearl with Apple

By Josie Tolliver Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tolliver Shaw’s thoughtful renderings depict her interpretations of the female figures and the social interactions that center her life. The paintings can be read initially as portra...

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2010s Contemporary Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Cake Cutters II

The Cake Cutters II

By Josie Tolliver Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tolliver Shaw is an emerging painter featured at SEFA Hudson. In her exhibition "Cherry" the seven large-scale works are all acrylic on canvas, including "The Cake Cutters II," which...

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2010s Contemporary Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ALLEGEDLY LUCKY CANDLE

ALLEGEDLY LUCKY CANDLE

By Josie Tolliver Shaw

Located in New York, NY

For Tolliver Shaw, the cherry became a primary motif. Growing up, a regular family destination was Door County, Wisconsin, famous for their rich cherry harvests. The fruit fused with...

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2010s Contemporary Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

The Lanes

The Lanes

By Josie Tolliver Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tolliver Shaw's paintings can be read initially as portraits. Yet, they are layered with objects and words in their abstracted backgrounds, which are rich with kitsch and ephemera. T...

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2010s Contemporary Josie Tolliver Shaw Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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