In Her Own Words...Niagara
THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY.
And "crazy" is second nature to the women in Niagara's
paintings. They have been known to be violent... they drink, smoke, sometimes indulge in opium or absinthe...
and sometimes "lunacy" for good or ill. They're well-rounded girls, obviously.
From Niagara
UNDERSTANDING LUNACY
a. Insanity interrupted by lucid intervals
b. Insanity amounting to lack of responsibility
in the eyes of the law
c. extravagant folly

FACES OF LUNACY
The women's faces in the paintings are up-front and personal. Their countenances are under-layered
with a coloured damask pattern. The antique pattern is intricate in controlled confusion...and symbolizes
the Past. The history/Past of a person influences the psychology of on-set Lunacy.
Multi-coloured dots, ovals or orbs curve & dance from their eyes or mind, in geometric patterns.
This "dot" pattern and the large wide-open eyes symbolize, poetically, the touch of madness dancing
about. They are also reminiscent of the Moon which is thought to effect one's mental moods,
especially the Full Moon. Studies
show more crazy activity around a Full Moon than any other.
The colours of the Lunacy-patterns are chosen to
"pop" & float against the background making the Idea of Lunacy obvious & visible.
The paintings are an extravagant face-scape painting with
the highest regard for colour & form.
This is the first anyone has seen of Niagara's Lunacy series. She has a To make these pieces "in your face" she decided to have the canvas which is painted as a continuation of the painting Now mounting the image on the frame to show the entire piece including the sides which are a continuation of the face of the canvas. The pieces look as though they are jumping out at the viewer.

Lunacy #1

Niagara's Lunacy series will continue to show at the River's Edge Gallery in Wyandotte until the end of November.
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