Dance When You're Broken Open vertical They make and sell their

They make and sell their ventriloquist dolls out the storefront of their cottage

75 inches | Paper Size: 8 x 10 inches

there are so many stories of the challenges we would face together

where he appropriates ultra-masculine imagery creating a juxtaposition of the innocent and the aggressor

Beautiful and yet barbarous

Dance When You're Broken Open vertical They make and sell theirDetails About oil on canvas 24 x 18 in. 2021 framing included Jana Brike was born in Latvia, a small country in the Northeastern part of Europe, while it was under Soviet occupation. Her childhood was bittersweet, molded by dark stories of war and deportation told to her by her grandparents, the cold and conservative atmosphere of catholic church ceremonies, and heightened by breathtaking ballets at the Opera House. Her inspirations are as diverse as