
Jaclyn Conley Canada, b. 1979
Joan, 2020
oil on panel with collage
213.36 x 152.4 cm
84 x 60 in
84 x 60 in
The source image depicts a willowy, contrapposto silhouette of Joan in her Los Angeles home. Similar to Michelle Phillips, Joan Didion seems to be at the junction of the key...
The source image depicts a willowy, contrapposto silhouette of Joan in her Los Angeles
home. Similar to Michelle Phillips, Joan Didion seems to be at the junction of the key figures of
her time, becoming a literary and style icon over generations. Reading Didion’s essays I
appreciate her ability to describe the self-conceptions of Americans and to imagine the stories
that connect them to one another as meaningful. Within the painting I wanted to create a
figure as a part of the space. The feeling of the surrounding space became as interesting as the
central figure.
home. Similar to Michelle Phillips, Joan Didion seems to be at the junction of the key figures of
her time, becoming a literary and style icon over generations. Reading Didion’s essays I
appreciate her ability to describe the self-conceptions of Americans and to imagine the stories
that connect them to one another as meaningful. Within the painting I wanted to create a
figure as a part of the space. The feeling of the surrounding space became as interesting as the
central figure.