Photo By Gail

For over 30 years, the drawings and was paintings of Lily Van Der Stocker (b. 1954) have subverted aesthetic expectations, employing an Easter candy color palette to depict clouds, flowers, swirls, and other traditionally feminine or decorative motifs. She annotates these compositions with handwritten texts – spelling out intimate thoughts, notes-to-self, and social niceties. The work is nostalgic and comforting, with squiggly patterns more likely at home in the margins of a student’s notebook than they are on the white walls of a gallery.
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