paintings — PETER BROITMAN

Saint Gertrude on the Redline (On the Redline Series), 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Saint Gertrude on the Redline (On the Redline Series), 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

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Detail (Saint Gertrude)

Detail (Saint Gertrude)

Detail (Saint Gertrude)

Detail (Saint Gertrude)

Wise Guys, 60 x 36", acrylic paint

Wise Guys, 60 x 36", acrylic paint

Detail (Wise Guys)

Detail (Wise Guys)

Detail (Wise Guys)

Detail (Wise Guys)

Clark Devon, 48 x 24”, acrylic on canvas

Clark Devon, 48 x 24”, acrylic on canvas

Detail (Clark Devon)

Detail (Clark Devon)

Detail (Clark Devon)

Detail (Clark Devon)

Once in a Blue Moon (x3), 36 x 72 “, acrylic on canvas

Once in a Blue Moon (x3), 36 x 72 “, acrylic on canvas

Detail (Once in a Blue Moon)

Detail (Once in a Blue Moon)

Detail (Once in a Blue Moon)

Detail (Once in a Blue Moon)

Detail (Once in a Blue Moon)

Detail (Once in a Blue Moon)

Great Lake Jumper, 36 x36", acrylic on canvas

Great Lake Jumper, 36 x36", acrylic on canvas

See: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/lake-michigan-coronavirus.html

Great Lake Jumper II, 40 x30", acrylic on canvas

Great Lake Jumper II, 40 x30", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Great Lake Jumper II)

Detail (Great Lake Jumper II)

Detail (Great Lake Jumper II)

Detail (Great Lake Jumper II)

Loop Dreams (On the Redline Series), 36 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Loop Dreams (On the Redline Series), 36 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Detail (Loop Dreams)

Jeanie (In Mem.), 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Jeanie (In Mem.), 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Jeanie ...)

Detail (Jeanie ...)

Chicago Polar Bear Plunge - Jan. 2020, 60 x 48 ", acrylic on canvas

Chicago Polar Bear Plunge - Jan. 2020, 60 x 48 ", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Polar Bear Plunge)

Detail (Polar Bear Plunge)

Detail (Polar Bear Plunge)

Detail (Polar Bear Plunge)

Detail (Polar Bear Plunge)

Detail (Polar Bear Plunge)

Meltdown, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Meltdown, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Meltdown)

Detail (Meltdown)

Cheers!, 60 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Cheers!, 60 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Cheers!)

Detail (Cheers!)

Detail (Cheers!)

Detail (Cheers!)

Detail (Cheers!)

Detail (Cheers!)

Zumba Dad, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Zumba Dad, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

See http://dancelines.com.au/picassos-ballet-years-parade-5th-position/ and https://www.pinterest.com/pin/764697211718277792/

Detail (Zumba Dad)

Detail (Zumba Dad)

Detail (Zumba Dad)

Detail (Zumba Dad)

General Pershing and Duck, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

General Pershing and Duck, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (General Pershing ...)

Detail (General Pershing ...)

Detail (General Pershing ...)

Detail (General Pershing ...)

Pop's Coney Island Dream, 48 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Pop's Coney Island Dream, 48 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Selected for an award, Fusion Art's 2nd Annual Figures and Faces Exhibit (juried on-line), December 2016

Detail (Pop's Coney Island Dream)

Detail (Pop's Coney Island Dream)

Detail (Pop's Coney Island Dream)

Detail (Pop's Coney Island Dream)

Detail (Pop's Coney Island Dream)

Detail (Pop's Coney Island Dream)

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Edward Henry Worsley, OBE, 30 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Edward Henry Worsley, OBE, 30 x 24", acrylic on canvas

See: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-darkness

Detail (Lieutenant Colonel ... Henry Worsley, OBE)

Detail (Lieutenant Colonel ... Henry Worsley, OBE)

When the Splits are Life, 24 x 48", acrylic on canvas

When the Splits are Life, 24 x 48", acrylic on canvas

See: https://www.google.com/search?q=when+the+splits+are+life&authuser=2&hl=en&sxsrf=AOaemvJtPBwMpA3Wmqp1QkUiDE9mqbaacg:1633378602904&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0uKK7ybHzAhVjGFkFHZV3D9MQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&cshid=1633378734961605&biw=1433&bih=718&dpr=1#imgrc=7WPFXoainAUzmM

Detail (Splits)

Detail (Splits)

"Nobody Had Our Backs", 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

"Nobody Had Our Backs", 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Based on a photo in a May 2019 N.Y. Times article about an auto worker whose General Motor’s plant in Lordstown, Ohio had closed. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/us/auto-worker-jobs-lost.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap

Detail ("Nobody Had Our Backs")

Detail ("Nobody Had Our Backs")

Detail ("Nobody Had Our Backs")

Detail ("Nobody Had Our Backs")

Dresden Drag Queens, 72 x 48", acrylic on canvas

Dresden Drag Queens, 72 x 48", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Dresden Drag Queens)

Detail (Dresden Drag Queens)

Detail (Dresden Drag Queens)

Detail (Dresden Drag Queens)

Detail (Dresden Drag Queens)

Detail (Dresden Drag Queens)

Amy (Bottom Third), 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Amy (Bottom Third), 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Amy ...)

Detail (Amy ...)

Amy (Top Third), 30 x 40", acrylic on canvas

Amy (Top Third), 30 x 40", acrylic on canvas

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Detail (Amy ...)

Detail (Amy ...)

Detail (Amy ...)

Lucia, 48 x 24 ", acrylic on canvas

Lucia, 48 x 24 ", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Lucia)

Detail (Lucia)

Detail (Lucia)

David 2-D, 48 x24", acrylic on canvas

David 2-D, 48 x24", acrylic on canvas

Detail (David 2-D)

Detail (David 2-D)

Down the Rabbit Hole (On the Redline Series), 36 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Down the Rabbit Hole (On the Redline Series), 36 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Down ...)

Detail (Down ...)

Detail (Down ...)

Detail (Down ...)

Detail (Down ...)

Detail (Down ...)

If You See Something, Say Something (On the Redline Series), 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

If You See Something, Say Something (On the Redline Series), 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Selected for an award, Light, Space and Time Figurative Art Exhibit (juried on-line), April 2018

Featured on the website magazine Mad in America, July 2018

Detail (If You See Something ...)

Detail (If You See Something ...)

Detail (If You See Something ...)

Detail (If You See Something ...)

At the Speed of Sound (On the Redline Series), 40 x 30", acrylic on canvas

At the Speed of Sound (On the Redline Series), 40 x 30", acrylic on canvas

Detail (At the Speed of Sound)

Detail (At the Speed of Sound)

Detail (At the Speed of Sound)

Detail (At the Speed of Sound)

Blast You to Hell! (On the Redline Series), 36 x 46", acrylic on canvas

Blast You to Hell! (On the Redline Series), 36 x 46", acrylic on canvas

Selected for cover of Podcast "No Narrow Thing," #6 Gossip II - Mean Girls and the Culture of Censure, hosted by Whitney Johnson and Dustin Addington.

Two of the female screaming figures are based on the Playbill cover for “The Mutilated’ by Tennessee Williams at Red Orchid Theater, Chicago.

Detail (Blast You to Hell!)

Detail (Blast You to Hell!)

Detail (Blast You to Hell!)

Detail (Blast You to Hell!)

Love Birds of Paradise ("On the Redline Series"), 24 x 30", acrylic on canvas

Love Birds of Paradise ("On the Redline Series"), 24 x 30", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Love Birds)

Detail (Love Birds)

Detail (Love Birds)

Detail (Love Birds)

Rush Hour (On the Redline Series), 48 x 60", acrylic on canvas

Rush Hour (On the Redline Series), 48 x 60", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Rush Hour)

Detail (Rush Hour)

Detail (Rush Hour)

Detail (Rush Hour)

Doomsayer on the El (On the Redline Series), 36 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Doomsayer on the El (On the Redline Series), 36 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Doomsayer on the El)

Detail (Doomsayer on the El)

Detail (Doomsayer on the El)

Detail (Doomsayer on the El)

Hans Takes a Photo of the Lobster Guy, 36 x 46", acrylic on canvas

Hans Takes a Photo of the Lobster Guy, 36 x 46", acrylic on canvas

Selected for an award, Light, Space and Time Figurative Art Exhibit (juried on-line), April 2017.

Detail (Hans Takes a Photo ...)

Detail (Hans Takes a Photo ...)

Detail (Hans Takes a Photo ...)

Detail (Hans Takes a Photo ...)

Mira's Welcoming Committee, 48 x 60", acrylic on canvas

Mira's Welcoming Committee, 48 x 60", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Mira's Welcoming Committee)

Detail (Mira's Welcoming Committee)

Detail (Mira's Welcoming Committee)

Detail (Mira's Welcoming Committee)

Waiting for a Table at 'Flying Saucer', 60 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Waiting for a Table at 'Flying Saucer', 60 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Waiting for a Table ...)

Detail (Waiting for a Table ...)

Detail (Waiting for a Table ...)

Detail (Waiting for a Table ...)

Detail (Waiting for a Table ...)

Detail (Waiting for a Table ...)

Jocelyn, 24 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Jocelyn, 24 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Jocelyn)

Detail (Jocelyn)

Richard in Yamagata, 24 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Richard in Yamagata, 24 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Richard in Yamagata)

Detail (Richard in Yamagata)

Detail (Richard in Yamagata)

Detail (Richard in Yamagata)

Mansplaining Flight Delay, 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Mansplaining Flight Delay, 48 x 24", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Mansplaining ...)

Detail (Mansplaining ...)

Detail (Mansplaining ...)

Detail (Mansplaining ...)

Tom and the Space Aliens, 60 x 48", acrylic on canvas

Tom and the Space Aliens, 60 x 48", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Tom ...)

Detail (Tom ...)

Detail (Tom ...)

Detail (Tom ...)

Make America Great Again!, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Make America Great Again!, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Based on images from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo

Detail (Make America Great ...)

Detail (Make America Great ...)

Detail (Make America Great ...)

Detail (Make America Great ...)

Detail (Make America Great ...)

Detail (Make America Great ...)

The Three Little Pigs, 36 x 72", acrylic on canvas

The Three Little Pigs, 36 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Detail (The Three Little Pigs)

Detail (The Three Little Pigs)

Detail (The Three Little Pigs)

Detail (The Three Little Pigs)

Joining Forces, 72 x 60", acrylic on canvas

Joining Forces, 72 x 60", acrylic on canvas

See: https://econtent.unm.edu/digital/collection/abqmuseum/id/232

See also: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/26/pancho-villa-my-grandmother-hidden-history-border

Detail (Joining Forces)

Detail (Joining Forces)

Detail (Joining Forces)

Detail (Joining Forces)

Detail (Joining Forces)

Detail (Joining Forces)

Johnny Sprockets, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Johnny Sprockets, 72 x 36", acrylic on canvas

Selected for an award, ArtisTTable Selfie Show (juried on-line), May 2017

Detail (Johnny Sprockets)

Detail (Johnny Sprockets)

Detail (Johnny Sprockets)

Detail (Johnny Sprockets)

Fight to the Finish, 60 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Fight to the Finish, 60 x 72", acrylic on canvas

Detail (Fight to the Finish)

Detail (Fight to the Finish)

Detail (Fight to the Finish)

Detail (Fight to the Finish)

Detail (Fight to the Finish)

Detail (Fight to the Finish)

Abbie, Rennie and Jerry, 60 x 48", acrylic on canvas

Abbie, Rennie and Jerry, 60 x 48", acrylic on canvas

Based on the middle panel of a 1969 photograph of The Chicago Seven by Richard Avedon. See https://www.pinterest.com/pin/171207223303736174/

Detail (Abbie ...)

Detail (Abbie ...)

Detail (Abbie ...)

Detail (Abbie ...)

Detail (Abbie ...)

Detail (Abbie ...)