Vintage garments and nature collide in the trompe l’oeil works of Ron Isaacs. Isaacs’s oeuvre is poetic and deliberately evasive as the Lexington-based artist renders vintage garments that represent an imagined figure. Whether appearing to be lying flat or slowly drifting to the floor, the slips and blouses evoke a “vivid human presence, as well as their own histories and mysteries,” he says.
Left: “Up and Up” (2019), acrylic on birch plywood construction, 43 × 14 × 4 1/2 inches. Right: “Aviary” (2019), acrylic on birch plywood construction, 42 1/2 × 23 × 4 inches.
“Calla,” acrylic on birch plywood construction, 33 × 57 × 3 inches
“Passerines,” acrylic on birch plywood construction, 23 × 42 3/4 × 6 inches
Detail of “Aviary” (2019), acrylic on birch plywood construction, 42 1/2 × 23 × 4 inches
