ON THE COVER

Our City
Primarily Acrylic, 32" x 40"
by Sue Karr Boagni

“In the beginning I used to paint in a more realistic style,” explains Opelousas artist Sue Boagni, who describes her work as ‘abstract figurative.’ “But I was trying to find a way to get away from that. I found that people began to appear. They’re usually the same-looking kinds of people, but they go different places with me. They occupy a lot of different landscapes. The figures are my continuity.”
The figures in Boagni’s pieces rarely have faces. Rather, the artist likes to let their gestures tell her stories. “I like to paint a picture, and for someone to be able to look at it and write a short story about it. Sometimes it’s a whimsical story; sometimes it’s serious. But mostly, it’s whimsical.” See works by Sue Boagni at Gallery 912 in Lafayette, or online at www.gallery912.com.