dreams

This work represents Bartoli’s reaction to War: that ultimately young men sent into battle are gone and what remains to fight are their skulls. It is "in essence" Bartoli's Guernica. The dog was inspired by an article in Newsweek that pictured an adolescent boy “drafted” into a South American war, killed almost immediately, and left to die on the sidewalk, with a dog eating his anklebone. The crying baby represents the countries that don’t celebrate the birth of a child but grieve it's coming into a world with so much pain and sadness.

"Father's Passing"  was created shortly after the death of Bartoli's father.   The left side represents the earth plane, with a tormented, grieving face. On the right plane are three men who have "passed on" (Bartoli's uncles). The central section indicates a broken hand reaching from the lower plane of earth up into heaven.   The hand is broken because the two planes cannot touch.

This piece depicts a person in two stages of life: one, that is strong and at the forefront of everything, and an older person on the verge of death. The dog symbolizes the struggle between the warmth and fun of a puppy and the disquiet and alarm of a dog about to attack.

This piece is a material representation of a dream. The face at the left is a vision of a group of bodies being pulled down the street. The people are all in a ball of wind. The destination of the people is unknown. The drapery at the right is an indication of the wind moving the people down the street. The footsteps on the stairs are from a stranger, whose relationship to the group is separate and unclear.

Pentimento is an Italian word that means “recalling experiences,” the sense that you see something that reminds you of something that came before. This is the feeling of this piece.

This work is in keeping with the traditional spirit of a woman emerging from the bath.

Sometimes we wake up in the middle of a dream and then return to the same dream when we go back to sleep. This piece illustrates the communication between the waking person and the dream itself, and sometimes between the struggle to stay awake or to fall back into the dream. This piece is having that conversation.