Unabashed Hotheads: The Self-Portraits of Julie Heffernan
Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery
Julie Heffernan, Self-Portrait as Hothead, 2019. Oil on canvas. 78 x 64 in.
Known for her symbolic use of the nude self-portrait, artist Julie Heffernan’s style can be described as a contemporary mix of Rococo, Surrealism, and Baroque, with a dash of the seventeenth-century Dutch still-life Masters.