![Beth Foley - Witnesses [1986]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5723/22949117231_14836cea1a_o.png)
A Nashville resident since 1998, Foley’s style stands on a strong technical foundation. Her execution is extraordinarily precise; if there is a lawn in the picture, it will include individual blades of grass in the foreground. Using oil on flat board, Foley applies her appreciation for the Renaissance with vivid colour fields and flat perspective. Her fascination with darker corners of the human soul catalyses her narrative content and ominous but compelling imagery. “I paint a lot of dark scenarios,” she says. “Usually murder or some terrible thing is happening. Usually it involves somebody naked, especially women. Nudes are something I do really well, but I don’t do them unless there’s a reason. I won’t say oh here’s another nude picture.”
[Davis Lusk Gallery, Memphis & Nashville - Oil on panel, 34.3 × 68.6 cm]