Ives derives her imagery from the leg bones of a runner. Both sculpted and painted, these limbs are at once emerging from and receding into the traditional “image space”—coming and going, leading and guarding. “It is a metaphor for human resilience,” she has said. As a Bostonian who has witnessed many historic marathons, she notes: “Ultimately, the paintings for me are heroic images which invite close scrutiny as well as direct confrontation.”

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