‘The Ladies’, a series of seventeen interconnected paintings of women by Katherine Clarke Langlands premiered in July 2011 on Melrose Ave. in Hollywood, CA along with designer Isabelle Donola’s apparel collection that was inspired by ‘The Ladies’. This collection was also featured in the University of Vermont Alumni Show in 2011.

Every canvas is first layered with pages from books creating depth to the figures and filling the vacant faces with tumbled literary passages.  Each painting hangs as its own entity – collectively the series vibrates and harmonizes. At times the ladies may appear vulnerable and exposed and in other instances they look at ease and self-assured.

Langlands has created a stunning collection that probes the compilation of Everywoman.