figure | d hake brinckerhoff

The hot seat sucks

Not all that long ago, I opened my studio and began inviting people to come in and work on their own trauma.

Painting for painting sake

It’s been a long time since I painted for painting sake, without gallery pressure or concern for who might be interested in the finished

On the Precipice

It’s a painting of my husband on the precipice of the unknown, one foot rooted in the past while the rest of his body leans to his future

Stories in Our Bodies

I love geeking out about the human figure - every size, shape and age. I see beauty in all of it. I love the plump thick form of youth

Unsafe playgrounds

This is an old college painting, part of a series of swings and swing sets.

Searing beautiful act of loving others

For me, this painting has always reflected my relationship with my husband. Before we met, he had been living in Russia and I had been livin

The awkward necessity of talking with teens about sex

This painting was one of many images in a book I made last year focused on helping teens deal with, understand, and heal