Julie Heffernan show

Julie Heffernan  "Self-Portrait as Broken Home"  2008

The inimitable Julie Heffernan has a shiny new show up at Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, through September 27th.  Here, her work takes a bit of a departure from her more literal self-portraits and rococo rooms, by stepping back and more holistically exploring architectural elements and dwellings.  Skyscrapers and spheres are swollen to bursting with tiny visual vignettes and abundant details.  As such, each painting is an ornate microcosm unto itself.