Joan Maffei

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1937, Maffei has lived in rural Central Texas for the past thirty-seven years. Domestic themes have engaged Maffei for much of her working life as an artist. Celebrations, interiors, family scenes, relationships, pets and children have been among the sources of her imagery, combining family photos and oral histories to show the universality of American family experience by revealing her own personal imagery and narratives. Recently, Maffei has been working with images found in the popular media to show the misery war and politics inflict on individuals of all ages. "The more specific you get, the more universal you become."