Detail of Nanny and Rose by Scott Prior in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Nanny and Rose
1983
Scott Prior, American, born in 1949

Dimensions: Overall: 172.1 x 151.1 cm (67 3/4 x 59 1/2 in.)

Medium or Technique: Oil on canvas

Classification: Paintings

Accession Number: 1984.135

In the mid-1980's, Scott Prior turned to family and home as his primary inspiration. Working both from life and from posed photographs, Prior captures domestic intimacy - in this case the compainshihp between his wife, Nanny, and their dog, Rose. The artist has said that: "Nanny and Rose and the subsequent paintings… are very personal. To me they are like large snapshot photos, and as a collection they have become a memory album of my life. It has been my belief that the painted intimacies of ordinary life must be recorded and celebrated."

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/nanny-and-rose-36597