COUPLES

Conjoined Couple, ink wash on paper, 43.2 x 35.5 cm (17 x 14 inches), 2000

Many years ago, I began an ongoing series about couples—some real, some imagined, some famous, some very personal. Couples—romantic, platonic or familial—can be as mesmerizing as swirling eddies or as transfixing as a car wreck. The way two beings become entwined has been explored in psychology, literature, music and film, but much less so in painting. I haven’t come close to exhausting my fascination with the visual representation of entangled couples.

A. M. HOCH, Monster Tamer, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2008
A. M. HOCH, Monster Tamer, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2008
A. M. HOCH, Monster Tamer (sitting), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Monster Tamer (sitting), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Monster Tamer (riding), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Monster Tamer (riding), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Woman on an Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Woman on an Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Woman Turning into an Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Woman Turning into an Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant (Number 4), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant (Number 4), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant (Number 3), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant (Number 3), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Girl Holding a Sick Baby Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Girl Holding a Sick Baby Elephant, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant (Number 3), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant (Number 3), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud Carrying His Mother into the Ocean, ink wash on paper, 5.25 x 4.75 inches, 2013
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud Carrying His Mother into the Ocean, ink wash on paper, 5.25 x 4.75 inches, 2013
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother, charcoal on linen, approx 8.6 x 8 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother, charcoal on linen, approx 8.6 x 8 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother #1, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother #1, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2008
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother #2, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother #2, ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2008
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother (redux), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2013
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother (redux), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2013
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother (redux), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2013
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother (redux), ink wash on paper, 7 x 5 inches, 2013

A. M. HOCH, Strange Couple, mixed media on linen, approx 8 x 5.5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Strange Couple, mixed media on linen, approx 8 x 5.5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Couple #1, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Couple #1, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Couple #2, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Couple #2, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Couple #3, oil on canvas with resin, 48 x 36 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Couple #3, oil on canvas with resin, 48 x 36 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Dark Couple, oil on canvas with resin, 36 x 48 inches, 2006
A. M. HOCH, Dark Couple, oil on canvas with resin, 36 x 48 inches, 2006
A. M. HOCH, Conjoined Couple, oil on conjoined canvases, approximately 72 x 60 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Conjoined Couple, oil on conjoined canvases, approximately 72 x 60 inches, 2001
A. M. HOCH, Long Couple (with fingers in face), oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches, 2008/2013
A. M. HOCH, Long Couple (with fingers in face), oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches, 2007
A. M. HOCH, Entangled Couple (pink), oil on canvas, approximately 18.25 x 15.25 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Entangled Couple (pink), oil on canvas, approximately 18.25 x 15.25 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother, oil on canvas, approximately 37 x 30.5 inches, 2010
A. M. HOCH, Rimbaud and His Mother, oil on canvas, approximately 37 x 30.5 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Punk Love (small), oil on canvas, mounted on canvas, approximately 27.75 x 24 inches, 2009
A. M. HOCH, Punk Love (small), oil on canvas, mounted on canvas, approximately 27.75 x 24 inches, 2009
A. M. Hoch, Punk Love (large), oil on canvas, 55 x 34.25 inches, 2013
A. M. Hoch, Punk Love (large), oil on canvas, 55 x 34.25 inches, 2013
A. M. HOCH, Young Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant, oil on canvas, 23.6 x 23.6 inches (approximately), 2010
A. M. HOCH, Young Woman Carrying a Sick Baby Elephant, oil on canvas, 23.6 x 23.6 inches (approximately), 2010
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