2006

Acrylic, collage and varnish on rag paper, board and frame, 38.5 x 30.5 inches

From the series Dee Dee Does Utopia. Images from art history and popular culture. Recent ressearch reveals that the impulse to "tend and befriend" presents an alternative to "fight or flight," which has commonly been considered the natural human response to anxiety and conflict.  (Biobehavioral Responses to Stress in Females: Tend-and-Befriend, Not Fight-or-Flight, by Shelley E. Taylor, et al,  Department of Psychology, UCLA)