MALCOLM LIEPKE "Girl in White Blouse"

Malcolm's women have a timeless quality, which makes them all the more captivating. This dark-haired beauty could be a young Victorian caught in a informal pose, a vivacious Edwardian fresh home from a horeseback ride, a Jazz Age belle alone with her thoughts, or our dearest friend as we cherish her most - it is her vitality and inwardness that strike us. "My women evoke many different responses, " Malcolm says. "To me, this girl looks very American, like the ones John Signer Sargent painted - pure and strong and American."