The O.J. Simpson Trial (1995)
A Series of 110 individual portrait drawings from the 253-day trial Like many people across America, the artist became fascinated by the drama of the “Trial of the Century” (from January 24, 1995 – October 3, 1995), involving the famous athlete/actor O.J. Simpson, who was accused of murdering his wife Nicole, an bystander Ronald Goldman. Her way to justify watching the trial, day after day, live on television, was to make portrait drawings of every participant, both famous and everyday citizens, from O.J. to the celebrity defense attorney, Johnny Corcoran, and his team, to prosecutor Marcia Clark, and her team, to every witness participating – including Mark Furman, the policemen who found “the glove,” O.J.’s house guest Kato Kalin, the Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Lance Ito, and Forensic Expert, Henry Lee. Drawing these witnesses involved intense observation. Some witnesses spent only a very short time on the stand, while others, the lawyers, etc, had appeared on the screen many times. In either case, the artist's ability to capture each one's likeness and expression makes an extraordinary and unusual record of the trial. At the bottom of each of the drawings of the witnesses, she recorded a key phrase of their testimony, i.e.: Kato Kalin, he “heard thumps throughout the night.” In total, she drew 110 individual portraits. The Connecticut Post newspaper featured her series with a front-page article on May 13, 1995.