Sisters (Susan and Toni)

Hendricks met the subjects in Boston. A comparison of the painting with photographs he took of the women—outside, against a wood-paneled wall—shows that he changed the colors of the hat and headscarf to match each woman’s shirt, limiting the range of colors in the composition, in which a deep gray predominates. He paid close attention to the rendering of their jewelry, especially reflections in the metal. A tiny reflection of the woman wearing green appears in the spherical earring of the woman in blue.