"Her recent series of portrait paintings begin as photographs and, through the addition of a gel-like paint, become both reliquary and visionary. The reliquary aspect of the paintings comes from the fragments of the original photographs—eyes, mouth, teeth, or bits of skin—that one can
glimpse through the layers of paint. They are like the bone fragments that one might view in a sculptural reliquary of a saint. The visionary aspect of the paintings involves the intuitive addition of paint over the photograph. Occasionally this action takes place in a passionate explosion; more often the process is deliberate and meditative. This blend of photography and painting allows Page to reveal more about the character of the subject than the photograph itself—an expressive vision rather than a depiction."
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