Zara Monet Feeney’s paintings are gloriously opulent and alluring - rich satin gowns, delicate lace edging, a string of pearls, all punctuated by extravagantly oversized jewels. These historically and iconically feminine accouterments (ruffles and circle skirts and corseted bodices) are beautifully compelling but without telling the whole story. The jewels become almost like armor or a shield - a diversion or misdirection to obscure the truth. Dreamlike and romantic, the paintings are a nod to classical portraits in their formal qualities but somehow unmoored in time. They are not past nor are they present.