"...Dexter Dalwood draws poignant comparison between the New York socialite and Pre-Raphaelite representations of Shakespeare’s Ophelia. Plagued by depression and mental instability, Sunny slipped into an irreversible coma in 1980; her husband, art dealer Claus von Bulow, was initially convicted and later acquitted of attempted poisoning. Here, Dalwood portrays the heiress as an eternal beauty, trapped in a morbidly poetic slumber. Based on..." http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/artpage