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April 29th, 2021

4/29/2021

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My studio at Art Square Studios, above Art Supply on Almeda

4/29/2021

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​I moved into this large, light filled, work/live studio in August. Three other artists have work/live spaces and numerous artists have studios. We are above the Art Supply on Almeda owned by Ben and Vikki, who live here. I love being part of this art community. I love living in my studio. 
In the photo my studio is empty as 20 of my paintings are now at Archway Gallery from my show with Shirl Riccetti, Exploring Paint, will open Saturday, May1, 10-6:00 pm. As of May 1st, Archway Gallery will be open Tuesday – Saturday 10-6:00 pm and Sunday 1-5:00 pm. Come out and see art. While Exploring Paint will be in the front galley, thirty other gallery artists will have work in the gallery.
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Go Home and Go Small - Covid Dream Series

7/7/2020

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Covid Dream: Red, White and Blue, 6"x 4"
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Covid Dream: Snake Dance, 6"x 4"

Since the outbreak of Covid 19, I've worked at home, in my apartment. My dining area has become two studios, one for yoga practice, one for art practice. Due to space restrictions, I returned to an approach I used years ago when I had little time for my art. I dashed watercolor onto a small watercolor block which I would take with me.  Using a fine Sharpie pen I would begin following the watery line of color and complete with lots of agitated line.  
Besides the virus and my confinement to my apartment, I'm scheduled to move in July to a new work/live studio, which is being built, but is not yet finished. Nothing is certain in my life.  



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a little bit of my new studio/a little bit of me

10/15/2019

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In March I had to move to a new studio because the building I had been in was sold and will be torn down. Moving was a tremendous stress as I had been at Art Square Studios on Main for over ten years and I had spilled out to occupancy three different studios. I've moved to Art Square Studios on Commence Street. After seven month I'm almost settled. This is me resting on my studio napping couch looking at a painting in progress. 

Oh that painting is no longer red,but red peeks through. 
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studio detritus

2/6/2019

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I'm fascinated by studio detritus. For my show Spill, some paintings are on large sheets of heavy watercolor paper primed with gesso both front and back before the painting process begins. The papers are painted while pinned to a wall. As the paint spills across the top edge, a spray of water encourages the paint's downward run.  
The wall is protected by sheets of plastic and the floor has cardboard taped to it, but as the building has been sold and will be soon demolished, I've become a careless. 
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detail of a work in progress

8/17/2018

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Detail of a current work onWatercolor paper cut to 50"x 36"
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Becoming Paint Video at Archway Gallery

4/14/2017

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Becoming Paint is my show at Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy, Houston TX, 77006.
From April 1 - May 4, 2017

Thanks Debra Ford for the video.
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March 10th, 2017

3/2/2017

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studio chaos
Is it any wonder that I couldn't find six paintings? They were lost for two days. I'm getting ready for my show Becoming Paint which opens at Archway Gallery on April 1, 2017, 5-8pm, so I'm in that final, frantic panic to get everything signed and titled and to get the hardware on the back of each painting. I have photos for six 24 x 24" paintings that I can't find. Below is an image of my working studio and my storage studio at Art Square Studios on Main at Dennis in Houston. Not that I like chaos, but it seems to follow in my wake.

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Sweet Nothings

2/20/2015

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I spent hours creating to titles for my 74 Sweet Nothing paintings.  I'm preparing for my show which opens at Archway Gallery on Saturday, March 7, 2015. I will have an installation covering one large wall with 74 Sweet Nothing paintings. While these small canvas flirt with the dangerous territory of the decorative, they are constructed using detritus: leftover paint, dead flowers, and scraps of resin harvested from the drop cloths of sculptor Kamila Szczesna.
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Here is a detail of a finished Touch painting.

1/30/2015

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These paintings are constructed of layers and layers of paint, up to 30 or so layers. Sometimes I use my hands; sometimes I use a brush to add paint to the ridges which were formed by my hands. Here is a small detail of a larger piece.
Many of my Touch Series paintings will be included in my show Shimmer at Archway Gallery which opens Saturday, March 7, 2015.

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  • home
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    • paintings >
      • covid dreams
      • spill 2019
      • becoming paint 2017
      • touch series II
      • touch series I
      • sweet nothings
      • coming undone
      • unabashed color
      • caliente
      • space
      • black paintings >
        • body politic
        • dance
        • life lines
    • political work
    • photographs >
      • studio detrius
      • corporal vista series
      • surf series
    • drawings
    • sculpture >
      • changelings
      • paper dance
      • piano parts
    • videos >
      • video by donna e perkins
      • video by others >
        • Houston Art Tribe 2nd Episode by Kay Sarver
        • exposure , wagner sousa modern art
        • paper dance sculptures
        • caliente
        • entanglements
  • cv
    • about >
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