Oceanside Museum of Art
TWA, NOW Exhibit March-August 2021
The first collage for the exhibit, shows doctors and nurses working diligently over patients ad infinitum while many of the public, in lock down, were still secretly getting together for parties and gatherings.
Another from the black and white series. At this time, the artist collective I belong to in San Diego, was preparing for an exhibit at the Oceanside Museum of Art. It had been in the works for 2 years (total). I was still confused as to what I would exhibit. The title of the museum exhibit is, NOW. I was intending, like most of the artists, to express where I was as a female artist at this time in my life. Instead, 2020 had a different idea. It seemed trite to continue in the vein I was working, while all the world appeared to be collapsing around us. After working with the black and white paintings, and collaging my way through some of the darkest days, I was gently directed , by the museum curator, to incorporate the two.
Once again in an attempt to discover and interpret our place in the scheme of things. We are there somewhere. It also looks a lot like the amount of covid germs expelled during a cough. Frightening times.
Looking into the sun is part of a collection of paintings from 2020, many black and white, when we were all locked down, within our walls, our minds and our hearts. It was a fearful and isolating time. Many artists diverted paths at this time, to try and interpret what was happening through their art works. I was one of them.
Sophie's World was commissioned for my youngest client. She hadn't appeared yet, when her parents asked for a painting, for her. Sophie is now here, and this painting is hung above her changing table, where I understand it gives her great contemplation. This one really warms my heart.
TWA Twenty Women Artists
Fresh Paint Gallery, La Jolla
The Flames We Throw is part of a TWA Exhibit at the Fresh Paint Gallery in La Jolla.
TWA stands for Twenty Women Artists (of San Diego). I am very fortunate to belong to this collective of diverse, strong and talented women. This exhibit was titled 20/20, Twenty Women of Vision and focused on our interpretation as female artists. Unfortunately, opening night was the last night of freedom from Covid, and the gallery, and life, shut down promptly afterward. I was fortunate that my painting had been seen by a collector, and was purchased soon after.
