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Please see Savings & loan, 2001, by Frederick Hammersley at the Menil. I feel everything about that heavy white weight the abstract figure in this painting carries. The colors of this painting, the cherrier colors balanced with the grey, creates a feeling of teetering that draws my eye. The black with its sturdiness, anchoring the…
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At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, view: John E. Dowell, Jr., Letter to My Betty II, 1970, color lithograph on paper, sheet: 15 1⁄8 x 12 in. (38.3 x 30.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.305 I froze up in my writing for this blog because I wasn’t feeling great or good. I was also plagued by the…
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Please view Laura Aguilar’s “Nature Self-Portrait #12” (1996, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in.). The first time I saw Aguilar’s photography, I was living in the Sonoran Desert. I imagined the sand she place her body onto would either be scorching hot or icy cold and never comfortable. Before I knew anything about her,…
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To start, view Untitled (Ocean) by Vija Celmins from the collection at the Ft. Worth Modern. I should warn you that my favorite form is drawing. Graphite is best, charcoal is daring. Others are all fun but these two will always have a special place in my heart. This post is a little of a…
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Please view Dorothy Hood’s painting, Haiti, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Because I don’t have permission, I’m linking to the work of art instead of copying it here. I visited the MFAH on a free admission day which meant that there were beautiful groups (hordes!) of children everywhere. Yes, I witnessed some touching,…
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Whyever blog? Whyever now? Three reasons for this blog, as much a reminder to myself as an introduction of me to you: Who am I? A writer primarily. A person with a day job that has nothing (thankfully) to do with writing. I have written art reviews in the past for various publications and even…
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