September 22 - November 24, 2019
A group exhibition featuring work from Martha Rich, Esther Pearl Watson & Heather Sundquist Hall.
“Esther Pearl Watson grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Her family moved often, since her father’s hobby of building huge flying saucers out of scrap metal and car engines didn’t always sit well with the neighbors. Esther’s pieces are mostly narrative, like a clip from a graphic novel of her, life clear but mysterious scenes.
Watson is a painter and comic artist. She has an MFA from CalArts. Her paintings have exhibited at Webb Gallery in Texas, Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, and worldwide, including Maureen Paley in London and Antonio Columbo Arte Contemporanea in Milan. Her award-winning comic, Unlovable, is published in Bust Magazine and with Fantagraphics. She has published Blood Lady Commandos with Vice online and Welcome to Crapland with Adult Swim online. She currently teaches at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California.
Martha Rich lived the typical, suburban life – until she followed her husband to Los Angeles where, just short of a picket fence and 2.5 children her average American life unraveled. To cope with divorce, fate lead her to a class taught by painters and brothers Rob and Christian Clayton. They persuaded her to quit the pantyhose, corporate world, leave her human resources job at Universal Studios behind and become an artist full-time. My art is a record of humans living out loud.
Rich is a chronic eavesdropper.She graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has her MFA from Univeristy of Pennsylvania.
Rich is a chronic eavesdropper.She graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has her MFA from Univeristy of Pennsylvania.
Heather Sundquist Hall is an illustrator based in Texas. Her paintings are drawn from memories, nostalgia and narratives. Much of the focus in Heather’s work is on the details or the more quiet aspects. It’s the subtle shift in light at sunset she pays homage to, or even the kind of plaid a couch was that was in her grandmother’s house in 1986. These, often overlooked details, become characters in her stories and illuminate a memories through new eyes.
Her artwork is also an attempt to honor what has been forgotten.”
Her artwork is also an attempt to honor what has been forgotten.”
Opening: September 22, 2019 | 1–4 pm
Mobile tin type studio with photographer Ellen Marie Leathers-Wishart on hand for portraits
209-211 W Franklin
Waxahachie, 75165 TX
(972) 938-8085
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