Glass Houses 18: Margaret Meehan and Noah Simblist

by Everett Taasevigen March 20, 2010

A shirtless, tattooed man with a shaved head stands with his hands clasped before a pink and blue background.

Vincent Valdez, “So Long, Mary Ann,” 2019, oil on canvas, Collection of Mike Healy and Tim Walsh, Santa Barbara, CA. Photo: Museum of Contemporary Art Houston

A man with a shaved head and tattoos on his face, neck, and head looks directly at the viewer.

Vincent Valdez, “So Long, Mary Ann,” 2019, oil on canvas, Collection of Mike Healy and Tim Walsh, Santa Barbara, CA. Photo: Ruben C. Cordova

A photograph of a tattooed arm in an office.

Photograph of Venezuelan immigrant Jerce Reyes’s arm, with soccer-themed tattoo, included in his immigration file. Image provided by his lawer, Linette Tobin, reproduced here from CNN.

A grid of tattoos considered to be gang-related by the U.S. government.

Tattoos the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS) regards as examples of the Tren de Aragua gang tattoos. Photo: Texas Department of Public Safety

Margaret Meehan and Noah Simblist are possibly the two most
compassionate people I have ever met. The married couple are both
artists and recently moved from Dallas to Fort Worth where they live in a lovely bungalow that also incorporates their studio space.
Meehan’s work embraces issues dealing with medical anomalies, exploring
the qualities of what some might call freaks. In Simblist’s work, the
artist calls attention to the intolerance and injustice of the
demolishing of Palestinian homes in the Israeli-occupied
territories.

Everett Taasevigen
is a Houston photographer.

Also by Everett Taasevigen:

Glass Houses 17: Shamrock Hotel Studios

Glasshouses 16: Gary Sweeney

Glass Houses 15: Lauren Kelley

Glass Houses 14: Margarita Cabrera

Glass Houses 13: Hana Hillerova

Glass Houses 12: Leslie Wilkes

Glass Houses 11: Julie Speed

Glass Houses 10: Bert Long

Glass Houses 9: Steve Brudniak

Glass Houses 8: David Aylsworth