February 27 - May 9, 2021
From the gallery:
“Esther Pearl Watson, born in 1973 and grew up in the DFW area with a Father who was obsessed with the idea that he could build a She has always been a journal keeper and most of her paintings come from her past experiences or her present day to day thoughts and dreams. As a young girl, Esther began to draw and worked to leave home an go to art school. A few years back she received her MFA from California Institute of Art.
Esther currently divides her time between teaching full time at Pasadena Art Center College of Design, making art, illustrations, and spending time with her family. Esther’s work is executed in a naive style with details of true painting skills and talent. Her work is narrative in nature and with her signature style, she fits the directness of folk art with a contemporary competence. In 2015-16, Esther was given the opportunity by the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth to design and paint a huge 10×13″ painting was is installed in their atrium for a year. This piece will be included in our current exhibit of Esther’s new work. Esther’s work has something for everyone to collect or admire in it’s colors, humor, and our human nature of wanting to look in each by creative folks across the world including Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and Cindy Sherman.
“Esther Pearl Watson is a master story teller. Her paintings of flying saucers invading her childhood memories elevate the mundane to the magical. Memory is the tricky thing, and Esther, through her work takes stories of heartbreak and challenge and transforms them into tales of joy and possibility.”
– Dr. Andrew Walker, Director of Amon Carter Museum of American Art”
On View: February 27, 2021 | 1–5 pm
209-211 W Franklin
Waxahachie, 75165 TX
(972) 938-8085
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