February 17 - March 23, 2024
From Kirk Hopper Fine Art:
“For some four decades, her primary subjects have been the physical and mental landscape, reminding us of seasonal change and the transience of existence. That energy-explosive dynamic of Annabel Livermore’s art operates in Cosmic Gardens, a cycle of visionary abstract paintings that celebrate the spirit with a jarring, almost mystical conviction. Kirk Hopper Fine Art is honored to present Livermore’s works that show nature wandering, jesting, stretching the limits of her domain. From the marrow of nature, can existence renew itself? At what point do we cease to be who or what we were and become something different? The overwhelming content of Cosmic Gardens is one of the enigma of equivocal forces, the unsettling quality of a captured moment in eternal flux. Among Livermore’s strongest efforts, in which she pushes and broadens a unique visual language, the paintings slip between image and abstraction, control and abandon, lines and seeping forms. All provide a sense of looking into the universe to an unknown infinity, a liminal state of life, death and whatever lies beyond.
Annabel Livermore lives and works in El Paso, Texas. Praised by the New York Times as “fresh,” “a tough act to follow,” and the “ultimate in transgression,” Livermore is widely recognized in her home state of Texas as a unique presence and highly original artist.
Rendered with thick applications of radiant colors, Livermore’s paintings are intensely personal, dream-like explorations of the natural world. Over the past 25 years her subjects have ranged from the ordinary to the sublime, including luminous floral arrangements, the hustler bars and frenetic streets of Juarez and the storied Jornada del Muerto Valley in New Mexico. Livermore spends months and sometimes years working on individual paintings and often composes free-verse poems to accompany them. She favors displaying her finished works behind glass in lavish, handcrafted frames. Her paintings have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States.”
On View: February 17, 2024 | 12–5 pm
Kirk Hopper Fine Art (Riverfront Blvd.)
1426 North Riverfront Boulevard
Dallas, 75207 Texas
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