 Every city I've been to is rich in visual resources: the color, the energy, the tones of gray, the graffiti and the eroded walls. I cannot put the camera down when I am in the city. Some of the places I have photographed with total obsession are Haight Ashbury, Greenwich Village, and even Alcatrez. My artwork is highly influenced by this urban energy in my attempt to create the "perfect wall"
photo credit Madeline Garrett: "Lost in the Alley" Haight Ashbury
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 I am a cowgirl at heart.. blazing new trails, roaming the mountainside, head in the clouds, trying to round up the muse and lasso her in for a wild ride. Can be seen with cowboy coffee in the desert, talking to cactus, and forever carrying a camera with the need to photograph everything with my own unique view. I take all of these experiences, work them into the surfaces of my paintings, and brandish them with my distinctive style.
Little Cowgirl is literally "now and then" in the same moment. Fifty years separate the two images in this collage: a 3-year old on the draw in her cowgirl suit, and the famous COWGIRL sign in Santa Fe where I have frequented many times during my travels.. a symbol of the free spirited cowgirl that still exists after all these years and is part of me whether I am 3 or 53. Lots of changes occur over the years, but the interior remains the same. No matter where I go or what I do, that spirit is there. |
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