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Beginning a New Body of Work

January 29, 2016

There's a phase where my mind goes into sponge mode - it is perhaps the most awkward of phases, like a mental New Moon. Everything soaking in, it gets messy and colorful to say the least. Only work can iron it out, and there's thankfully so much to do. This year is an exciting year for me - I'll be traveling back up to Oxford, MS to do a performance-based painting of my steel piece, Swamp Flower , during the Double Decker Festival in April, and I'll be exhibiting some landscapes at Southside Gallery along with my friend and fellow nature painter Carlyle Wolfe. 

The summer brings more fun - I'll have a solo exhibition at River Gallery in Chattanooga, TN. The gallery has both an indoor and outdoor gallery space, so I'm working on both interior and exterior pieces for this show. 

In September, I'm thrilled to announce that I'll have my first solo museum show at the Isaac Delgado Gallery in New Orleans. I fell in love with the greenhouse-cathedral feeling of the space, and will be throwing all of my sculptural ambitions into the exhibition "Twilight and the Dance of Trees".

But this post is really about the beginning of all this, and where I stand as of January 2016. I'm painting, and painting, and painting. Stretching canvases, going for as many morning runs as I can, and making my recordings patiently. There's a plan, and I'm working through it. 

Working through some of these "New Moon" paintings.

Working through some of these "New Moon" paintings.

The New Orleans space is still open, but mainly by appointment so I can focus on producing my new work. You should really go to supper club - I think that is the perfect experiential setting to see what I do, and what Melissa Martin does there is absolutely delightful. There are some great swamp paintings to be seen amongst her grandmother's cajun aromas, the infamous duck wallpaper, and a new room with some playful swamp abstractions from the fall.  

With Love from the swamps,

Mia

 

 

Tags: 2016, New Moon
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SAVE THE dates:

  • 2/9: "Open Air Studio" at Northlake Nature Center in Mandeville. All ages drawing workshop with Mia. For more info, contact rue@northlakenature.org.

  • 2/23 - 5/3: "Rest in Peace, Mi Mi” with Dapper Bruce Lafitte. The Building, 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. New Orleans.


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Happy Valentine’s Day to all the lovers, especially to my sweetheart @cedricangeles . I wouldn’t change a thing about him, even if I could. 😉💘 ( Sadly, I don’t know who made this sign or took this photo, but big hugs to them too. )
From today’s drawing workshop at @northlakenaturecenter where I have sponsored workshops in drawing from observation for years, mostly to kids but now I’ve opened it up to adults. What I love most about drawing is how it reveals individuality. I try and do my best to provide principles that help others translate what they perceive onto paper. Want to try it? Next one is in April, when everything will be blooming. Contact Rue @northlakenaturecenter.org  to register. No experience necessary. Thank you to everyone who joined me this morning. 💚 (This is all work by participants)
Dapper Bruce Lafitte is one of my favorite people. We had begun some collaborative drawings, a sort of call and response where I would draw, he would draw, and so on. Finally, the results are coming to the surface in a show that Bruce is putting together, “Rest in Peace, Mimi”. Details coming soon.
Housing studio experimentation happening at school... Imagine 5 people living in 1200sf, 25% of that needs to be outdoor space. Would you/could you live here? 🙃🤔 🏙
Adventures at the archives - Southeast Architectural Archive (SEAA) and The Louisiana Research Center (LaRC) at Tulane: a book of pressed flowers from 1894, other significant books on flowers/gardens circa 1838, and a Proteus Float Plate from 1892. #tulaneuniversity #archives #joneshall
You inspired me to share mine too @j.michael.bailey 🐙 Thanks for the reference help @rushjagoe 🙂
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