Farida Hughes

Letting Go 2

2020

Artist Commentary: These large shapes are soothing to look at. A social media follower said they "enjoy getting lost in the movement." I conceived of the duo of "Letting Go...

Artist Commentary: This painting is from my "Common Threads" series comprised of abstract paintings that metaphorically allude to the links, or threads, tying people, groups, and communities together across differences. We often find ourselves faced with addressing the differences between people, via identity, politics, economic stature, family origin, and more. Real entwined thread, or pulled lengths of wool, in the Common Threads paintings are a metaphor for commonly shared experiences bridging these different identity issues. Shared experiences bind people and their histories together in intimately interesting ways. I am working to use these links and metaphoric threads as a means to find common ground and harmony. Keywords: abstract, pastel colors, linear, lines, thread, calm, meditative, circles, pink, green, blue, ivory, antique white Details about the piece: - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Professional grade oil paints and ArtResin on wood panel - Other materials include professional grade watercolor, oil pastel, and thread - Wood Panel with Birchwood face and 1.5" Poplar wood cradle - Ready to hang with wires and D ring - Signed on the back - Certificate of authenticity and care sheet included with original Artist Biography: Farida Hughes’ lively and intriguing abstract paintings take their inspiration from the gathering and dispersing of crowds, group relationships, and shared histories and stories of people. She developed her abstract mixed media style, and methods of mixing oil paint with resin, after many years of painting with oil paint and experimenting with oil painting mediums. Hughes studied Studio Art and English at Fordham University in New York and received an MFA in Painting from the University of Chicago. Her work is exhibited widely in galleries and art centers and collected nationally. She is currently represented by Walker Fine Art...

AUSPICE 2020 Paris, France An auspice is a ‘prophetic sign’ which the artist was inspired by. This textured, abstract piece features a lying skull, looking up to the sky...

Erin Parish (American, b. 1966) 40004"Sugar High Undertow" Hand signed and dated 2005 verso, Oil and resin on panel. 18"h x 24"w Erin Parish ( 1966 -, St. Louis, MO) is an American painter and independent curator. She graduated from Bennington College in 1988 with a B.A. and Queens College with an M.F.A. in 1990. Parish is the daughter of four artists. As a child growing up] talk in her family focused on the New York Times and the changing commercial and philosophical views of the art world. She has been exhibiting regularly since the age of 18 and has been a practicing artist for nearly four decades. While her early influences range from Joseph Cornell to the German Expressionist artists and the Neue Wilde artists of the 1980s, she now draws inspiration from the Hudson River School artists, as well as Mariko Mori, Yayoi Kusama and Japanese woodcuts by Hokusai and Hiroshige. She is also influenced by the Japanese principles of Wabi-sabi and Yugen. She has been represented by Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY and Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA. SELECTED GALLERY GROUP EXHIBITIONS ​​2023 "Artistry and Alchemical Process," Spanierman Modern, New York NY (artists included: Steven Alexander, Dan Christensen, Elaine De Kooning, Sam Middleton, Joan Mitchell, Andy Moses, Erin Parish, Dan Rizzie) ​2021 "Twenty-five-year Anniversary Exhibition," Winston Wachter Fine Art, NY NY​ 2020 "Abstract Allegories," Spanierman Modern, Miami Beach, FL "Summer Mood," curated by Natasha Schlesinger at Topping Rose House, Easthampton, NY 2019 "Portfolio Review Series the Laundromat Art Space," Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL "Full Spectrum: Lynne Cook, Erin Parish, William Rushton" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2017 "Parish, Parish, Parish" Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI "Detroit Abstraction," Janice Charach Gallery, curator Rick Vian, West Bloomfield, MI 2015 “Creating A Scholar,” Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Miami, Fl with the American Institute of Architects “Gallery Artists for the XII Havana Biennial,” Bustamante Fine Art, Havana, Cuba 2013 Documenta USA,” Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI 2001 “Father/Daughter, Tom Parish...