Carmen Herrera -or- Inspiration Example #1

Carmen Herrera, (top to bottom) Red with White Triangle (1961); Untitled (1950); Irlanda (1952); Blanco y Verde (1966).

Carmen Herrera is an interesting painter that just popped up on my radar. I'm a fan of minimalism and with just a few elements--selective color and repeated, elongated triangles--Herrera's paintings become fascinating and unsettling. According to today's NY Times, she's new on everyone's radar--even though she has been painting since WWII. She sold her first painting a few years back at the age of 89! Perhaps Herrera will be the first in a line of inspiring figures, artists who remind me to keep on fighting the good fight.

Gigi Gatewood

I discovered Gigi Gatewood's work through the Philadelphia Art Hotel website. A very compelling, steady gaze runs throughout her work. Gatewood did a residency with PAH. Check out PAH too because they're a great, young organization (plus my buddy Zak is one of the founders)!

http://www.gigigatewood.com/
www.philadelphiaarthotel.org

all images ©Gigi Gatewood

Todd Hido - Witness #7

If you haven't seen the new edition of Witness, go to SF Camerawork and buy it. It totally knocked my socks off.

Toddy Hido - Witness #7, from Joy of Giving Something, Inc and Nazraeli Press

http://www.nazraeli.com/bookdetail.php?book_id=100262

http://www.jgsinc.org/index2.php

Nazraeli also just published the third installment of Mark Steinmetz' amazing "South" series, Greater Atlanta.