Baltimore’s Beth Ann Wilson
Beth Ann Wilson has a very definite style that I’m kind of on the fence about. However, I love her subject matter.
“Studio”
Oils
16×20
Again it is mundane still lifes, not in the techniques or painting style but of the content itself. I really feel like if you went into her room or studio that this is EXACTLY the kind of mess that you’d see.
Viao
Oils
12×16
I think that the style that I’m so iffy on works very well with the subject matter. Aside for feeling like I’m looking directly at her own environment, I get the feeling of dirty, crazy chaos that is almost expected of an artists environment.
Mirrorland
Oils
11×14
However, like I mentioned before her brush strokes and aggressive painting really help emphiasize the crazy mess that clutters up ones space.
Green and Purple Still Life
Oils 6×9
Antenna
Oils
14×18
What also just really tickles me about these still lifes are the lack of the pretty pink flowers and the normal ornamental items that seem to populate this genre of painting. These are paintings of her room, they could be paintings of my room, or a corner of my room where I throw everything until I decide I can’t live with the mess any longer. These are the items in our everyday lives that we look at and don’t even think of twice.
Clutter on a desk is now a celebration of disorganization and the items themselves, not the mess that you’ve been promising yourself you’d clean up.
This could be anybody’s room, hidden secret or general life, and coupled with her style really drives the point home of glorious mess.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Beth Ann Wilson hosts Drink and Draw every Saturday night at the Laughing Pint (Corner of Gough and Conkling St.) Bring your supplies and grab a beer. 21+
One of these days I should actually go!