| Artist's Statement |
Connie Connally – Life Like Water, published on the occasion of Connally’s exhibition at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts – June 9 – August 27, 2011 and currently exhibiting at Craighead Green Gallery. The volume includes an important critical essay by curator, Susan Bush, of Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, describing Connally’s most significant paintings since her move from Texas to California. “Just as the seasons re-work nature into ever-shifting configurations, many of these canvases have been repainted numerous times. The result is a palimpsest of memory and information from the natural world not necessarily seen, but felt just beneath the surface. Layers of remembrance, feeling, and time result in line and color. The beauty and intellect of Connally’s paintings becomes an individualized notion; they can appear different every time they are viewed, depending on perception affected by personal experience that day, that week, or that year.
Connally’s sensorial body of work leaves a lasting impression through color and composition, individual to the viewer. This exhibition explores the artist’s continuing search to make images that are both personally meaningful and universally accessible, with nature being the point of departure.”
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