Monday, March 23, 2009

mary o'malley




the lesson, ink on paper, 32 x 40, 2006, mental map #5, ink on paper, 19 x 25.5, 2006, hybrid bloom, ink on paper, 32 x 40, 2007, mental map #2, ink on paper, 19 x 25.5, 2006, garden #1, ink on paper, 31½ x 35, 2006

in keeping with a springtime feel on the blog-the lacy, swirly, amazingly detailed work of mary o'malley...

'I am interested in a kind of hysterical beauty, which becomes blatantly sensuous, silly, unapologetically pretty, boldly decorative, and aggressively feminine. I want them to embody the spirit of a gaudy chandelier dripping with crystals and lights, a blinding, ridiculous beauty that attracts and repels.'

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