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LIVE chat at the museum of arts + sciences

In conjunction with my paintings being featured in the “Emerging National IX” annual, curated by Susan Welsh, Director of the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with museum curator and painter, Kristy B. Edwards about the selected works.

These paintings, a part of the (sequoia) series, were made between January 2020 and January 2021. Each work uses the concept of locus amoenus as its starting point. Locus amoenus is a literary tool which  describes a idealized, safe place, a place containing trees, grass, water. It is at once a green world, a feminine place, an expression of a universal  spirituality that is nature. Like a hortus conclucus, or enclosed garden, it is also a  paradox in that nature is not, can not be, enclosed or walled. All of the paintings in the four series made in 2020 offer us a locus amoenus. They also notify and remind us of the artifice of the picture plane, of the contained garden, of the idea of safety. They highlight our attempts to contain both nature, our fears, and passions as well as our desire to contain life, beauty, whatever perceptions of  demesne or dominion we might hold.  

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LIVE chat/video with curator + painter, Kristy B. Edwards: here

now exhibiting at macon museum of arts and sciences

I am pleased to announce that new works from the (sequoia) series have been included in those invited to this year’s Emerging National Exhibit at the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences.

“The Museum of Arts and Sciences presents its 9th annual Emerging National exhibition, showcasing rising stars from across the United States. Four contemporary professional artists, representing some of the nation’s finest undergraduate and graduate art programs, will display works ranging from large-scale abstract paintings and mixed media installations to ceramic sculpture.”

In addition to my works, there are new works installed from Will Penny, Kristina Larson and Whitney Wood Bailey. The museum is currently open to the public and additional programming will be announced. This exhibit runs through May 29, 2021.

katherine sandoz (sequoia) back river haboob, 2020, water-based media on canvas, 30” x 30”

katherine sandoz (sequoia) back river haboob, 2020, water-based media on canvas, 30” x 30”