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The mystery and wildness of animals is the inspiration for my work. Plant, animal forms and background shapes interlock creating compositional as well as emotional tension. Often arrangements of repeating shapes can be found in both the positive and negative spaces. Through content and these formal elements I hope to represent the interrelatedness of nature and life.
I identify with the surv... <MORE> |
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| Phyllis Stapler's recent paintings have focused on endangered or extinct species including Tasmanian Tigers, fossas, polar bears and wooly mammoths. Always a champion of the underdog, she places her subjects in a monochromatic negative space to represent a protective force field around them. Albuquerque Tribune reviewer T.D. Mobley Martinez described her painting of a missing dog as "floati... <MORE> |
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