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Maggie Kleinpeter

About

My paintings start with a thought, a memory, a sound or a dream. They make their way to the canvas through a process of painting patterns, shapes and color and creating space then covering parts up and bringing them back. This process repeats until the original impulse is realized and the painting is complete. I repeat certain simplified shapes to clarify the process or to restate a thought.

My most recent paintings explore the relationship between the physicality of painting and memories of landscapes and sky. In all my work there is an exploration of the act of painting and subconscious thought. Humor and whimsy are very important. Through pattern, shape, color and space, I bring these moments to the surface and create physical reference to barely remembered dreams thoughts and sounds of the past and present.

Location: Austin, TX, United States
Website: http://www.maggiekleinpeter.com

Work

Material Art Space, Memphis, TN 2012
Boom Gallery, Austin TX 2012
Serious Whimsey, Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX 2012
Too Much Pink, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA 2012
Blast Gallery, Teaneck NJ 2012
Creatures, Austin, TX 2012
Art Melt, Baton Rouge LA 2009
New York Cool, Brookyn, NY 2004
Home Shop, Brooklyn 2002
Manhattan Theatre Source, NY, NY 2000, 2001
Parkers Box, Brooklyn, NY 2000
Times Square Gallery, New York, NY 2000
Levee Gallery, Monroe, LA 1997
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 1995, 1996
Baton Rouge Green, Baton Rouge, LA 1996, 1997, 1998
Nell Fetzer Gallery, Baton Rouge LA 1996
Wiley Tower, Ruston, LA 1996, 1997
Yarbro's, Baton Rouge,LA 1996

Publications

NY Magazine
Washington Post
Vogue
10 Magazine
HGTV
LFT Magazine
Venus Magazine
Bust Magazine
NY Daily News
Waterfront Weekly
Antigravity Magazine
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