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My Exhibitions

100 Degrees

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"Succession" by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 6"w x 12"h; (c) Amy Guidry 2012

My next show is just around the bend as July is coming to a close.  My painting Succession will be featured at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX as part of their group exhibition, “100 Degrees.”  The show will feature works by several of the gallery’s represented artists.  The exhibit dates are August 4th through September 1st, with a Preview held during their First Thursday Artwalk on August 2nd, from 6-8pm.  The official opening reception will be held August 4th, from 6-8pm.  You can preview the show online here: http://www.wallyworkmangallery.com/group_show.lasso?itemid=792.

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My Exhibitions

Visions of the Unnatural World

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I’m a little slow to post these given my show at Barrister’s Gallery ended June 23rd.  Nevertheless, I wanted to share photos from the opening reception for my 3-person exhibition, “Visions of the Unnatural World.”  It was a really great exhibit and a great pair of artists – Nikki Crook and Monique Ligons – to show with.  More photos are also online here: http://www.amyguidry.com/events.html.

Artist Amy Guidry with her painting "Survival of the Fittest" (center)
Artists Monique Ligons, Amy Guidry, and Nikki Crook with their work, respectively, at Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans
"Symbiotic" by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 11"w x 14"h; (c) Amy Guidry 2011; SOLD
"Stallions" and "Mother Nature" by Amy Guidry; 6" x 6" each; acrylic on canvas; (c) Amy Guidry 2012
Installation view, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA

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My Exhibitions

Art Melt 2012

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I recently attended the Preview Party for the 2012 Art Melt at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, LA.  My painting Survival of the Fittest was one of the works selected for the show by jurors Franklin Sirmans (Chief Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Ron Platt (Curator, Birmingham Museum of Art); and Thomas Neff (Artist and Professor of Art, LSU).  If you missed the Preview Party and the opening reception, no worries as the exhibit will be up through August 3rd.

 

Artist Amy Guidry with her painting "Survival of the Fittest" at the Shaw Center for the Arts
Artist Amy Guidry with Ron Platt, Curator, Birmingham Museum of Art, and Franklin Sirmans, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Installation view, Art Melt 2012, The Shaw Center for the Arts
The Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

These are just a few of the photos from the event.  View more here: http://www.amyguidry.com/events.html

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Paintings, Uncategorized

In the Mail

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New postcards featuring "Succession" by Amy Guidry

Just got my new postcards in!  My new painting Succession is on the front cover as well as my upcoming exhibitions list on the back.  If you would like to receive one, sign up for my postcards here: http://www.amyguidry.com/contact.html.  (Just click on the postcard icon.)  And for the over 500 (!) people that are already on my mailing list, be on the lookout for your new cards in the mail this week!

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My Exhibitions, Press

Hi-Fructose – The Great West Coast Migration

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Hi-Fructose: "The Great West Coast Migration" PangeaSeed Benefit Art Tour feature

More good press this week- I had a nice surprise this morning when I discovered my painting for “The Great West Coast Migration” traveling exhibit is featured on Hi-Fructose.  Over 100 artists have come together to support PangeaSeed’s conservation and preservation efforts for sharks and oceans in Japan and beyond.  The exhibit will travel to galleries along the West Coast starting this Friday (the 13th- eek!) at Roq la Rue in Seattle.  For the tour schedule and to check out some of the featured works (including my own!) visit this direct link:  http://hifructose.com/2012/07/04/the-great-west-coast-migration-pangeaseed-benefit-art-tour/.

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Press

Posi+tive Magazine

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Posi+tive Magazine: Interview with Amy Guidry- Between Photorealism and Surreal Composition

I’m excited to announce my recent interview for Posi+tive Magazine is now online.  I am honored to be featured and thank Editor Matilde Casaglia for the interview.  Many paintings from my In Our Veins series are included as well.  You can check out the entire feature at this direct link: http://www.positive-magazine.com/art/interview-with-amy-guidry-between-photorealism-and-surreal-composition/.

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Paintings

Muse Musings

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I get so many questions about my work ranging from simple to philosophical, so today I thought I’d post about one of the more fun ones.  Sort of a Where’s Waldo post.  So some of you have asked about the models I’ve used in my paintings, which have always been varied from series to series.  However, there is one model that has been used for almost every body of work.  If you’ve been following my work since the early days, you probably know the answer to this.  Aside from using my own face, the next cheap and readily available model I know is my husband.  Depending on the painting, some are an exact resemblance, some take artistic license, and some don’t even feature his face (i.e. Everything’s Coming Up Roses).  So here are some of the paintings he has appeared in some form or another:

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My Exhibitions, Paintings

Succession

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“Succession” by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 6″w x 12″h; SOLD; (c) Amy Guidry 2012

I’ve just finished another painting in the In Our Veins series while simultaneously working on my painting One for The Great West Coast Migration exhibit.  This painting is titled Succession and is 6″ wide by 12″ high, acrylic on canvas.  It just arrived at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX the other day and will be included in their upcoming show, 100 Degrees, starting August 4th through September 1st.  When working on this piece, I was thinking of orders- biological orders, our need for order, hierarchy.  The human skull at the bottom leads up to larger animals and butterflies, illustrating how new life grows and is sustained by dead organisms.  The horse and the rose at the top- though I took artistic liberty with the rose- utilize their placement and size to emphasize their importance.  While humans may be the more dominant species, I wanted to focus on the significance and the role of other species in nature.

View the painting online here: www.amyguidry.com/succession.html.  You can also see it in person at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX during the 100 Degrees Preview Party on August 2nd from 6-8pm and during the opening reception August 4th from 6-8pm.

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My Exhibitions

Art Melt

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"Survival of the Fittest" by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 36"w x 18"h; (c) Amy Guidry 2012

Excited to announce that my work has been selected for the 2012 Art Melt.  The jurors for this year’s event are Franklin Sirmans (Terri and Michael Smooke Department Head and Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art);  Ron Platt (Hugh Kaul Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art); and Thomas Neff (Artist and Professor, Louisiana State University).  The event will be held at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, LA.  There will be a Preview Party in which awards and a jurors’ talk will be given on July 13th from 7-11pm.  The opening reception for the event will be held July 14th from 5-10pm and will remain open through August 3rd.

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My Exhibitions

Summer Show

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"The Pack" by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 20"w x 10"h; (c) Amy Guidry 2012

I received some great news recently that my painting The Pack was selected for inclusion in the STAA 47th National Juried Exhibition- The Summer Show.  The juror for the show is Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for the New Orleans Museum of Art.  The Pack is from my In Our Veins series and is an acrylic on canvas, 20″ wide by 10″ high.  The exhibit will open July 14th, with an opening reception from 6-9pm at The Art House gallery in Covington, LA.  The show will remain open through August 11th, with a closing reception as well from 6-9pm with a talk by several of the exhibiting artists.

Selected artists include: Michael Aldana, Casey Ausman, Peter Barnitz, Emily Binder, Andrew Boyd, Heather Brammeier, Alma Bryan Powell, Joshua Chambers, Yvette Creel, Robert Dutruch, Michael Elliott-Smith, Ellen Fisher, Pippin H. Frisbie-Calder, Richard Gilles, Amy Guidry, Kelly Hider, Jane Hill, Claire Lewis Evans, Patrick Lera, Patrick Luber, Don Maitland, Erin McKee McNutt, Sally Richards, Leslie Robertson, Kate Ryan, Charles Simms, Terry Vermillion, and Jaclyn Warren

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