Following on the heels of the loss of the gallerist, Martha Hibberd, early this spring, I received a sad phone call from Terry McGrath, partner in the gallery Hibberd/McGrath in Breckinridge CO, that she was closing the gallery for various reasons.
Marty & Terry were fabulous gallerists and warm, embracing people. Although I had never set foot in the gallery, I had visited them at SOFA Chicago year after year and we struck up a professional and friendly relationship. I had two solo shows there and was in a few group shows, and the work was beautifully displayed and then sold to discerning collectors. I have rarely had such a comfortable and honest relationship with a gallery as I had with H/M.
So today the long parcels arrived, carrying my “inventory” home to me. It has been rather like a birthday unwrapping them all: over a decade’s worth of old friends up to the most recent body of work which I had shown there last April. As I have not woven anything significant since shipping the balance of that work to Patina Gallery last fall, it was a redemption to see it all: some of my best work, all beautifully packaged interleaved with acid free tissue, carefully and lovingly preserved and sent off.
After 6 months of questioning my art and my purpose, it is reassuring to have them here for the moment, so I am going to show them all to you right here.
And then, please comment: I need another gallery now! Any ideas?
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Bemused, 29” x 28”, wool with metallic |
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Haven 17” x 29”, wool with metallic |
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Butterflies & Caterpillars, 2005, 43″ x 17″ |
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Small Orange Barn, 2007, wool, cotton & metallic, 26.5” x 17.5” |
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Bee Swarm, 2009, 32” x 30”wool with metallic, silk and cotton |
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Pink Cakes, 2004, 23.5” x 27” |
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Bee Hives & Lavender, 2006, wool, cotton, metallic |
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Green Jug at the Lake, 2005, 63.5” x 35” |
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Jelly Beans, 2004, 26” x 28.5”, wool with cotton |
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Study for Burning Barn 20” x 18”, wool with nylon, cotton |
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Cakes 2000 95” x 22”, wool with cotton |
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Bread Bins, 2001, 27” x 38”, wool with cotton |
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Spinning Oranges 74” x 17”, wool with cotton |
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Purple Loosestrife, 2006, 24” x 34”, wool with cotton |
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Horror Vacui: Brush & Spoon 1998, 50.5” x 8.5”, wool & cotton |
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Tomatoes (detail), wool & cotton 2000 108” x 20” |
“Haven” was one of my favorites. I hope you find a gallery for them soon!
Did “In My Mind’s Eye I am Fine” sell at the Hibberd McGrath gallery?
Mind’s Eye is at Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, along with her sister,”Beatrice”. Haven is safe with me for the moment!