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Artist
Portfolios
Therese Murdza
Born in 1964 and raised in Edgewood, Maryland, I apply an early
training in music, a later training in theatre performance, and
an ongoing practice of writing to the canvas. I compose and materialize
a project of sound from transitory space: painting images and concepts
with basic elements like circles, lines, and color. I narrate the
middles of things – not the beginnings or the ends, but middles;
the being in the middle of things. I
work almost exclusively on stretched canvas, in turns building large
and small pieces, created in response to intuition and impulse as
well as ongoing commission requests. I paint with acrylic and/or
oil paint, using pencil,
water-based crayon, charcoal, and ink to mark my place, leave a
note, add line, relay the maps, and offer an ongoing substantive
record. With
gallery connections in North Carolina, Iowa, and Oregon, I am continually
influenced by the geography of a vibrant and sometimes virtual
community of artists and activists. Encouraged to stay curious about
the world, to paint the unpredictable movements of bodies and
words, the paragraphs and shapes and sounds set alight.
-Therese Mudza
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"even
though this also mattered"
14"
x 14"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"even
with the map they wandered"
30"
x 40"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"blue
1"
24"
x 28"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"there
is always yes"
40"
x 30"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"two
and then three"
18"
x 18"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"she
loves being loved"
42"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"circus,
six seven"
42"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"river
9"
54"
x 72"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"queerly
peared 1"
22"
x 26"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"five
fares four"
23"
x 26"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"ochre
I'
30"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"two
green"
10"
x 14"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"untitled
blue (her night sky's desire)"
60"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"they
knew what to make of It this time"
40"
x 30"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"river
41"
22"
x 24"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"they
passed hand to hand"
24"
x 42"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"red
V'
20"
x 20"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"free
dreams, no waiting"
60"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"her
songs came oUt in rhyme"
26"
x 42"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"they
were not obscured"
20"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"river 33"
22"
x 24"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"we
planted the plum tree"
42"
x 48"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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"green
five"
17"
x 24"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
"it
could still be coming"
20"
x 20"
Acrylic,
crayon, and pencil on canvas
Available
for Purchase |
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