H. Margret - About The Artist

Artist Statement

Communication is a creative priority in my art work. Each piece is a discovery leading to the completion of the piece itself.

Each painting series evolves with pieces ranging from work on paper to canvas or sculpture. In 1999, testing the creative aspects of a new media, I produced a 2.5 minute creative film short featuring my images combined with original music and narration. In 2003, alabaster carvings I created were cast in a bronze edition, The Couple.

My studio work began in 1979, in Corvallis, Oregon, using oils, acrylics, caseins and encaustics. My techniques include layered approaches to the media with emphasis on line and form. Many of my paintings are created horizontally, which allows the flow of the media to create accidental effects. For health reasons, after 1990, I stopped using oil pigments or solvents. Drawings on paper remain a vital part of my creative process.

Marion Woodman, Jungian author and scholar, wrote to me that my images were “archetypal” in content. Since my formal education was in journalism, art classes were taken for personal enjoyment. The telling of the personal emotional story remains my focus, although sometimes highly abstract works result. Content remains a motive, whether abstract or narrative. Communication with the audience, which at the time of making the art is me, builds to a resonance later engaging others as well.

I do not use media or cultural imagery. My images are mainly self-derived; it is my hope that others will also employ their own personal imagery for a richer world. I feel great affinity with “tribal” artists who create their work as part of a personal ritual for healing and growth. I am grateful to all the anonymous creative geniuses whose work has enriched my process.

My series themes include: Lost Child, Authority Figures, Captive Head, Waiting Spirit, Seed Politics, Strange Goddess, Ancient Child, The Planets, Fusion, Dark Stallion and many others. I am represented by Two Horses Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Artist Bio

The creation of art for pleasure is the motive for H. Margret.

A second child in a family of 12 children, Margret lived in Valley Forge, PA, until the family moved to Salt Lake City, in 1970. An early memory was being fascinated by an oil painting. Margret has Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Washington State University and her first studio was in Corvallis, OR. Early influences included Cezanne, Modigliani, Van Gogh, African sculpture, Navajo weavings and the work of Paul Klee. In Oregon, Margret exhibited regularly in regional shows and showed yearly at the respected Schubert Gallery owned by Shirley Coffin. In 1990, Margret lived in Seattle, WA, where she exhibited in downtown galleries and also worked at the Chihuly Boathouse.

In 1990, Margret encountered the writings of Marion Woodman, Jungian author and scholar. Finding her art work titles in the books led her to contact Woodman, who noted in her letter that the work was, indeed, archetypal art.

In 1993, Margret relocated to Santa Fe, NM, where she exhibited at her own gallery on Canyon Road for six years, also showing other artists. After purchasing a historical adobe on Sandoval Street, Margret’s gallery moved to that location until 2005. She is now represented by Two Horses Galleries at 429 Sandoval, Santa Fe.

Other projects included the direction of two city mural projects and production of a 2.5 minute independent art film. This film premiered at a Santa Fe film festival and animated images such as the Authority Figures and Captive Head, in 1999.

“I have often heard people say there is nothing new; but my experience is that each of us is original. Creative work is empowering. My art is essentially story-telling."

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