Installation at Adams State College
March 2007

 

Press & Reviews:

"A number of factors set H. Margret's work apart from that of other artists. Her imagery reveals highly developed content without realism. As one collector put it, a painting that truly satisfies the senses. Each work shows surprising and sophisticated color combinations, richly textured surfaces and line ranging from bold to delicate. Emotional resonance is balances with an edge dispelling sentimentality. In fact, the strong gestural quality recalls Paul Klee or Franz Kline. Heads become abstract patterns in silver and black, with traces of red or green. Faces and figures float in clouded spaces contained by jagged lines. Lyrical yet with an underlying tautness, each image portrays an essential reality, like a poem."

"In all her work, H. Margret's art continues to be a bridgeto those energies represented by the hidden archetypes buried within us. Once we connect, we will be empowered."
Sara Ford, Focus Magazine, December 2004

"If you want to see paintings of serene landscapes, chamisa lolling in the wind, or majestic Indians, just pass by Alpha Group Art and keep walking up Canyon Road. If you want to see something strikingly different, step on in. H. Margret is edgy. Her work is fraught with tension. It isn't about soothing the senses. It's about raw, undiluted color and a wallop of visual impact. Her acrylics and caseins aren't representational; rather, the artist depicts the world from the inside out...
Santa Fean Magazine, September, 2000

"No surprise, really. The woman not only comes from a journalism background, she's a visual artist in the bargain, working primarily in acrylics and caseins. Telling stories is natural to her, whatever the medium."

"The film is based on one of H. Margret's original art concepts, a symbolic being called Captive Head- also the subject of a painting of the same name. According to the artist, the film deals with Captive Head's quest for freedom as well as issues of personal power and evolution. "

.." I hung up a sign that said "Art originals $20 & up." I started selling small originals and studies, getting younger collectors started who were looking for contemporary work." H. Margret

"Given that one character from her personal mythology has take to the silver screen, one wonders if others will follow- if H. Margret, like a modern Homer, perhaps has been creating a new epic without realizing it."
Craig Smith
The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, December 10, 1999

"I love your titles and your images. I find the abandoned ones and the Authority figures most powerful. No, not quite. There are others very strong. It is an astonishing journey in paint. I admire your courage and integrity."
Marion Woodman

Collector Comments:

"All arrived well and Catherine likes it very much. I am amazed at how the same subject can trigger such different emotions. I find all sorts of different emotions reaching out to me from this latest effort. Congratulations. You are fortunate to have such a gift and the disciphline to bring it to the level that you have.
Franck K.

"Yes, we are thoroughly enjoying your "Self Portrait with Roses" as well as, "Yellow Nose. This year our home will be featured on the Rogers Park Art Walk, and guess what's on the cover of the invite! All participants will get the chance to see both your works as well as other great art. We have a wonderful collection which includes art by Ed Paschke, Gregory Warmack, Rufino Tamayo, Andy Warhol, to name a few."
D.S. Berger, MD

"It's amazing to me how much of what inspires your work and is captured there is what I think about and value. I have come to know in the last seven or eight years that there are really no coincidences."
Drew Morris

"When I look at H. Margret's work, I sere a shift, almost like what DaVinci did when he did the universal man drawing. It's a paradigm shift really. It shows a new approach to reality."
Susan D.