CATHERINE MAIZE: INTIMATE MOMENTS
The Paul Thiebaud Gallery is pleased to present Catherine Maize: Intimate Moments, an
exhibition of recent paintings by Catherine Maize, on view from May 2 through June 24,
2023. Based in Great Lakes, Michigan since the 1980s, Maize is a master of intimate still
life paintings. She turns to her surroundings for inspiration, finding simplicity in ceramic
vessels, fruits, flowers, and chairs. Majority of her works are smaller than 10 x 10 inches,
offering a feeling of intimacy for the viewer.
Employing a subtle color palette and a keen sense of space and light, Maize renders
works that are poised between realism and abstraction. She explains her ambitions to be
an abstract painter, “To me, the paintings are never about subject matter and that is a
strict rule I try to follow. It is always about the composition which means light, color, and
form.” The composition is carefully considered: each object a character, posed and set
up in relation to the others. Very sensitive to light and shadow, she believes that edges
and negative space are sacred. Within this new body of work, Maize adds a heightened
dimension of depth, transparency, and reflection in her practice.
Maize received her MFA at Indiana University and has studied at Art Institute of Chicago,
Yale School of Art, and The New York Studio School.
KIM FROHSIN: FIGURES AT EASE
The Paul Thiebaud Gallery is pleased to present Kim Frohsin: Figures at Ease, an exhibition
of recent figure drawings by Kim Frohsin, on view from May 2 through June 24, 2023.
Frohsin has often been described as a third generation Bay Area Figurative artist; she has
been living in San Francisco since the early 1990s and her artistic practice is rooted in
traditional live figure drawing. It is easy to draw similarities between her work and that of
Bay Area Figurative masters Richard Diebenkorn or David Park, but there persists a bold
femininity within her work. She continues to push boundaries and experiment with
mediums including graphite, ink wash, and collage— giving her figures further dimension,
depth, and texture.
Drawing almost exclusively from the female model, Frohsin acknowledges an erotic charge
may be present, although she is more interested in the spiritual and ethereal aspects of
the model. She is known to prompt her models to translate philosophical and existential
questions into poses. In this body of work, several drawings feature models in surprising
poses, from the back or limbs twisted. Frohsin explains her intention: “As if these
women/bodies, found in my lines, present as transcendent, angelic entities: anonymous
figures floating in space and time.”
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Frohsin studied at San Diego State University, l’Institut pour les
Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, and Academy of Art, San Francisco.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, open to the public.
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