MARIGOLD SUMMER
Jackie Hontiveros Lozano
October 17, 2021
MARIGOLD SUMMER
Marigold Summer is a gentle nudge—an invitation to journey through the challenging paths of inevitable growth the artist has taken since her last shows, Hero (2018) and Awakening (2020).
It is the collection of the results borne of spontaneous salvos in her process of catharsis and creative release. While the themes may deal with images of unburdening, duality, jagged lines, heavy strokes, and gray and neon, creation and ideation remain prevalent. It is in this ephemeral shifting from dictation to conception—the dry spells of summer to the drops of rainfall—that we find the message of the artist: Reclaim one’s identity, liberty, and happiness.
Marigold Summer reminds us to live not idyllically but in seasons of death, rebirth, and growth. That in the heat of our perpetual summer, we are all unfurling blooms.
PAINTINGS
The artist painted the pieces in Marigold Summer completely driven by desire, time, and emotion, contradicting the methods she pursued for both shows prior—endless mood charts, studies, and color tests, giving the current show a familiar and comforting newness. The warmth of the themes seems to extend and contort with the figures, straight into the viewer’s core to ruminate and enjoy.
Written by Kit Singson
Marigold Summer
22 x 30 in (frame: 31.5 x 39 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
Safe Keeping
13.75 x 19.5 in (frame 23.5 x 29 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
Beloved
9.25 x 13.5 in (frame 18.75 x 23 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
Playtime
24 x 32 inches
Oil on canvas
Tomorrow We'll See
40 x 36 in
Oil on canvas
Daydreaming
9.5 x 12 in (frame 19 x 21.5 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, graphite, and ink on pink construction paper
First Light
5.75 x 6.75 in (frame 17.5 x 18.5 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, graphite, and ink on watercolor paper
Mornings in June
19.6 x 27.75 in (frame: 29 x 37 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
Quiet Rose
9.75 x 15.5 in (frame 19.5 x 25 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
What Makes Me
10.75 x 15 in (frame 20.25 x 24.5 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
A Moment of Acceptance
22 x 30 inches (frame 31.5 x 39 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
The Best of Him
9.75 x 15.5 in (frame 19.5 x 25 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
Sunflower Days
13.75 x 19.5 in (frame 23.5 x 29 in)
Gouache, wax pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper
Redemption
26 x 35 in
Oil on canvas
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