A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana - (Page 219)

JACQUELINE KAY BISHOP b. 1955, Long Beach, California Forbidden Fruit, 1998 Oil on panel, antique frame; 42 x 26 in. Collection of Michael Wilkinson New Orleans painter Jacqueline Kay Bishop has created a remarkable body of work that has taken her to Louisiana swamplands and Latin American rain forests, both alone and with scientists to document the flora, fauna, birds, orchids, deforestation, and ecopolitical injustices, particularly in Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Peru. Whether exploring exotic jungle blossoms, endangered birds, or destroyed rain forests, Bishop’s paintings tap deeply into our cosmic memory of the primordial landscape. In major series such as Terra, Intimo, and Trespass, these eco-political and social forces are at the forefront of Bishop’s work. Her art is about death and rebirth, tranquility and destruction, light and dark, and humanity’s lost intimacy with nature. JRK ART IN CONTEMPORARY LOUISIANA 219 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1382 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1382

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