A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana - (Page 362)

Ursuline Convent, 2003 Oil on linen; 20 x 26 in. Collection of Michael Wilkinson 362 ART IN CONTEMPORARY LOUISIANA AMY WEISKOPF b. 1957, Chicago, Illinois Amy Weiskopf has gained national recognition for her elegant and graceful still-life paintings. Unlike earlier still-life painters who created cryptic vanitas—messages about the transience of life and vanity—Weiskopf’s paintings suggest not the inevitability of decay, but the enduring beauty of natural light. Chicago-born, but dividing her residence between New York City, New Orleans, and Tuscany, Italy, Weiskopf cites in particular the influence of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Paul Cézanne, and Giorgio Morandi. “Each,” she explains, “was capable of making all formal elements—form, space, light, color and composition—work in unison to create a unique, visually complicated and very engaging pictorial image.” JRK http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1375 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1375

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