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Botanical portraits: Patrick Puckett artwork at Wally Workman Gallery


June 23, 2023

Persephone

I went to see the brand new Patrick Puckett present at Austin’s Wally Workman Gallery right this moment. I’ve admired Puckett’s supersized oil portraits for years, however his new exhibition, Mythos, is his finest but. In my favourite work, his feminine topics gaze confidently on the viewer with piercing eyes. Flatly rendered, they put on colourful, female clothes — pleated Sunday college attire, flowing caftans, brightly striped shawls — and vines twist, palms rustle, and flowers nod throughout them. You possibly can’t assist however stare again, making an attempt to learn their inscrutable options.

Demeter

You want an enormous wall to personal a Puckett portray. Demeter, for example, is 84 x 68”. Are you able to think about sharing your private home together with her, or Persephone? I can.

Helena of Constantinople

Do you assume Puckett could be a gardener, or not less than a lover of gardens? How may he not be?

Leda

For many who love Puckett’s work however discover their costs out of attain (raises hand), restricted version prints of some of his works at the moment are out there.

Or if you happen to simply wish to return these calm, assured gazes for a couple of minutes, get to Wally Workman Gallery earlier than July 2nd, when the Mythos exhibition ends.

Should you do, pop behind the gallery to see the beautiful landscaping at new restaurant Pecan Sq. Café. Alongside the sidewalk, a protracted, concrete-edged lily pond lends a sure coolness to a scorching summer time’s day.

And waterlilies glow like melon-colored stars.

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