Artist Q&A, News

Flat File Q&A: Lisa Iglesias

Posted June 28, 2016

Pierogi: Can you discuss your relationship with text in drawing, and where the text originates from? Particularly in “All this and more,” and “Same Old Same Old.” Lisa Iglesias: Much of the work I do originates from my love of language … Continue reading →

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Marcie Paper Q&A

Posted July 18, 2015

  Pierogi: The works of yours currently in the flat files are small, intimate paintings on paper. You seem to employ layering in a very considered way, hiding portions of layers under opaque acrylic. Can you talk about how you build … Continue reading →

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Colleen Blackard Q&A

Posted July 12, 2015

How did your interest in making art begin? It was when I was very young. My mother worked at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, she was an art restorer. She always encouraged me to pursue my passions, pursue … Continue reading →

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Janice Caswell Q&A

Posted April 22, 2015

  Pierogi: What is your background in making art? What brought you to this series of works? Janice Caswell: When I finished art school I started cataloging my memories of place by drawing mental maps of places I’d lived or … Continue reading →

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Claire McConaughy Q&A

Posted April 1, 2015

  Pierogi: Across many different series of your works, there is a focus on natural elements, particularly flowers. What draws you to depicting flowers in the ways you do? Claire McConaughy: I’m attracted to landscape elements. They’re beautiful, they have … Continue reading →

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Don Doe Q&A

Posted May 27, 2014

  Pierogi: Though your subject matter and form stays consistent throughout your recent work, the materials vary from paint on canvas to drypoint etchings and pastel or colored pencil on paper. Can you talk about your preference in materials, and … Continue reading →

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Patricia Smith Q&A

Posted May 4, 2014

Pierogi: Obviously a lot of your work has to do with the concept of mapping. Why has that been such a theme in your work for so long, how has it kept your interest? Patricia Smith: Mapping came into being kind … Continue reading →

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Nancy Diamond Q&A

Posted March 14, 2014

Pierogi: First off, when did your interest in making art begin? Nancy Diamond: Really as a child, there’s a funny story actually that people would visit us at our house and I always drew portraits of everyone, but I would focus … Continue reading →

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Kate Teale Q&A

Posted February 12, 2014

Pierogi: The work that you have in the flat files here consists of watercolor works on paper, of very intimate and delicate bed scenes, some with figures and some without. But you also make paintings that aren’t figurative, right? KT: … Continue reading →

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Alex Yudzon Q&A

Posted November 24, 2013

Pierogi: First, I was wondering about the material process for making these works. They’re mostly done in pen and graphite, right? Alex Yudzon: Yeah, they’re mostly pen and ink, and then there’s graphite, there’s some collaging in one of them, where … Continue reading →

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