My work will be showcased in the upcoming publication from LAMINATE entitled Most Wanted Creative Issue Vol. 3. “Creative Scape”. http://tkyo.co.uk/issue5.html#
A limited number of these iphone GelaSkins featuring my image “Wheel of Fortune” are available when you pre-order. To purchase, select “Heather Watts_GelaSkin” from the drop down menu at the bottom of the page. http://laminate.bigcartel.com/product/laminate-5-most-wanted-creative-scape
Thanks to laughingsquid for posting.
You can read an interview about the piece (which is currently on exhibit at the Art Gallery of Calgary) here: http://beinart.org/art-news/2012/02/10/heather-watts-tree-of-life-at-the-art-gallery-of-calgary/
New Paintings by Heather Watts
April 1st - May 1st 2011
Opening Reception: April 1, 8-11 PM
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles 90027
323-666-7667
If I could choose a metaphor for the idea behind this show, it would be that each of us carries a lantern, a source of light within us. Some of these lanterns are lit. Some are unlit. But when there is light in the world around us these lanterns are indistinguishable. Invisible.
It is only when we are thrown into darkness that most of us realize how all-important these lanterns are—or that they even exist. And it is when we are surrounded by the most terrifying, empty blackness and bleakness that these lanterns shine the brightest. For such is the nature of light.
Small heroes tells the story of individuals grappling with forces larger than themselves and discovering, in the looming shadows of these forces, the light which a single lantern can cast upon the world.
Thanks again to my better half, Mike (FoundryFilms.net) for making this fantastic little video which really brings the paintings to life. Putting together this small series of work and preparing it for exhibition over the past number of months has not been an easy process, but it has left me with an overwhelming sense of inspiration, a certainty that in working out the conceptual threads of these paintings I have begun the process of weaving my artistic vision into something that more closely resembles the things I am searching for. My greatest thanks go out to all the people that have supported me in this endeavor, but especially to my fiance, my family, Lee Joseph & the fine folks at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. I couldn’t have done it without you!
The show preview is now online. All images and purchasing information can be viewed at the following link:
http://laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Watts/Watts2011.htm
Recent interviews about the show & my other work:
Heather Watts Interview on HiFructose.com
Heather Watts Interview on SquidfaceAndTheMeddler.com
Also showing at La Luz de Jesus April 1st to May 1st: Mark Gleason – Mannerism, Danni Shinya Luo - Chaotic Harmony, Daniel Lim - Sweet Imperfections
As great as it is to be able to turn on my computer and view art from literally all over the world, there’s still nothing quite like standing in front of an original piece in a gallery and experiencing it first hand. In October I was lucky enough to travel to Los Angeles for the opening of Lowbrow Tarot at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Although the intensity and brilliance of real life pieces on gallery walls can’t be replicated, I feel like this video captures a tiny slice of the show’s energy in a way my photos can’t.
Special thanks to Mike Wollin at FoundryFilms.net for putting this video together from footage shot on our little Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS.
The art of the Lowbrow Tarot Project will also be released as a book & deck of tarot cards sometime in early to mid 2011.
Lowbrow Tarot Artists & Their Cards
Carrie Ann Baade - The Fool
Christopher Ulrich - The Magician
Edith Lebeau - The High Priestess
Cate Rangel - The Empress
Kris Kuksi - The Emperor
Chris Mars - The Hierophant
Christopher Umana - The Lovers
C. C. Askew - The Chariot
Brian M. Viveros - Strength
Claudia Drake - The Hermit
Heather Watts - Wheel of Fortune
Molly Crabapple - Justice
David Stoupakis - The Hanged Man
Laurie Lipton - Death
Patrick Deignan “Star27” - Temperance
Chet Zar - The Devil
Jessica Joslin - The Tower
Danni Shinya Luo - The Star
Jennybird Alcantara - The Moon
Angie Mason - The Sun
Scott G. Brooks - Judgment
Daneil Martin Diaz - Tarot Card Back
Aunia Kahn - The World
Lowbrow Tarot Project Online:
Lowbrow Tarot Website
La Luz de Jesus Presents Lowbrow Tarot
Lowbrow Tarot Project on Facebook
Lowbrow Tarot on Twitter
