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Open Studio at the O Street Artists Studio
Posted by Susanna at 10:40 AM, Apr 27, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
Painter Lisa Marie Thalhammer next to her oil painting of the First Lady, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, April 25 and 26, the O Street Artists Studio held an open house to show the working and living spaces of over 20 Washington, D.C. artists at one of the largest and oldest buildings dedicated to the practice of Fine Arts in the nation's capital. Artists ranged from painters to graphic designers, sculptors to musicians, mixed-media artists to furniture makers. The O Street Studios hosted this Open Studio for a rare peek into their process and creative influences (www.52ostreetstudios.org).
AMONG THE ARTISTS were Lisa Marie Thalhammer, whose oil painting of the First Lady - Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama - got excellent reviews in the national newsmagazine U.S. News & World Report.
HER PAINTING of the First Lady was part of The Manifest Hope: DC Gallery, which celebrated artists, who used their voices to amplify and motivate the grassroots movement that carried President-Elect Barack Obama to victory. Manifest Hope gathered a diverse array of the nation's most talented visual artists in one place to mark the achievement of electing Barack Obama president and to encourage artists and activists to maintain the momentum to bring about true change to the United States (www.manifesthope.com).
THIS IS WHAT U.S. News & World Report wrote about Thalhammer: "My work deals with powerful women," she says. "Michelle is an important figure for us to look up to." Thalhammer says that she does not usually produce politically minded art but has always been interested in portraying gender and power. Her portrait of the first lady stands out amid a sea of Obama portraits. "People around town talk about how much they admire her already," says Thalhammer. "I'm excited to see her in her new role. I thought she needed to shine." (www.lisamariethalhammer.com and www.lisamariestudio.com).
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, oil painting of the First Lady by Lisa Marie Thalhammer
Visual artist Thom Flynn
Visual artist Thom Flynn
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