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Artist Statement:
I consider that my work as an
artist has to do with
expressing the ineffable in
ways that can communicate to
people. This may have to do
with unspoken yearnings, with
ideas about the beautiful, or
with other spiritual,
religious or intellectual
ideas that can not adequately
be put into ...
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Artist Galleries:
Contreras Gallery, 110 E. 6th
Street, Tycson, AZ., 85706
I would welcome inquiries from
galleries interested in me and
my work. These could be
either in the United States or
abroad....
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Artist Reviews:
THESE ARE REVIEWS OF CURRENT
EXHIBITIONS ONLY
Tucson Weekly, July 14 - 20,
2005, PAINTINGS WITH LIFE, by
Margaret Regan
Arizona Daily Star, December
13, 2005, ART WITH A 'STRONG
EMOTIONAL PULSE, by Alan M.
Petrillo
Tucson Citizen, Calandar,
January 12 - 19, 2006,
STUDIES OF MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS
FILL ARTIST'S WORK, ...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Mildred Chapin:
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Lachman Chapin has been painting since 1960, exhibiting in Europe and in many venues in the US. She has studied with numerous masters in painting and print-making: Oscar Kokoschka in Vienna; Stanley Hayter in Paris.
She has lived abroad for ten years, studying and exhibiting in each place: Rome, Paris, Ankara.
She works primarily with oils on canvas, but has produced a number of monotypes. Some of these are reproduced in the book of her paintings and poetry entitled "Reverberations: Mothers and Daughters". Copies of this book are available from the artist
Her other art related career has been in art therapy. She has practiced, taught, and contributed much writing in the field. Her most recent teaching and training of graduate students was at the Art Institute of Chicago. She was elected an Honorary Life Member of the national organization in 2001.
Focusing on a subject that intrigues her, she produces a body of work over a period of a year or more. Beginning with her first series, Trees of Rome, exhibited in Rome in 1960, some of her more recent works are: Networks, exhibited in Paris and Washington, DC, 1965 - 1969; Visages, exhibited in Chicago, 1988-90; Sisters-inSpirit, exhibited in Chicago, 1995; Pairs, exhibited in Chicago and in Cottonwood, Sedona, Flagstaff and Surprise, AZ., 2000-’01. Selections from these works can be seen on her website, www.lachmanchapin.com, click Living Legacy.
Her most recent work is a series of small paintings which she calls “Visual Haikus”. She has written poetry haikus to accompany these.
Currently (Dec. 2 - 27, 2008) she is exhibiting her new Large Drawings and some new paintings at Contreras Gallery, 110 E. 6h St., Tucson, AZ.
She continues to write poetry and to paint. Her more current work can be seen on her Premier Portfolio here.
Email responses are most welcome.
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