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Mixed Media
by Allison Hedgpeth
Allison Hedgpeth is a fine arts painter-printmaker and teacher, with a BFA in painting from the Art Institute, and an MA in Studio Art from UMKC. She also studied printmaking at KU. Ms. Hedgpeth has had several one-person shows in the Kansas City area and in Scottsdale Arizona. Her work is in collections across the United States, and in Spain. Public collections of her work include: the Kansas City Kansas Community College, and State Street Bank.
Allison received the 2-D cash award in the 2010 ‘Cultures Without Borders’ travelling exhibition, and the State Street Bank purchase award in the 2008 ‘Cultures Without Borders’ exhibition.
She has held teaching positions at UMKC and the Nelson Art Gallery, as well as in community centers and provides private instruction.
She can be reached via email at: allisonhartist@hotmail.com
Visit her web site at: http://hedgpethfineart.wordpress.com/
Artist Statement
In this group of prints, drawings, and paintings I am experimenting with different media. Since stories are always important to me, this aspect continues to be
carried on in much of my work. I enjoy suggesting a situation, then letting the viewer participate by empathizing and inventing their own scenarios.
By combining media, I am able to add an element of spontaneity to the work, as I am never sure of the exact effect the combination of a wash, a bit of pastel, or collage will have. This makes the process both fun and challenging. Eventually a dialogue between the work and myself ensues and the work reveals its’ purpose to me, and I hope to the viewer.
I love color and the optical illusion of vibration and movement. I want my subjects to have life.
For more information about this or any other exhibit at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, call Sarah Bohndorf at (913) 596-5800 extension 1025 or email sbohnd@kckpl.lib.ks.us.
