Title Painted Flowers Shouldn't Talk Back The Houston Garden Artists in the Seventies

Published College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (135 p.) Series The Texas Experience, Books Made Possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 Philpy Ser The Texas Experience, Books Made Possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 Philpy Ser Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Letting Loose -- Chapter 2. Women's Business -- Chapter 3. Something -- Chapter 4. By Design -- Chapter 5. Common Cause -- Chapter 6. Monsters and Castles -- Chapter 7. The Wild Side -- Chapter 8. Real Art -- Chapter 9. True Colors -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Painted Flowers Shouldn?t Talk Back tells the story of a suburban women?s art collective that painted together in Houston, Texas, from 1970 to 1977. They called themselves the Garden Artists, though their subjects were much more varied than just garden views. Author Margaret Killinger?s artful narrative illustrates how these women creatively confronted profound sociocultural challenges through decorative art. Some discovered much-needed financial independence and personal freedom through the group; others, camaraderie and gratification outside home and marriage. Still others found a welcome reprieve from the demands of motherhood, the confines of suburban conformity, or the sinking weight of grief. They collectively learned to confront stark walls and to determine what they could and could not live with, all the while enjoying art and each other.Framed by Killinger?s 2008 group interview conducted in Houston, the story moves via memories and other interviews to El Paso, Austin, San Antonio, Santa Fe, and New Orleans. The women?s story is furthermore told under the shadow of Killinger?s own search for answers. She began exploring the women?s lives after the sudden, quiet death of her mother, a portrait artist and peripheral member of the group who collapsed and died in 2004, when she was just sixty-five years old. Nancy Alvarez?the eccentric, hilarious leader of the Garden Artists who shaped each of their stories?died one year later, also sixty-five. To make sense of these losses, Killinger looks back to when the women were prolific Houston artists with Nancy as their quirky guide, a time when they were arguably most alive. Resolution comes through deciphering what their art meant to them back then and exploring what it could mean for readers today Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Garden Artists (Group of artists) -- History Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography Women painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Social conditions -- 20th century Painting, American -- Texas -- Houston -- 20th century -- Themes, motives Biography & Autobiography / Women. Social Science / Women's Studies. Art / Women Artists. Intellectual life Painters Painting, American -- Themes, motives SUBJECT Houston (Tex.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Subject Texas -- Houston Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 162349897X 9781623498979

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