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Maija Peeples-Bright
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Whatever its form (painting, sculpture, interiors, textiles) my art encourages reflection and expresses affection for lush songs, splendid locales, bright colors, and "beasties" ever abundant.
The company I kept, places I visited, and times I lived in affected my early work.  I studied at U.C. Davis with William Wiley, Robert Arneson and Wayne Thiebaud.  In 1967, I painted the outside of my San Francisco house every color Dutch Boy made and painted murals on the interior.  Known as the Rainbow House, it was a gathering place for colleagues who became important in the Funk Art Movement.  In the '70s, I participated in the creative outpouring centered around The Candy Store Gallery, a legend in contemporary California art owned by mentor Adeliza McHugh.  Adeliza promoted Funk Art as "the art of our time," a rebellion against establishment art.
My titles play with words much as the content probes concepts.  Puns and alliterations find visual articulation.  Color is essential; my paintings are lavishly impastoed with bright pigments.  I strive to make my art lasting and treasured.