Washington Post Review!

Check it out, homegirls. I got a mention in the Washington Post! Mine is the first mentioned. See here! Enjoy! I also got a picture! Also, here are a few images from the opening, they have a really beautiful space!

Workhouse Art Center

Hello!

Just thought I should alert everyone that in May I am going to be featured in a national juried sculpture exhibition in Northern Virginia. It's at a gallery called the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center
-There will of course be more details as the opening approaches! They accepted my new sculpture piece "Carry a Big Stick" and also an old standby, "Veil".... you remember. How exciting!

Writeup in the Freelance Star!

Check it out! This was printed in the Weekender last week, but it's also on Fredericksburg.com!

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/weekender/2012/03/15/gallery-915-artist-maria-duke-is-quite-the-dreamcatcher-in-an-ethereal-exhibit/

Bruise

And on a different note, here is a small acrylic I did of this exceptional bruise that is on my left shin right now. It really does look like that. Including those weird red specks.

My new sculpture!

My stars, I have been waiting forEVER to finish and post this. I just submitting it to a juried sculpture show in Northern VA, so hopefully that works out nicely. The frail chairs are back and there are now more of them... and it looks like they sacrificed a friend. This is called Carry a Big Stick and it takes up about a 8'x4' floor space. Enjoy!

Show on Friday!

So I am having my first solo-ish show this Friday! I say solo-ish because there is a small permanent collection of work, but three of my big pieces are being featured! If you remember this gem: http://mariaeileenduke.blogspot.com/2009/05/pre-memory.html, it is probably the largest one in the space. It kind of takes up the whole middle section. They are really light hair and tulle embroidery concoctions so they don't show up too well photographically. BUT here are three pictures and you can see them floating around here and there. SO YEAH FRIDAY, March 2, 2012, 915 Layfayette St. 7 pm.

New Work

Okay so I have a big sculpture piece almost done that I have been working on for several months. I wanted to update anyone that was interested and provide you with this picture of my very own shave horse! New work will be coming very shortly.