Amy Kligman is not only the author of a fantastic blog called ARTNICKS, she is also an insanely talented artist. I love, love, love her sweet/creepy/colourful/pattern-filled paintings and am doing everything in my power not to show them right at this very minute… you should know that I really want to though, but I won’t… because this weekend is about who Amy is jealous of. Right? Right… {but if you click here it just might lead you to the post i wrote about her last spring.}

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I’m jealous of… Elizabeth Huey.

Ok, so choosing just one artist to be jealous of was so incredibly difficult. I think at least once a week I come across someone whose work turns my head. There is so much amazing art out there. OH! The options… Christa Donner, Dana Schutz, David Ford, Amy Ross…..the list goes on and on.

But- Elizabeth Huey, you are the one I’m shaking my tiny fist at today.

Huey’s dense visual narratives create epic scenarios in landscapes dotted with universities, elaborate homes, nurses, brawlers, and bystanders (among endless other things). You could spend all day in one image, bouncing around from one vignette to the next, playing out the exchanged conversations between the elements in the painting. The texture and quality of the physical nature of the painting also gets me in the pit of my stomach… a mix of masked acrylic and oil painting, a combination of looseness , visible brushstrokes and intense detail. Its dreamy. And captivating. And I am so, so jealous.

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Well, now I’m shaking my tiny fist at both of you! Thanks for stopping by Amy, and so glad that you brought Elizabeth with you ; )