BIOGRAPHY
Trisha Max studied Sumi-e painting at the Koho School in lower Manhattan and spent eight years at the Art Students League of NY, where she studied various mediums, with a focus on oil painting. She has also taken workshops through the Art Students League, The National Academy, The Salmagundi Club, and Village Arts of Putney, VT. Her work has been exhibited in group shows at the Phyllis Harrison Mason Gallery of The Art Students League, The Salmagundi Club, the National Arts Club, James Cohen Gallery, and Metro Pictures. She has also exhibited at the National Art League in Douglaston, NY, the Mamaroneck Artists Guild, and Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Art to me has always been about magic--whether the power of realism to wake us up to the world around us or the power of imagery to evoke emotion. As a child, my favorite toys were crayons and coloring books, pencils and paper--and although I knew nothing of "Art," I remember magazine illustrations that frightened me and Holiday cards that transported me to magical landscapes. Years later I found myself transfixed before a Van Gogh, unable to look away. After becoming an art student, museum visits would find me walking down the street afterwards, mesmerized by colors and textures, shadows and reflections I hadn't noticed before.
Although my first love is realism, I've begun to dabble in abstract work. Since I've never studied abstract, I simply allow things to happen on the canvas, and I love being surprised by what shows up!