Meridy Volz
"Red Broom"
1328
"Espina III"
1381
"Soledad"
1321
"Sweet Couple"
1019
"Alia I"
1045
"Alia at 23"
1055
"Alia II"
1044
"Alia V"
1370
"Amantes"
1323
"Lindsey"
1325
"Luis"
1366
"Male Torso"
1372
"Male Figure"
1322
"Mujer del Sol"
1364
"Swing"
1373
"Sunny"
"In the Garden"
"Alia"
"Muchacha"
"Red Cloth"
"Orange Cloth"
"Sonrisa II"
"White Cloth"
"Yellow Cloth"
"Boca"
"Cascade"
"Confetti"
"Consuela of the Streets"
"Contemplation"
"Eye (self portrait)"
2545
"Figure I"
"Figure II"
"Iva"
"Madonna and Child"
"Mango"
1034
"Marcella's World"
"Mother and Child"
"On the Edge"
"Peek-a-boo I"
"Rachel"
"Torso in Scrafitto"
1076
"Stormy Afternoon"
"The Kiss I"
1020
"The Lovers"
"The Transition"
"Tickle I"
"Tickle II"
"Triangle"
1030
"Tear Drop"
1039
"Tush II"
"Warrior"
"Young Lovers"
Artist's Statement
I love color. My work is best
described as gestural, expressionist with an impressionist palette. I use
the figure in all my work to express passion and sensuality. My paintings are
rendered in oils and my drawings are pastels and oil pastels. I use texture
(impasto) and stroke to create a vibrant movement of energy, and the intensity
of color interplay to create a mood.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I
received a scholarship at the age of six to the Milwaukee Art Center. I spent
most of my time in art rooms of my high school, and began rendering portraits at
age sixteen. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1971 with a B.S. in
art education. Here I wrote and illustrated Children’s books for the
Rockefeller Foundation. I moved to San Francisco, CA in 1976. Here I began to
show extensively, and win awards and critical acclaim. I also taught painting
workshops to prisoners of San Quentin Penitentiary.
In 1977, I gave birth to my
daughter, Alia (my greatest creation.) She also is my favorite model.
In 1998, I moved to Puerto
Vallarta, where tropical colors have been added to my palette. I exhibited
at Galeria Pacifico for three seasons, and now I am exhibiting my work at
Galleria Dante. I teach life drawing at the instituto del Arte. I do portraits
and erotica by commission.
Meridy B. Volz
P.V., Mexico 2002