Meridy Volz
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"Red Broom"
1328
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"Espina III"
1381
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"Soledad"
1321
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"Sweet Couple"
1019
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"Alia I"
1045
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"Alia at 23"
1055
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"Alia II"
1044
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"Alia V"
1370
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"Amantes"
1323
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"Lindsey"
1325
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"Luis"
1366
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"Male Torso"
1372
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"Male Figure"
1322
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"Mujer del Sol"
1364
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"Swing"
1373
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"Sunny"
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"In the Garden"
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"Alia"
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"Muchacha"
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"Red Cloth"
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"Orange Cloth"
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"Sonrisa II"
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"White Cloth"
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"Yellow Cloth"
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"Boca"
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"Cascade"
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"Confetti"
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"Consuela of the Streets"
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"Contemplation"
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"Eye (self portrait)"
2545
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"Figure I"
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"Figure II"
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"Iva"
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"Madonna and Child"
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"Mango"
1034
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"Marcella's World"
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"Mother and Child"
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"On the Edge"
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"Peek-a-boo I"
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"Rachel"
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"Torso in Scrafitto"
1076
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"Stormy Afternoon"
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"The Kiss I"
1020
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"The Lovers"
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"The Transition"
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"Tickle I"
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"Tickle II"
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"Triangle"
1030
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"Tear Drop"
1039
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"Tush II"
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"Warrior"
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"Young Lovers"
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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