Annabel Livermore lives and works in the northern Chihuahuan desert, maintaining studios in El Paso, Texas and Hillsboro, New Mexico.  Praised by the New York Times as "fresh," "a tough act to follow," and the "ultimate in transgression."  Livermore is widely recognized in her home state of Texas as a unique presence and highly original artist.  She has been characterized by Karen Moss, former curator at the Santa Monica Museum Of Art, as "an anachronism who earnestly pursues a long-held tradition of landscape and genre painting ... inspired by her Southwestern environment and vivid imagination."  Art historian John T. Spike, director of the Florence Biennali, has observed that "Livermore embodies the whole spectrum of American symbolist painting," while noted British art critic Edward Lucie-Smith has written that her "... vigorous, quasi-abstract work evokes feelings about the wonder of nature."

Rendered with thick applications of radiant colors, Livermore's paintings are intensely personal, dream-like explorations of the natural world.  Over the past 25 years her subjects have ranged from the ordinary to the sublime, including luminous floral arrangements; the hustler bars and frenetic streets of Juarez, Mexico; and, mostly recently, the storied Jornada del Muerto Valley in New Mexico.  Livermore spends months and sometimes years working on individual paintings and often composes free-verse poems to accompany them.  She favors displaying her finished works behind glass in lavish, handcrafted frames.  Her paintings have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States.  The following excerpts may help to illuminate her circumstances and her habits:

Artlies:    Thompson, William R. "What's in a Name? The Art of Annabel Livermore" Artlies. Fall 2002. Page 36.

Interview:    Warner, Bertrand. "Altered Egos" Show at The Santa Monica Museum of Art.Catalogue of 1994. Page 43.

Nosotros:    Nosotros. "Mrs. Laura Bush, Visit Corpus Christi" Corpus Christi. March 1998.

Texas Monthly:    Dewan, Shaila. "Dual in the Sun" Texas Monthly, November 1996. Page 68.

The New York Times:    Zimmer, William. "No Mere Meandering Among Pictures" The New York Times.CT. September 5, 1999.

Non Profit Endeavors:    Thomason General Hospital Chapel & Hillsboro Community Library

El Paso Herald Post:    Martin, Deborah. "Flowers, happiness bloom at Thomason" El Paso Herald Post. March 10, 1995.

El Paso Times:    Knight, Bill. "An Art Warming Experience" El Paso Times. Living. Thursday, June 18, 1998.

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