Ruth Speer
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Asking my mother for my baby teeth, Ruth Speer, 2024, oil on built wooden panel with drawer, 61 x 32 x 5 cm
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Moved in its slumber and wept, Ruth Speer, 2023, oil on panel, 27 x 50 cm
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Jericho I, Jericho II, Ruth Speer, 2024, oil on wood, 3 x 4 cm and 3.5 x 4 cm
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I spend my waking hours worrying about what to say to you, Ruth Speer, 2023, oil on linen, 110 x 120 cm
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Ruth Speer – MA/MFA
I think of my work as a series of personal folktales, a combination of odd utility, scene selections and allegories of something true. I build wooden structures to house my paintings as a continuation of the interior life I grew up with, homeschooled with my sisters in rural areas on both sides of the States. The imagery of mythology and visual language of Western painting history reflects this experience, being the textbooks I consumed most fervently. Important things involved are: hair, furniture, tactility, the forest, the body, God, theatre, fantasy, “let’s go play outside,” and a personal accord with things that take time.