California-based artist Mary Weatherford is one of the leading painters of her generation, exploring and expanding the legacies of American abstraction. Over the last three decades, Weatherford has developed a rich and diverse painting practice: from early target paintings in the 1990s based on operatic heroines, to expansive, gestural canvases overlaid with neon glass-tubing that have been a presence in her work since 2012. With a physically embodied approach to painting, Weatherford explores abstraction as both a formal language and a poetic, personal mode of engagement with the world.

Join Mary Weatherford in conversation with OCMA CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman as they discuss poetry, the source of inspiration, the importance of place, and the durational nature of painting.

OCMA’s Artist Talks are generously sponsored by Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo.