Connie Connally: Press

"Connally does explorative work with an explosive use of color and dynamic brushwork. She communicates the mood of her experiences and layers it with flashes of life."

My work was mentioned in the group show write-up as:
"Connie Connally's lively and nuanced abstract paintings."

"Connally has...fearlessly turned landscapes into wonderful abstractions. Her fluid and self-confident stroke, her color palette and expressive gesture make the paintings come alive with movement and energy."

Connie Connally began this painting as she sat by a pond and studied the reflection of a barn. Near the water's edge was a stand of dead thistles which she saw as "thistle bones." When a wind gusted, the pink reflection of the barn on the surface of the pond was stirred into a swirling dance. That transformation inspired Connally, and her painting took on a life of its own. In her words, it "caught fire," and the resulting whirling image is a unique, personal expression of the scene. (Connally had 6 paintings included and described in the book)

...I lingered over Connie Connally's thickly slathered, densely hued oils of sleeping nudes...

"Dallas boasts one of the most innovative, creative and most recognized portrait artist in the Southwest. Known for her expressive nature and wide-open personality, Connie Connally paints unique and personal portraits that reveal little nuances and details about her subjects that surprise and delight the people...

Explorations of the Face, Both Realistic and Fanciful

"Face to Face 2"...In contrast to a general approach, Connie Connally examines herself, family members and friends in "People I Know," a group portrait consisting of 12 individual studies in the spirit of Lucien Freud. (Photo of the painting included)

Connally’s large-scale series was a crowd favorite at the opening reception, winning praise from young and old alike.

Charles Steiner, juror for the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University where Ms. Connally is an alum said his family's favorite painting was "People I Know" His daughter said why it was her favorite, "it is obvious, that it makes us realize we all need each other." He thought that was a nice philosophical reading for the painting.