D Berman gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by two Austin artists, Cynthia Camlin and Irene Roderick. Both work in spare palates and use symbolic imagery. Camlin’s deer and antler series depicts acid-colored bucks whose exaggerated antlers frequently locked in fierce battle – masculine icons rendered with a feminine sensibility. Roderick drips latex to paint lacy motorcycles and gothic arches – again, a feminine take on masculine icons. In both artists’ work, we see an interesting juxtaposition between the contrast between the strong imagery and the gestural elegance in their rendering. Camlin’s antler paintings are both representational and abstracted, natural and unnatural. Roderick presents subject matter that is monumental and heavy by nature, but paints each with the fragility of delicate doily-like cobwebs.

Camlin has a BA from Duke, an MA from the University of Virginia, and an MFA from the University of Texas, Austin. She teaches at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the Directo of Creative Research Laboratory.

Roderick has a BFA from The University of Texas, Austin, and an MFA from the California Institute of Arts, and her work is in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the University of Texas, and Duke University.

Both artists were included in the Austin Museum of Art's 22 to Watch exhibition in 2002.

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