"My playful style speaks for an inner child inside all of us. The child preserves myth and wonder, heroes and villains, in a world of violent manufactured control. My artwork serves as an alternative to a rigid system, a key for the shackles that bind us. Scrap metal, discarded paper, fallen pieces of material life. These materials allow me to reassemble through collage a true image, with a coherent meaning, and a reminder for us all.I seek to reawaken the viewer, to foster awareness, to stimulate insight. I am a guerrilla artist with colors bright and energetic. With pure energy, I push away from the hands of a grotesque government complex, propaganda, limitation, the enemies of high consciousness. My role is to speak truth through images. My challenge is to do so without being appropriated by an unforgiving system."
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"Richard Kurtz is a textural adventurer, exploring the surfaces of old bank bags, antique luggage, children’s books — all of it left in his wake stamped with his flat, painterly icons in reds, blacks, and whites: boxing colors, bold and physical. This feisty imagery stands in contrast to the artist’s soft-spoken, meditative personality, making it that much more intriguing."
John Martin Tilley • Office
Portraits of Artists and Studio Visits by Jennifer Esperanza
I have a small Curated Vintage & Art Space in Marfa, Texas
Here are a few Reviews of my shop from Google & a link to my Instagram
Natalia Kvalem
Jennifer and Richard are such kind people with a BEAUTIFUL collection of clothing, art, and accessories. Richards' paintings are playful and inspiring, and Jennifer’s collection of vintage couture will leave your jaw on the floor. This is a MUST see in Marfa! Especially for any art or vintage lover ❤️
Mackenzie Eveland
A wonderfully curated vintage shop. The owner Jen is super knowledgeable about all of her pieces. I ended up purchasing a gorgeous blue lapis necklace from the 70s and a pair of 80s wide-leg denim pants.
