About Loretta Young Medellin -

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• A Fulbright recipient, Loretta has a strong exhibition and teaching record.  She has her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio and her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.  She currently teaches as an International Baccalaureate art instructor in San Antonio.  Her work is included in the permanent exhibitions of the Medical Center as part of the Salud Arte collection and in personal collections throughout Texas, Louisiana, and California.

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• My work harkens to the Abstract Expressionist. It is important to me that the color recalls that of the Impressionists remaining beautiful and luscious on the surface in some areas of the work and acidic and acrid in others.  Utilizing the essence of Gestalt theory I want the viewer’s eyes to begin to seek what is known so that a close up of a tree root may become a fish or, is it, a bird and spirals become stepping stones while tree branches reach out to grab you.

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• I long to walk into my own environment and rest in the saturated color of the lines, shapes, and planes.  I invite you to do the same.