Amie LeGette

Press Release

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Folding Pond, a selection of new abstract paintings on silk by Amie LeGette.

Folding Pond marks an intimate and personally significant body of work by Amie LeGette (Portland, OR) and features paintings she made in the year following the birth of her daughter. Working with translucent silk and natural dyes—primarily indigo, with select use of cochineal and other plant-derived pigments—LeGette creates layered, luminous paintings that explore water as both subject and metaphor. The abstracted works originate from her photographs of contained pools of water glimpsed in and around her home, such as rain puddles and reflective rings on pavement. Water carries both physical and emotional weight for LeGette, and the series reflects on her experience of new motherhood—the body’s fluid exchanges, the feeling of simultaneously receiving and giving, of containment with the suggestion of expansion. The use of natural dyes reflects the artist’s broader commitment to environmentally conscious materials and craft-based traditions. LeGette received her MFA from the University of New Mexico, where she also completed a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a BFA at Rhode Island School of Design.

Folding Pond marks LeGette’s second solo exhibition at Richard Levy Gallery.