April Bachtel is a New Orleans-based artist sharing studio updates throughout December as part of the SHE Digital Artist Residency Program.

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Week 2: December 14

Like most artists I know, I go through growth spurts and periods of staleness. This residency is an effort to ease the angst felt when the studio goes untouched.

I feel a bit stale this week. I did “get in the studio,” but somehow the time and resulting drawings felt forced. Instead this week, I’d like to share with you works that resonated with me from a recent trip to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. See y’all next week!

Tom O’Brien, “Chris”, 2019, Charcoal on paper

Ruth Owens, “Good Family”, 2019, Oil on canvas

William Christenberry, Untitled, 2006, Colored pencil and pencil

Benny Andrews, American Critic #1, 1999, Pen and ink on paper