The Camille Patha show at Tacoma Art Museum is stupendous. Frankly, having seen her paintings only on a computer screen, I had not expected anything so great. On my computer they were too slick, too intense, and overwhelming in a not-good way; but the real deal is breathtaking.
The show is "A Punch of Color: Fifty Years of Painting by Camille Patha." She is a Seattle artist who has been recognized nationally as a proto-feminist painter lauded for, first, surrealistic paintings loaded with feminist and sexual symbolism, and more lately for large abstractions with hot, vibrant color.
"A PUNCH OF COLOR: FIFTY YEARS OF PAINTING BY CAMILLE PATHA," 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through May 25, Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, $8-$10, 253.272.4258
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