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[email protected], 518-392-3336 Press Release………………………….FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lily Prince American Beauty September 11- October 17, 2021 CHATHAM, NY.-- Thompson Giroux Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Lily Prince. The exhibit, American Beauty, runs from September 11th through October 17, 2021. The exhibition title, American Beauty, is taken from one of the most iconic 1970’s American rock albums by The Grateful Dead but refers to the artist’s search for the inspiring beauty still remaining in our country in these challenging times. Lily Prince, whose process includes oil pastel drawings and watercolor and gouache paintings as well as acrylic on canvas paintings, has an extensive exhibition and publication record. She has exhibited widely nationally and internationally and has had her work included in numerous publications and commissions. The paintings in this exhibition, Prince’s first solo show with the gallery, are all inspired by her travels to the western U.S., where she was on a road trip to draw en plein air. Her previous series of abstract, patterned landscapes were inspired by Italy and were shown in 2018 and 2019 in solo shows at Littlejohn Contemporary and at 11 Jane St. Art Center. This is her first foray into the particular patterns, color, light and vistas of the western U.S. landscape. Prince’s American Beauty road trip had her drawing in the desert and on the side of roads, often in 100 degree heat, in the summer of 2019. She considers it a political act to plein air draw—to search for and record the beauty still left in our country in these devasting times.