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BRUCE HAINLEY TO ANNETTE WEISSER Houston, April 29, 2026
Like the world outside – whether in Berlin, Houston, or LA – the scenes in Richard Hawkins’s recent paintings are in full bloom. As Bruce Hainley notes, his friend’s floral hues have come to feel Bonnard-esque, but Hawkins likes to contrast this flowery vitality with decay and a good dash of horror. In her last letter to Hainley, Annette Weisser highlighted how the handsome and oftentimes famous young men in Hawkins’s works appear zombie-like, as if caught in a limbo between their maker’s libidinous and murderous desires. Hainley’s reply adds a few new shades to Hawkins’s colorful compositions by loading them with possible references and associations.
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