Mildred Hado
Mildred Hado
A graduate of Cooper Union School of Art, N.Y., Mildred Hado has studied with Robert Gwathmay, Hans Moller and Edwin Dickinson, at the Art Student’s League, Parson’s School of Design and at the Pratt Graphics Center, New York. Her past experience in the animated commercial and film industry has developed a sharp sense of design and power to communicate strongly yet simply. Hado’s glazed, acrylic paintings use translucent, richly textured surfaces and abstract forms to comment, sometimes satirically, on today’s capricious society. Her work is represented in private and public collections.
Painting Methods and Materials
MASONITE PANELS painted over with-
GESSO, which has the consistency of sour cream and is white in color-also has a
sealing quality. I sometimes use it for texture as well.
MODELING PASTE, a durable, flexible adhesive used for creating textured
surfaces to be painted over with colors of-
ACRYLIC PAINTS, generally thinned down considerably and layered color over
color. This method is called ‘staining’ or ‘glazing’.
CANVAS/FABRIC is occasionally added to the surface for added texture before
painting.
Exhibitions & Collections:
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Heckscher Museum, NY
Queens Museum, NY
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Williams College Museum, MA
National Arts Club, NY
By Hand Gallery, Haddonfield, NJ
Fairleigh Dickenson University, NJ
American Health Foundation, NY
Innisbrook, Tarpon Springs, FL
National Heart & Lung Institute, Bethesda, MD
Riggs Center, Lenox, MA
Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL
Artexpo, NY
Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA