Ingrid Magidson at Bowie House

Born in Dallas, Texas, Ingrid Dee Magidson’s artwork often balances between the delicate and the spiritual. This perpetual dance intrigues her sense of wonder, noting “that we can be beings of such physicality, yet ponder infinity, space and our own spirituality.” Dee Magidson’s work uses transparent layers to reveal the depth that is hidden at first glance. She prefers to use Renaissance, or sometimes later, imagery to convey the fleeting quality of life, to illustrate how the people painted so long ago were as alive as each of us now. She hopes to bring them back to life, perhaps only for a moment, but alive nonetheless. It is this mix of transience and permanence that is so captivating in her artworks, which is also why Dee Magidson so often uses butterflies in her work. They are such exquisitely delicate creatures, with so much complexity and beauty, but live such a short life – some, only a single day. It is this fleetingness of time that Dee Magidson’s artworks capture so elegantly.