The Permanent Collection 1997: Recent Acquisitions, May 17 - August 24, 1997, First Floor, New Wing, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 22 - September 12, 1999, Second floor, New Wing, San José Museum of Art.

Collection Highlights, November 2, 2002 - September 12, 2004, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.

Variations on a Theme, May 23, 2009 - February 7, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art. (Included in Part II: August 1, 2009-February 7, 2010.)

Juicy Paint, December 22, 2009 - May 30, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Juicy Paint (2009-2010)

In her paintings, Squeak Carnwath records her private thoughts and conveys them with a disarming air of innocence. She relies upon her materials to express rather than to render the photographic likeness of objects, thereby using paint to transmit her quirky and astute ideas rather than modeling reality. Carnwath has fashioned a personal syntax of numbers, words, and phrases that either augments or comprises the imagery of her compositions. Her paintings mimic the notion of leafing through the artist’s journal and uncovering her intimate, whimsical musings, which unfold in stream-of-consciousness style and elude direct interpretation. In , for example, the burning tree may symbolize Daphne, the nymph of classical mythology, whom the god Apollo pursued with ardor. To escape him, Daphne beseeched her father to turn her into a tree.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection , 5/22/1999 - 9/12/1999
• Variations on a Theme San Jose Museum of Art , 5/23/2009 - 2/7/2010

• Image Dimensions: 77 x 55 in. (195.58 x 139.7 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
  Page Number: 50-51
• Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art. Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 1999
  Page Number: 21

This object is a member of the following portfolios: