new times, best of phoenix 2005, "best unexpected public art"
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bowing to royalty
a visit with the queen b
by robrt l. pela
          from phoenixnewtimes.com
          originally published by phoenix new times, july 2005
          ©2005 new times, inc. all rights reserved.


"royalty proves she is a fearless, serious contemporary painter willing to take risks."
          roberta burnett, the arizona republic, january 2004

"royalty's paintings are well-made and totally enthralling."
          ivan karp, director, o.k.harris gallery/soho, march 2003

"painting in oil on wood & canvas, royalty explores the sense and nonsense of the human condition as seen through a child's outcry for emotional contact. herein lies america's response to paul klee. images of fools & mortals (human & otherwise) in an enigmatic environment with a sublime context represent the profound realizations of a child's universe juxtaposed to an adult's sense of experience.

a painter's painter."
          john smith-amato, synchronicity space/greenwich village, may 2002