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There are few Austin artists I admire more than Flato . . . . Flato overlaps
pale smudges of color — like layered crepe paper — mirroring the play of
light, the diaphanous quality of water and the thickness of greenery in
western landscapes.

Michael Barnes
Austin American-Statesman

Because they are so accessible and unpretentious, Flato's tile paintings have
become very popular.

Susan Freudenheim
Texas Homes magazine

There stand four graceful tiled columns depicting the four missions
downriver from the Alamo. Unobtrusive but nevertheless distinctive, the tile
images are executed with pebble-like brushstrokes in fresh spring colors.

Jasmina Wellinghoff
San Antonio Express-News

Standing before Flato's paintings, you can virtually feel the breezes ruffle
your hair.

Chris Waddington
(New Orleans) Times-Picayune

Flato's imagery comes from the surroundings. "I paint my life, family,
friends, and the stark Texas landscape. I always try to have a camera around
for lucky breaks. During a weekend, I usually take about four to five rolls
of film; then the next week, I paint what I saw the weekend before.
Ceramic Monthly
magazine

... Whether she's re-creating a Hill Country river scene or depicting
families and communities in gatherings small and large, Malou Flato has a
knack for fluid interplays of light and color in her watercolors. She has
also created bright, expansive tile murals for a school near Seattle, a
children's hospital in Austin, and a Boston subway station, among other
commissions.
Domain
magazine

[Malou Flato] successfully combines a painterly approach to realism with a
delicate but accurate rendering of the human forms in the work. The elegant
hair and skin tones, reflective surface of the water, and whispering light
and shadow are notable.

Kathryn McKenna Bolger
Austin American-Statesman