Spring news
Where I live spring takes a long time to show up. Minnesota had an enormous amount of snow this year and our spring is a tad later than other years. Leaves and spring ephemerals have just emerged, the air smells like Florida and we heartily welcome the humidity and warmth! Wherever you are, I hope you are enjoying a happy spring!
I am honored to have this wonderful exhibit up at the Minneapolis Airport until April of 2024. Titled ‘Vanishing Wild’, it explains what is happening to the iconic American wild mustang, where you can travel to see them and how to help. It is easy to find in the main concourse south mall gallery (on right just as you enter main mall after going through south security checkpoint between entrances to F and G concourses). Please check it out if you are traveling through and drop me a note if you see it! The Minneapolis Airport is one of the top airports for art exhibits thanks to the ARTS @MSP Airport Foundation.
In March I participated in YJ Contemporary Gallery’s (Rhode Island) commemoration of Women’s History Month with ‘Women Behind the Lens III’ that honored and celebrated the outstanding photographic accomplishments of women. This remarkable collection featured a diverse selection of women across North America, each with a distinctive photographic style and genre. Through these stunning and powerful images, viewers experienced a dynamic exhibition that was serene, exciting, visually captivating, and intellectually stimulating.
“Into the Mystic’ above was part of the YJ Contemporary show and inspired by the imperiled wild horse population and my affinity for the natural world through my previous career in garden design. Using original images of wild horses, the natural world, in camera movement, multiple exposures and digital composite techniques I created impressionistic photographs celebrating the unique, delicate and imperiled beauty of the natural world. This and others are not on my website, framed 24 x 36 prints are available at YJ Contemporary.
I am excited to announce a new representation at Sorelle Gallery in Westport, Connecticut. I want to thank the owner, Sandy Pelletier, for offering a new venue for my art and connecting me to new art lovers and collectors. I am grateful for the new doors that open when others close!
The film ‘Wild Beauty’, ( link to trailer) by Ashley Avis below comes out today, May 12th, available on Apple, itunes, Amazon Prime and more. Please watch! It has won many top film awards on the film festival circuit. It will also be screened to Congress in Washington, D.C. in June. Those who fight for these horses hope this stunning film will shed light far and wide on the plight of the wild horses and hope to raise unprecedented awareness for them.
I leave you with a little spring beauty and addition to my ongoing Songs of the Trees series. This one is not titled yet! Printed on beautiful Japanese mulberry fiber paper, gilded on the reverse and varnished. Taken recently in Yosemite just below El Capitan. 13 x 19 paper, 11 x 14 5/8 image Edition of 5. Contact me if you are interested. It is stunning and a perfect size! I am also offering 20% off prints site wide until June 15 with code SPRING!
Details. You can see the graceful fibers of the mulberry paper, complimenting the elegant lines of the tree limbs and budding leaves and the face of El Cap as a stunning backdrop.
Visible hand of the artist, 12k gold leaf. I love working with this medium, there is a subtle glow to the images created this way.
