Andrea Packard

A Shifting Slant of Light

2013

"This series of collages refers to the transition of awareness that we experience in mid-life. They are about the challenge of taking hold of that illusive balance between past and present, between body and mind." - Hadar Sobol, 2017 Media: watercolor, vintage stocking...

Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden presented the first solo exhibition in the United States of sculpture and works on paper by Italian artist ALEX CORNO in 2015. In his studio n...

Artist Statement: How many ways can I depict a flower? I can draw it, paint it, and photograph it. Then I can manipulate those images on a printer. I can enlarge it. Make it smaller. Make the negative. Make the positive. Change the color. My mornings in Santa Fe start with a walk around the garden to see what has bloomed overnight. Two summers ago, I rented an adobe guest house that is surrounded by Hollyhocks, Roses, Poppies, and Yellow Thistles. The flowers have crept into my vision. The first summer, I painted the flowers using oil on canvas. The second summer I became more experimental, combining drawing, photography, and painting. Mixing the media all in one artwork, I abandoned canvas for transparent Lucite panels. The new works are essentially mixed media collage applied to Lucite. Working on front and back, layered to see through to the next. Creating a real space with real shadows but in an ambiguous world. The flowers are dense but there is an identity and clear shape of each. These works are labor intensive, requiring precise cutting of the paper and careful application. In "The Flowers of the Street of Spirits," black Hollyhocks stand tall with turquoise Firewheels and magenta Coneflowers. Real and unreal. Cut paper and paint come together in a surreal garden...

"Mark Messersmith’s mastery of painting is underscored in these works, which are laden with high-keyed color, dizzying perspectives, careening imagery, and virtuoso light effects. Th...

Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Among others, she has had solo exhibitions in Dallas at The...

"This series of collages refers to the transition of awareness that we experience in mid-life. They are about the challenge of taking hold of that illusive balance between past and present, between body and mind." - Hadar Sobol, 2017 Media: watercolor, ink, vintage stocking...

Mixed media with glitter on paper in artist's gold leaf frame 4.25 x 3.25 inches, paper size 12.5 x 8.75 x 1.75 inches, framed NFS.

Louis Reilly Title : Vase Materials : soda fired stoneware Date : 2019 Dimensions : 14x6x6inches Kansas City ceramicist, Louis Reilly addresses issues of history and culture. Thoug...

Louis Reilly Title : Tile Materials : soda fired stoneware Date : 2019 Dimensions : 15x5x2inches Kansas City ceramicist, Louis Reilly addresses issues of history and culture. Thoug...

“Untitled” 2018-2019 Porcelain, Paper Clay Cone 6 Size: 10 in. x 23.5 in. Danielle Weigandt explores the construct of events in time and their role in our lives. Time cannot be seen...

“Untitled” 2018-2019 Porcelain, Paper Clay Cone 6 Size: 3 in. x 35.5 in. Danielle Weigandt explores the construct of events in time and their role in our lives. Time cannot be seen,...

“Untitled” 2019 Porcelain Unfired Poplar Wood, Plex Size: 5.5 in. x 5.5 in. Danielle Weigandt explores the construct of events in time and their role in our lives. Time cannot be se...