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This coming summer, Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) and Grand Teton Association (GTA) are bringing the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) to Grand Teton National Park, for a two-week plein air paint-out. The event celebrates GTA’s 75th anniversary and the Park’s storied tradition of plein air painting. The paint-out and its accompanying exhibition take place July 1-15, 2012 at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor’s Center, the “focal point for GTA’s educational and interpretive efforts.” RMPAP’s show will be on display at the Craig Thomas Center, home to the Park’s permanent art collection.
To wind up the year, I asked members of Jackson’s arts community to share their thoughts about “artful” things they are thankful for this year. And share they did.
I am grateful for Jackson’s arts continuing growth as a whole. I truly believe that of all Jackson’s economic sectors, it is the arts that have risen to the challenge of these economic times, continually re-inventing what “art” means and includes in Jackson Hole. I am grateful for everyone’s spirit. I am grateful for the wonderful visitation this blog enjoys, and I will work to see that its value continues to grow. I am grateful for the success of Fall Arts Festival, for every chance I get to write about and for the arts. I am grateful for your thanks, trust and contributions. I am grateful for the advice and perspective of friends, and for all that I’ve learned. I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to connect, on a deeper level, with Grand Teton National Park through my role as public relations rep for its “Artists in the Environment” series. Those summer days in the Park with the artists, experiencing GTNP’s matchless beauty and wildlife, and seeing so many come to enjoy those afternoons will be with me forever. I am grateful for art’s eternal connection to wildlife and landscape.~Tammy
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An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have. ~Andy Warhol, sent from Mariam Diehl.
An art dealer is somebody who makes people understand that they need art to live. ~Mariam Diehl
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Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Carrie.
Carrie Who?
Carrie Geraci working on Public Art!
This year I am thankful for all the work Carrie has put into the arts in Jackson. Also, fired up to work with so many great artists in Jackson and Beyond! ~ John Frechette
Tammy, I am grateful for support from Trustees that enabled us to build a Sculpture Trail at the National Museum of Wildlife Art that is free and open to the public! ~ Jane Lavino, National Museum of Wildlife Art.
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You could say that the “Wipfler & the Boys” Show @ Simpson Gallagher Gallery in Sept. was that gallery’s best selling show ever! Fifteen years and going strong for the gallery and my best solo show ever! My large painting commissions have been very well received and it’s been a good year for me! ~ Kathy Wipfler.
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What I am grateful and happy about … Several collectors have told me that they feel a ‘presence’ and a ‘soul’ in my paintings, which to me means that my paintings convey the feelings I have when creating them. There is no greater satisfaction than that. It means that we are ‘in the moment’ together, even years later.” ~ Lee Carlman Riddell
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Trailside Galleries, in Jackson Hole and Scottsdale! ~ Dawn Meckem, Trailside
Jackson Hole artist Erin C. O’Connor will give a free plein air painting demonstration at String Lake, Grand Teton National Park on Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:00-5:00 pm. O’Connor’s appearance winds up the Grand Teton Association’s 2011 “Artists in the Environment” plein air series, and coincides with the opening days of Jackson Hole’s Fall Arts Festival. (Tuesday, September 6th, the Jackson Hole Art Blog will post the first of two Fall Arts Festival calendars!)
O’Connor finds her greatest inspiration by painting directly within the environment. Noted for her participation in many prestigious plein air events, she is represented in collections and exhibits throughout the country. Since being awarded the 2009 Joshua Tree National Park “Artist-in-Residency”
post, she has taken part in numerous Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) events, most recently being awarded “Artists’ Choice, Best Body of Work” by her peers at RMPAP’s Pagosa Springs, Colorado competition. Plein Air Magazine’s Spring 2011 issue named the artist one of “Today’s Masters.”
“To gain the endorsements of your fellow artists–there’s no higher accolade,” O’Connor says.
O’Connor came to Jackson 25 years ago, and stays because it’s a place where she and so many others are free to “follow their bliss.” As an artist, you can never paint as much as you’d like, she says. O’Connor sees the world around her afresh daily. It’s a point of ecstasy or a point of madness–but for her, wanting to paint everything you see–and seeing everything as a painting–is a gift.
O’Connor drew and painted from the time she was little.
“When I first started painting en plein air I’d say I strove more to capture details and “true” colors than I do now,” she notes. “Now, I don’t get as wrapped up in those details. It’s the essence behind the details I want to capture. That was never a conscious decision–you’re not going to change the way you paint, it’s like your signature. My style is not really contemporary, not really traditional. The Taos Ten greatly influenced me, and the California Impressionists–the people in the U.S. who were painting outside. It was their clarity of light and brilliant color.”
Describing herself as essentially a “solitary individual,” O’Connor has lately been painting hay bales–”round bales, square bales, hay loaves, hay
laying on the ground, in stripes and in piles!” Painting alone allows her to stay in her “zone,” frees her to get into her signature style. Summers, O’Connor works as a landscaper. The job gets her outside, and she can think about how to access certain scenes.
“I’m not above stopping on the Wilson Bridge and placing orange cones around me so I can paint! But there’s usually an easier way,” says a smiling O’Connor.
A few years ago, while painting at String Lake, a Western Tanager flew down to perch on the artist’s easel.
“I don’t know if it was attracted to the colors of the paint or if it was a mooch! It was a great experience,” recalls O’Connor. “There’s so much going on at String Lake. There are the mountains, so dramatic. There’s the lake itself, quiet and serene. It’s shallow enough to see logs beneath the water’s surface, everything is so interesting, there’s so much to choose from. And it’s an honor to be asked back to “Artists in the Environment.”
NOTE: There are several parking areas at String Lake. To hook up with “Artists in the Environment,” proceed to the furthest parking area–String Lake’s Picnic Area lot. Walk a short distance north, up the shoreline, and find O’Connor “in plein sight,” alongside the lake.
Contact: Tammy Christel tammy@jacksonholearttours.com
It’s exhilarating to be home.
Recently the JH Art Blog was down. Hardly an ideal re-entry scenario, but we’re up and running again, and working to catch up with Jackson’s arts scene. It only takes a brief reacquainting visit to galleries to realize that Jackson’s regional arts scene, for a town of its size, is truly exceptional. It’s alive with eclectic work and great talent represented in every
venue. We’re not New York or Paris or Chicago….or Miami. But the quality of art here, the quantity of talent? We should be proud. Our subject matter reflects the region, yes. National and international influences are finding their way in, and when good management and vision are in play everybody wins.
Regarding the situation involving the Art Association and Aaron Wallis: I’ve had my conversation with Wallis, so we’re done as far as that is concerned. However, the current situation between him and the arts community is very unfortunate. No winners there. Hope it can be resolved.
The good news:
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful and Artists in the Park (officially Artists in the Environment) features Wilson, Wyoming artist Jocelyn Slack this Saturday, August 14th, at Oxbow Bend Turnout in Grand Teton National Park. Slack, an illustrator, works primarily in watercolors, pen and ink. She’s a regular contributor to Crane Creek Graphics and her work was included in the recent Center for the Arts exhibition of images of dancers.
Artists in the Park is sponsored by the Grand Teton Association and is free to the public. Look for Slack’s easel and the event’s Artist Demonstration banner. Artists in this series begin painting at 9:00 a.m. and end at noon. Bring a chair, snacks, and paints if the spirit moves.
Phone: 307-739-3606.
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“I am fascinated with painting white objects because, in watercolor, white subjects are what appears in the place where there is no paint. By painting the shadows on the form and the negative space around the form, the form itself appears.” – September Vhay
Essence.
What Jackson painter September Vhay does best, some might argue, is capture the essence—the nut—of the animals she paints. Her new show goes up Saturday, August 18, at Trio Fine Art and features Vhay’s trademark graceful renditions of horses, wildlife, ranch animals, magpies and orchids.
The orchids are white, and Vhay says painting that particular flower connects her to her watercolor background. Structurally, the flower may appeal to the painter’s other identity; she’s a trained and practiced architect. In fact, orchid petals remind Vhay of draft horse haunches.
And the flowers hold still.
Trio’s artists are all trying new subjects. Vhay also will exhibit paintings of longhorns. For her, the bulls intrigue “…on many levels, from the shape of their horns to their symbolism of the West. Longhorns were the first cattle introduced to the U.S. in the late 1400′s due to their ability to handle harsh conditions and to breed easily. Their disposition is innately gentle, yet they appear intimidating due to the size of their horns, which can span up to 80 inches.”
“In one painting, this gentleness is expressed in the bulls eye,” Vhay said, “Yet his horns let you know that in an instant he would have no problem protecting himself.”
For info, log onto www.vhay.com, visit www.triofineart.com, or phone 307.734.4444.
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Art Association Happenings!
The Jackson Hole Art Association’s Local Landscapes with Local Artists series features artist Tammy Callens on Saturday, August 14, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm. The half day of creative fun and
learning takes place at the Snake River Ranch.
This workshop costs $75; Art Association members may attend for $50. Billed as “Interpreting the Traditional Landscape,” (I take that to mean attendees will explore ways to interpret landscape in various ways) the morning includes:
· A one hour painting demonstration and talk by Tammy
· Two hours to create using the medium of your choice
· A critique and one-on-one direction from Tammy
· A simple picnic lunch will be included
Space is limited. To sign up, or for more info, call 307.733.6379.
Talk Like an Egyptian?
August 12 – 15, 2010 | 5 Lectures | Attend one or attend them all!
Beginning August 12th, the Art Association will present a series of lectures by Hisham El Meniawy. A native of Cairo, Mr. Meniawy is a history and archeology specialist of ancient Egypt. He studied at the university in Cairo and has lectured for 20 years in Europe and at conferences and archeology sites throughout Egypt.
Egypt’s ancient arts are a keystone of the world’s art history. Please contact the Art Association for more information on this series.
Coming up: The second Summer 2010 Jackson Hole Art Fair takes place August 20-22 at Miller Park, in Jackson. www.artassociation.org
“I just wanted to be an artist in art. I didn’t want to be original. I didn’t want to be different. I wanted to be in that big family. Because of these new ideas of space and time and the computer and women, that whole Pandora’s box was open.” – Judy Pfaff
An initial viewing of New York artist Judy Pfaff’s collages set in shadow boxes raises questions. These textured works, delicate all, bear a heavy female scent. While many women feel tossed about like plankton as they move through life—and its cycles—with as little control as a grain of sand in a rip tide, Pfaff plucks, separates and stores the feminine mystiques.
Construction materials sometimes resemble bodily tissues, or kelp.
Pfaff, a recipient of both a McArthur Fellowship Genius Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, pays a special visit to Jackson with her show I Dwell In Possibility, on display at the Tayloe Piggot Gallery July 12-August 15. An opening reception takes place Thursday, July 17, 5-8:00 pm. Piggot met Pfaff through gallery artist Jane Rosen, who “cut her teeth” with Pfaff in New York’s 1980′s art scene. The three women connected, and Pfaff decided to lend work for this show.
In an interview for PBS’s Art 21 series—and by the way, she’s great interview—Pfaff talks about the tempestuous side of her art.
“I think there’s always a melancholy in the work, though everyone has always thought of my work as being very happy, or jaunty, or—what’s that word I get—an explosion in a glitter factory. There’s always something that seemed carefree, easygoing. I can hardly remember that. I mean I can have a good time and I can be lighthearted.”
Pfaff can, and does, summon a delicate Asian quality in some of the works from this show. ”Lady Monck” floats like lily pads and scattered cherry blossoms on a pond.
For info: art@tayloepiggotgallery.com 307.733.0555
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The Jackson Hole Art Auction 2010 takes place Saturday, September 18, at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, in Jackson, Wyoming. We’re specifying location because this auction has, in just four years, become one of the highest grossing Western Art Auctions, with live, absentee and phone bidders across the country, and across the seas. 2009′s auction realized just under $6 million for approximately 240 lots.
Produced by Trailside Galleries and Gerald Peters Gallery, this is an auction of “past and present masters of the American West.” The auction’s Jackson headquarters are upstairs at Trailside Galleries—-walk through to the auction desk and displayed auction lots. Registrar Emma Zanetti and Curator Heidi Theios are happy to show you around; you may also register to bid.
Art markets, at this level, remain strong. Some might say they’re excelling. Look for works by these and other artists: William Acheff, Clyde Aspevig, Ken Carlson, Martin Grelle, Bill Owen, G. Harvey, Kenneth Riley, Mian Situ, Howard Terpning,
Morgan Weistling, and Z.S. Liang are just a few whose paintings have sold for well over the estimated values.
Look for important works by the Taos Society of Artists, the Santa Fe Art Colony, as well as historically recognized artists of the American West. Works of special note include a major E.I.Couse, William R. Leigh, Oscar Berninghaus, E. Martin Hennings, and Charlie Dye.
Other highlights of the sale include several works by Bob Kuhn (whose painting of a red fox in winter sold for $299,000 with the hammer price), Lanford Monroe, a new Carl Brenders original, and two magnificent paintings by noted wildlife artist Carl Rungius.
For further information call 1.866.549.9278, visit www.jacksonholeartauction.com or stop by Trailside Galleries at 130 East Broadway, in Jackson.
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The Grand Teton Association presents the second of four free plein air summer events on Saturday, July 10, when painter Shannon Thal sets up her easel at the Cottonwood Turnout. From 9am-Noon that day you can find Thal there—-look for the event banner. Cottonwood Turnout is the first turnout on the right north of Taggart and Bradley Lakes, in Grand Teton National Park.
Artists in the Park, officially Artists in the Environment, is free and open to the public.
A native of Maryland’s eastern shores, an area known for its artists, wildlife and exquisite fragile ecosystems, Thal moved to Jackson to pursue her love of landscape painting and for the beauty she found here. She is represented at Horizon Gallery in Jackson and will be a guest artist at Trio Gallery this fall.
Phone: 307-739-3606 or 917-864-9395