Posts Tagged ‘Landscape Painting’
Marshall Noice’s paintings, wildly and emotionally vibrant, link contemporary Western art to early 20th century Fauvism. Those artists were known as “Les Fauves,” or “Wild Beasts.”
This I knew. But I’m finding out new and very cool things about Montana-based Expressionist painter Marshall Noice, whose new show of works Shadows & Light, opens at Altamira Fine Art on August 16, 2011. The show runs through August 30, 2011 and and opening reception will be held Thursday, August 18, 5-8:00 pm.
If you have an aptitude for rhythm memory and a fine sense of pitch, you may very well also be an excellent photographer or painter. Noice’s creative path includes music, photography and, most successfully, painting. In a former life he was a drummer, touring and opening for acts as big as the Allman Brothers Band, Cheap Trick, and Tower of Power. Eventually Noice quit the road, moved to Montana and discovered the great photography of Paul Strand, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams.
Noice the photographer came upon the paintings of fellow Montanan Theodore Waddell. Riveted, Noice c0mmenced 100 paintings of Blackfeet artifacts. “After those 100 paintings, I’d found what I was looking for in terms of an art process,” Noice says. “Color doesn’t trump composition in my work. They’re pretty much on equal footing….I have spent a lifetime relating to the landscape in one way or another…I get direct inspiration from being in nature.”
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Jackson Hole artist Jennifer L. Hoffman opens her new show of works, Intrinsic Nature, at Trio Fine Art on Thursday, August 17, 2011. The show runs through September 3, 2011, and an artist’s reception takes place at Trio on Thursday, August 18th, 5-8:00 pm. Twenty-four new works will be included; most are pastels but Hoffman plans to include oil paintings and at least one drawing.
Hoffman says she’s never felt such energy for exploration and pushing her artistic envelope. Noted forher soft, tonalist light and muted palette, Hoffman’s paintings evoke real emotion. This show embraces the artist’s love and examination of “close-in” places: aspen trunks, winding streams and channels, ridgelines, snow and her exquisite, cloud-soft skies.
Nobody does Wyoming sky like Hoffman. Violet cumulus clouds reflect purple winter mountains and
bare trees. She’s a lover of shadow, of rubbing nature’s elements together, rich with texture, spare of detail. A delicate, misty scrim floats over Hoffman’s landscapes.
“Sometimes I find myself noodling around, adding branches and twigs, putting in more and more,” Hoffman notes. “The next day, I come back to the studio and wipe it all back down. It’s not always easy to make things say a lot simply, but that is what I find I want in my paintings. That is what the title of my show is about – trying to extract the essential inspiration from all the detail of nature, and of life….The more I paint, the more I want to paint.”
A final note: Hoffman’s landscapes are part of New York’s Salmagundi 34th Annual Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, featuring works by non-members. View her work there through August 19, 2011. Congrats, Jen! www.triofineart.com
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Cayuse Western Americana “has assembled a fun assortment of maps from Jackson Hole, Grand Teton Park, Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and more.” Artists include Jo Mora, Jolly Lingren and Tom Carrigen. Western jeweler Dawn Bryfogle will be there, too; she’s expanded her range and plans to show big pieces, made of sterling, 14K gold fill and semi precious stones, all with her signature attention to detail.
Stop in to Cayuse (guess when?) Thursday, August 18th, 5-8:00 pm. 307.739.1940 www.cayusewa.com.
Walter Hood’s name is now familiar in Jackson; the Oakland, California landscape architect is the creative visionary man-with-a-sculpture-trail-plan. And that plan will soon materialize at the National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA).
Hood will materialize July 26 and 27; Tuesday, July 26, 7:00-8:00 pm, Hood will talk about design projects he considers his best (count public spaces at San Francisco’s De Young Museum among them), share his philosophy and ideas about art in public spaces, and generally electrify the audience. Hood is a professor of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. The talk is free and takes place in the museum’s Cook Auditorium.
Wednesday, July 27, Hood will lead museum members on a hard-hat trail tour. Two years ago Hood discussed the idea of the trail with NMWA, but it was not clear the project would happen.
“The Museum is doing the project, the funding came through and it’s taken hold,” Hood says. He describes NMWA’s landscape as “emerging,” taking precedence over what had been a a parking space focused expanse.
“This is a divine process, it took place slowly—but the we are transforming the landscape, making it more useful. I refer to the idea of sociability of space. Society has been building for cars, we are used to getting in our cars. That’s the antithesis of nature, and Jackson is all about nature! So taking the trail is a no-brainer. We’re a ways from finishing the trail, but I’ve already seen so many people walking the area and using those bike paths.”
Hood knows that change can be hard. But once we’ve changed, we embrace and adapt to better systems put into place. “We think things are more complex than they are. Even New York City
is implementing Portland-like planning. You can now bike on Broadway, it’s so much more pedestrian friendly! The same thing is happening in Jackson.”
“As the trail takes shape it is very exciting to see what a great space it is going to be for people and for sculpture,” says NMWA Curator of Education Jane Lavino. “Walter has given us a fabulous design. Because this feature will be free and open to the public it will be a great way for the Museum to reach out. We’ve already seen ways in which this project has paved the way for new partnerships. Plans are underway for an artist-in-residence who will work with community members to create a sculptural piece for the trail. There are also plans for some “behind the scenes” sculpture installation viewing opportunities.”
For information, contact Jane Lavino (jlavino@wildlifeart.org) or call 307.732.5417 www.wildlifeart.org
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Edward Riddell & Lee Carlman Riddell’s joint show, Gratitude, is on exhibit July 27-August 13, 2011 at Trio Fine Art, in Jackson. The show features paintings and black & white photographs depicting Tuscany. An opening reception takes place Thursday, July 28 from 5-8 pm. The Riddells will talk about their work from 6:30-7:00 pm.
A few years ago, the couple began a love affair with Italy, a country known for its romantic cities, landscapes, art and people. As they tell it, Ed Riddell took Lee to see Florence, Italy where he’d studied as a Stanford University art student. They have returned every year since, and earlier this year Ed’s photographs of the Tuscany region were featured in a show at Montalcino, Italy’s Caffe Alla Loggia.
When such an offer is extended to Americans, it’s a great honor. Tuscany has embraced the couple, and they consider Tuscany a spiritual home.
Tuscan doorways, flowers’ shadows cast against simple white windowsills, city skylines, wheat fields and wildflowers, laundry hung out to dry; these are the subjects of Lee’s sunwashed and delicate
oil paintings. Lee composes her paintings—ranging in size from 6″ square to 12″ x 24″—from memory, field sketches and photographs. She has fashioned her own painterly combination of oil and watercolor techniques.
Ed Riddell’s new photographic process eliminates glare by eliminating glass. His 21”x28” black and white prints are laminate coated, staving off moisture and adding image longevity by protecting the photographs from ultra-violet light. The photographer frames his images of Italy’s cultural and pastoral beauty with contemporary, hand-rubbed aluminum panels.
The artists’ work is also included in Wyoming’s Ucross Foundation Art Gallery’s exhibit, In The Presence Of Trees, June 30 – September 6, 2011.
www.triofineart.com 307.734.4444.
One of Jackson’s finest plein air and studio landscape painters, Jennifer L. Hoffman,will become a partner at Trio Fine Art. The new affiliation becomes official January 1, 2011.
Trio Fine Art represents the work of Jackson artists Lee Carlman Riddell, Kathryn Mapes Turner and September Vhay. Montana artist Russell Chatham is also represented at the gallery. And although there will now be four painting partners at the gallery, the gallery’s name will not change.
“I am thrilled and honored to have this amazing opportunity,” says Hoffman. “These three women are artists of the highest caliber and the utmost professionalism. I am excited to be a partner in an artist-run gallery, and to be inspired and motivated by the work of Lee, Kathryn, and September.” To introduce Hoffman as the gallery’s new partner, Trio will host a solo exhibition for Hoffman February 9-19, 2011. An artist’s reception will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2011.
“I am so excited for Jen to join us at Trio! She will add a great deal, from the vibrancy and authenticity of her paintings, to her work ethic, to her joyful laugh,” says Riddell.
Hoffman is one of the region’s finest landscape painters. The Jackson Hole Art Blog has followed her career, and I’m proud to have written the introduction for Jen’s book featuring her work; we were also mentioned in an article on Hoffman’s work in Fine Art Connoisseur (see below). The number of notices of Hoffman’s skill as an 
artist continually grow. In addition to her local participation and representation in such venues as the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, her exhibitions include the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Reflections in Pastel National Juried Exhibition, the Pastel 100, and Masters in Miniature at the CM Russell Museum.
Recent awards include an Award of Excellence at the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters’ 2010 National Exhibition; Best of Show in the First Annual International Autumn Arts Painting Challenge; and 3rd Place in Landscape in the 9th Annual Pastel 100 sponsored by the Pastel Journal.
Many national fine art magazines cover Hoffman. 2010′s May/June issue of Fine Art Connoisseur listed her in their feature “Artists Making Their Mark: Three to Watch”; and her work has been featured in Western Art Collector, The Pastel Journal, American Artist Magazine, and the Jackson Hole Magazine, among others. Hoffman is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, and also holds memberships in the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, the Oil Painters of America, and the American Impressionist Society.
Trio Fine Art is located at 545 N Cache St. and is open Thursdays from 12-6 during the winter season, with extended hours during Hoffman’s show. www.triofineart.com
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Astoria Fine Art has new works in by Netherlands artist Ewoud de Groot and Western artist Greg Beecham. Lots of new work coming into the gallery, says owner Greg Fulton. Check out the new works this holiday season! Both artists tend to have new work sell quickly. Winter-themed paintings by such artists as Scott Christensen and Clyde Aspevig are available. The gallery hosts a Holiday Reception, with special guest Beecham, on December 30, 5-7 pm. www.astoriafineart.com
Horizon Fine Art is highlighting the bright and joyous paintings of artist Sarah Rogers. Rogers has exhuberant, colorful portraits of wildlife on exhibit–cardinals, bison, and big Christmas bears. Stop by the (still pretty new!) gallery space on King Street, across from Shades Café. 307.739.1540 www.horizonfineartgallery.com
MADE, where artist John Frechette hangs his hat and fused glass, will donate 25% of all sales he rings up on Monday, Dec. 20, 5-8 pm to the Art Association. Check it out in Gaslight Alley; look for the canopy of festive holiday lights!
CIAO has extended its deadline to December 30, 2010 for artists interested in entering CIAO’s exhibition “New Year’s Resolution,” a show inspired by new beginnings, growth and promises to yourself or others. Visit www.ciaogallery.com for more info.
Tom Mangelsen and Sue Cedarholm hold their Winter Solstice opening reception showcasing their new photographs and paintings on Tuesday, December 21—under that full, freshly eclipsed, moon. Images of Nature Gallery, 5-9 pm.
Stop by the Art Association Lobby on Tuesday, December 21, 4-6 pm, for a tea-and-cookies reception for ArtSpot artist (Charlie Brown shirt!) Suzanne Morlock. (I have enjoyed all ArtSpot installations, but this giant metallic t-shirt is the most successful to date. It’s unmistakable, stands up to weather, is highly visible, fits time and place, and is a universal symbol imbued with multiple messages. And, it has humor. Congrats!) Info: 307.413.1800.
A Trunk Show from Kyrgyzstan featuring felt toys, hats, slippers and other gifts to warm the soul remains at the American Legion Hall through December 24th. Hours are 11 am - 7 pm; located on the corner of Gill and North Cache. 307.733.3082. 
No matter where she goes to hang her hat, Jackson’s plein air artist Kathryn Mapes Turner paints the landscape. As a fourth generation Triangle X Ranch family member — the famed dude ranch is located in Grand Teton National Park — Turner grew up observing wilderness and ranch life in one of the most spectacular landscapes on earth.
Even Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman noted Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park’s exquisite beauty while referencing the annual Fed Economic Summit that takes place there.
Turner also has strong Washington D.C. ties. She finds beauty in that city’s historic, classical landscape, an expansive city conceived as the seat of our country’s government. D.C.’s architecture is influenced by ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and 19th century France.
For Turner, painting is a language expressing her deep appreciation of the world around her. “My paintings are my response to what I find magnificent. This magnificence can be found everywhere from the monumental to the mundane,” she says.
“Magnifique,” a collection of new paintings and drawings by Turner, opens Friday November 13, at Susan Calloway Fine Arts, in Washington. An opening reception is scheduled that evening from 6-8 pm. The show remains up through December 12th, 2009.
Says the gallery of Turner’s work, “Her superb drawing ability and familiarity with her subjects allow her to break at will from pure representation, successfully abstracting her subject matter without losing its essence. She moves seamlessly from watercolor to oil without changing her style, using each medium to its fullest extent to bolster her own style, rather than changing her style to suit the medium. This show will feature her cityscapes, landscapes and figurative works.”
Turner lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she is represented by Trio Fine Art.
For information, contact Susan Calloway Fine Arts by telephoning 202.965.4601; or email gallery@callowayart.com.
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Contemporary Western artist Matt Flint, an artist featured at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, is one of six artists to be highlighted at the Wyoming Arts Council’s Biennial Fellowship Exhibit.
The exhibit is on display at Wyoming’s State Museum through January 9, 2010. An opening reception took place November 5th. The earth tones and primal forms Flint uses in his work bring cave paintings to mind; natural forms and images of birds seem scratched on ancient rock. Check the Wyoming Arts Council website for full details.