Overture Gallery II Exhibit

Rachel Durfee and Linda P. Hancock – Ideas May Shift

 

Combined solo exhibits Overture Gallery II:  

April 9 - June 24, 2012 

Gallery Hours:  Mon-Thurs 9am-5:30pm, Fri 9am-9pm, Sat 10:30am-9pm, Sun 12pm-5pm

Reception:  Friday, May 4 from 6:00-8:00 pm.  

Gallery Talks on Sunday, May 13,  12:30-1:30 pm

(Rachel 12:30-1:00 pm and Linda 1:00-1:30 pm)

 

These two artists are paired because of their sensitivity to media, the layering of artistic elements and the interplay of image and text. Durfee uses woodcut prints, paper constructions and poetry to illuminate and interpret “the internal psychological environment.”  The selected images, from her butterfly series, reflect the seasons of life and contrast mankind’s creative and destructive powers with its ultimate frailty and powerlessness.  Hancock freezes “snippets” of text as an impetus for a deeper understanding of the meaning and the possibilities that the phrase evokes.  The paintings are meant to be intimate, with stray thoughts and musings woven into an abstraction of painting surfaces.

 

Wisconsin Visual Artists Magazine Featured Artist

I am the Featured Artist in the May 2011 issue of Wisconsin Visual Artists Magazine.  To view the article online you can go to http://www.wisconsinvisualartists.com/public/article_full.php?user_id=505.

Book includes my art

I am excited to announce that the book, Dwelling with Philippians:  A Conversation with Scripture through Image and Word, published by Eerdmans, contains two of my images - Stand Firm and For Those In Captivity.  It is available through Amazon and other book sellers.

Makoto Fujimura Print Available for Purchase

Internationally exhibited artist Makoto Fujimura created an original lithograph, “Song of the Bird King” for the Geneva Forum which was held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison in February 2010.  Only a few prints from this small edition are still available for purchase for only $500 (unframed).  Please contact me if you are interested.

A painter, author, former appointee to the National Council on the Arts and founder of IAM (International Arts Movement), Fujimura is a deep thinker and engaging speaker.   Raised and educated bi-culturally, Fujimura’s work fuses abstract expressionism, which he explored in the US, with the traditional Japanese art of Nihonga. His art speaks of hope and the deeper reconsideration of life’s meaning within the context of beauty.  One who wrestles with deep issues of art, faith and humanity, Fujimura encourages us to see the culturally transformative potentials of creating extravagant, love-filled ‘Prodigal Art’.