Rachel Durfee

Overture Gallery Exhibit

racheldurfee — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:55:51 +0000

Rachel Durfee and Linda P. Hancock – Combined solo exhibits coming soon to the Overture Gallery II! Scheduled to run Wednesday, April 4 – Sunday, June 24, 2012. A reception is planned for May 4 from 6:00-8:00 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

racheldurfee — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:51:13 +0000

I am the Featured Artist in the May 2011 issue of Wisconsin Visual Artists Magazine. To view the article online you can go to www.wisconsinvisualartists.com .

Book includes my art

racheldurfee — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:58:18 +0000

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

racheldurfee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:20:48 +0000

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’.