Moving in May

It's happening! We've given our notice and before the end of May we'll be out of the yellow house at 3326 N Dodge. Now we need to shrink our inventory to fit into the Metal Arts Village sales office just down the street. Many items are on sale from finished stock (paintings, sculptures, screens, tables) to raw materials (jewelry findings, stained glass) to craft supplies (easels, display cases).

We're moving and downsizing for the summer but we are not closing! While Lynn Rae works on opening the new gallery in Nova Scotia, staff will be operating out of the Metal Arts Village sales office and showroom at 3230 N. Dodge Blvd. We'll still be making sales and taking commissions so keep our info handy!

Ship view

The landscape process

Honored

How exciting! I've been chosen as a nominee for a LUMIE - a Tucson Pima Arts & Business Award - in the Lifetime Achievement category. It's truly an honor just to be considered. Thank you to Susan Cassidy, Claire Scheuren and Stephen Kimble who thought my life worthy of nomination!

Here's some information about the event from TPAC's web site:
Please join us for The LUMIES on Sunday May 4th at 6pm at the FOX Tucson Theatre for an evening of celebration as we honor those Luminaries in our community—artists, volunteers, individuals, businesses and arts organizations—nominated for their outstanding contributions to the arts!


more about the LUMIES here

Question: What is your artistic impetus with the Inner Landscapes?

As a child I spent my summers in Canada traveling the roads of southern Ontario, with my mother at the wheel of our impala convertible I would squint my eyes through my wind blown hair to document the growth on the passing rows of vegetables and flowers. This is my first memory of observing the beauty of nature.

We lived on Lake Erie. As one of the Great Lakes, it more resembles an ocean in its changing waves and light. Its estuary was the wetlands where cattails lined banks swaying in the wind. It was here I grew to love the water and all it nutured.

I went to college in Boulder, Colorado crossing the Mississippi for the first time. I picked my sorority because the house we lived in had the best views of the Flat Irons that welcomed you to the Rockies. That great wall acted as a canvas capturing the palette created by the sun.

After I married, my husband and children Bradley and Damion Alexander moved to Telluride Colorado driving cross country through miles of farm land actually crossing the Rocky Mountains. I soaked in the vast variety of landscapes that constitute this beauutiful country.

It was in Telluride I first began to sketch landscapes. When we would drive to Montrose across the Dallas Divide, the splendor was breathtaking and I had to try to capture it in line if not color.

In the sixteen years I lived in that beautiful mountain town I extensively traveled by car the four corner states of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah.
In the early years my children took most of my time, but as they grew I found sketching the passing landscapes offered me great peace of mind and connection to the land.

Capturing the light

One of the things I love about the Inner Landscapes is the way each one seems to change and dance depending on how the light reflects off the metal. This also makes them difficult to photograph in a way that truly reveals the depth of the colors and motion of the grinds in the metal. Below is a series of images of the same painting, taken in indirect interior lighting, spotlit in a dark room and outside sunlight. See for yourself how the painting dances with the light!

Daylight Savings Sale!

For the month of March many items in the gallery, including paintings and wall art, will be available at 20% - 30% off retail prices. We're spring cleaning in anticipation of summer and in order to make room for more new work!