"Relativity" Artist's Reception Sept. 10
Through abstraction, the paintings of Denver artist Trine Bumiller in her upcoming show "Relativity" begin with the natural world, then search behind the obvious for meaning— underlying patterns, connections and universal theories of order. The exhibition is in the Main Gallery of the Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art until Oct. 22. The public is invited to a reception for the artist on Saturday, Sept. 10, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
"In such dichotomies as figurative to non-objective, organic to inorganic and microscopic to macroscopic, I combine images that may have only some semblance of relating, yet intrinsically belong together," Bumiller explains. "There is more to life beyond visible reality. The more is what I mean to paint."
A second series of paintings in the exhibit are a memorial to the artist's father, and the bright colors, images of flowers and leaves and other miscellaneous objects from his home are combined to represent a collage of life and rebirth after death. She says these paintings form a travelogue of life with her father, who had created travelogues as his profession.
Originally from Ohio, Bumiller earned a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and participated in an honors program in Italy. She was a recipient of a 2004 Grants to Artists and Organizations, and in 2000 won an Artist Fellowship Award from the Colorado Council on the Arts. Her work has been exhibited in Colorado, Illinois and Arizona and is in several corporate private collections. Bumiller has taught at the University of Colorado.
The Museum of Fine Art is located at 490 N. Water St. in the downtown mall. For more information, call 541-2137.
Laura DeFazio's Portraits, Sept. 2-29
Portraits in both terra cotta sculpture and newsprint drawings by Laura DeFazio will fill the Director's Gallery of the Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art from Sept. 2-29. DeFazio's exhibit is the product of a love of drawing from life and endless interest in the expression of human gesture, in balances of harmony and tension in form and face. These aspects are reflected in her portraits, in which she seeks to reveal truths about individuals, as well as about a shared human life experience.
She says, "My inspiration is drawn mainly from the beauty I see in people, whose courage and dignity never fail to impress me." Her subjects are family members, friend and colleagues.
The portraits are created in contrasting media: terra cotta clay, which can last a millennium, and newsprint drawings, which have the shelf life of an actual human being. DeFazio explains, "Capturing and revealing an expression of the human experience in clay appeals to me in its ability to capture forever just a moment of time and life, here and now. The installation on newsprint expresses the opposite notion, the temporality of our time together here on Earth. All of these works aim to evoke some sense of the eternal, and of the moment, both in art and in life."
DeFazio teaches at the California University of Pennsylvania. Most recently her work has been exhibited at the Sculpture in the Garden Invitational in Pittsburgh and at the Society of Sculptors Universities Exhibition in conjunction with the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
The Museum of Fine Art is located at 490 N. Water St. in the downtown mall. For more information, call 541-2137.
Purchase Prize Exhibit in P.A.
The Grant County Art Guild will host its 20th Annual Purchase Prize Award Exhibit, Sept. 22-25 and Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Paintings from New Mexico artists will be on display at the Pinos Altos Church Gallery on Golden Ave. Judge Richard Alan Nichols of Nichols Taos Fine Art Gallery will be present for the opening reception, Sept. 20, 6-8 p.m. The public is invited to attend and to vote for their favorite painting. Paintings are available for purchase. For more information, call 538-8216.
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