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Artist Statement and Resume
Painting
is my way of celebrating and expressing my feelings of connection to
the natural world. As a long time gardener and keeper of bees I
continually witness nature’s beauty and regenerative forces. Within
my garden small universes come alive and wither only to be reborn
again. I see my paintings as metaphors for my feelings about the
magic and beauty that surrounds me from a simple flower or leaf to
the colors a beautiful western sunset. I believe in beauty. The
beautiful is not superficial but rather describes something that has
the ability to open our senses to sensations and feelings long held
or forgotten. A painting also has this ability to open our senses
and is a wonderful means of expressing universal connections and
truths.
My
process is quite intuitive and I love working and playing with color
saturated oil paints and luscious bees wax from my hives. I mix the
wax and oil paint together then brayer on to a panel many layers of
color until a luminosity is achieved and the image starts to be
revealed. I try to avoid thinking too much and allow the process to
expose the painting. It is important for me to stay present with
the work and let the painting lead me. I continually struggle to
let go of the precious and the expected. The unexpected accidents
and impulses always lead me to new places and discoveries.
It
has been said illusion is the scent of something real coming close.
Painting has the ability to make visible the real and to remind us
of what has been misplaced and forgotten. It is my hope my
paintings hint at, or perhaps reveal a bit of truth about our
connection to each other and our natural world.
Born:
1950 Bangor, Maine
Education:
1988-90 MFA
in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1984-88 BFA
in Painting, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire
1969-73 BS
in Nutrition, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Solo
Exhibitions:
2006 Within
Sky and Ground, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Garden Notes, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Garden
Emanations, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Seasons
of Change, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Work, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque,
NM
2000 Impressions after a Journey, Karan Ruhlen
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Earthbeat,
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Selected Exhibitions:
2008 New Work,
Ellis West Gallery. Durango, Colorado
2008 Spring Show,
The Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM
2008 Giving Shelter, 516
Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Benefit Auction,
Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Open
Hands Benefit Auction, Nussbaumer Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe,
NM
2007 Surface Matters,
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 New
Show. New Space, Ellis West Gallery, Durango, CO
2006 Process,
Ellis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
2005 Between
the Words: In Search of Visual Lyricism, Harwood Art Center,
Albuquerque,
Minatures/2005,
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Ellis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
2004
Minatures/2004, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Rocky Mountain Biennial, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
curated by Jan Adlmann, Elllis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
2003 Minatures/2003, The Albuquerque Museum,
Albuquerque, NM
Art Market, Magnifico, Albuqueruque, NM
Affordable Art Fair, Pier 92, New York,
NY
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Heart
of Winter, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Red,
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Invitational, Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM
Caring a Leaf 100 Miles, Outpost Art
Space, Albuquerque, NM
2000 Mil Flores, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Celebration 2000, Harwood Art Center,
Albuquerque, NM
Water, Museum of Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
Red, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
A Show with Heart, Joyce Robins Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
1999 Women Artists in the Land of Enchantment,
LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe
101 Cups - 101 Artists, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Passionate Pairs, Karan Ruhlen Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
1998 Ida y Vuelta, Musee Denys Puech, Rodez, France
Verbal Visuals, The Outpost Performance
Space, Albuquerque, NM
A Bus Panel, Magnifico! Traveling Art
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
New Year - New Artists, Karan Ruhlen
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 International Joint Art Exhibition, Shin
Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
43rd Hiroshima Peace Exhibition, Hiroshima
Prefecture Art Museum,
Hiroshima, Japan
Annual Invitational Show, Dartmouth Street
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Art for the Next Millennium, KiMo Theater
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
101 Cups - 101 Artists, Karan Ruhlen Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
Visibility 97, David Loren Bass Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
Object - Surface, Karan Ruhlen Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
1996 Thresholds, Mirage Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Surface Connections, Harwood Art Center
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1995 Matters of Disclosure, Mirage Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM
Root Houses, Cafe Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994 Visions of Excellence, State Fair Fine Art
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Paper Chase,
AUA/Raw Space, Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Abstract Painters, KiMo
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1993 Thirteenth Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show,
The Stamford Historical
Society, Stamford, Connecticut
In the Eye of the Beholder, AUA/Raw Space,
Albuquerque, NM
1992 abstract / abstraction, KiMo Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM
Creating Ourselves, Golden Library,
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
Publications:
2005 Sarah S. King, “Santa Fe Summer Preview”, Art in
America, June/July.
Craig Smith, “Gallerywise”, Pasatiempo,
June 17-23.
Joel Groover, “Art of the Show”, Art and
Antiques, June.
2004 Laura McWilliams, “Here We Go Again”, Rocky
Mountain Bullhorn, April 8-14.
2003 Lisa Polisar, “Lightness of Being,” Art Scene,
Crosswinds, May 1.
Diane Armitage, “May Previews,” THE Magazine,
May.
2002 Richard Garriott-Stejskal, “Condon: Paintings from
the Heart,” Albquerque Arts,
November, 2002.
2000 Craig Sullivan, “Himalayan Trek Recharges Sense of
Color”, Albuquerque
Journal North,
August
Lynn Cline, “Sally Condon has an adventure every
day”, The New Mexican
Pasatiempo, August
David Clemmer, “Community of Creativity”,
Santa Fean Magazine, May.
1999 Hollis Walker, “Out of Context”, Pasatiempo,
June.
Diane Armitage, “Critical Reflections”, THE
magazine, June.
Craig Smith, “Layers of the Land”, Pasatiempo,
May.
Emily Van Cleve, “Earthbeat”, Pasatiempo,
May.
Paul Weideman, “The Journey from Mexico to Rodez,
France” Pasatiempo.
Art Bits, “Artist to discuss NM exhibition in
France”, Albuquerque Journal.
Art Nexus, February-April.
1998 Kathleen McCloud, “Nuevo Mélange”, The New Mexican.
Emily Van Cleve, “Trio of painters show
connection to the land”, Pasatiempo.
Agenda Ramdam N0 13,
France, July-August.
Art Actualite Magazine, France, June.
1997 Wesley Pulkka, “Reality is no contest among 4
Dartmouth artists”, Albuquerque
Journal.
1996 Wesley Pulkka, “Earthbound, floating free: two views
at Harwood”,
Albuquerque Journal.
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