July 2024
Joan Fenicle: The Art of Wandering
Exhibition dates June 25-July 28, 2024
Reception: Saturday, July 13, 1-3 pm
First Sunday ARTScrawl - Meet the Artist, 10 am - 2 pm
"Rock and Raven Talk" is one of ten new oil paintings in the exhibit. See all ten and everything new in the gallery in July by taking our virtual tour.
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The Art of Wandering is a visual road trip taking you through parts of New Mexico and Colorado that Joan Fenicle has been inspired to paint. They include locations that she visited many times over the 50 years she has lived in New Mexico; others that she happened upon purely by serendipity, but all experienced with a sense of respect and wonder. Join the artist as she brings you along on her journey into these unique spaces of the Southwest.
“Wandering is about surrendering to possibilities and understanding that unplanned detours often bring the greatest rewards. If you set a destination and give yourself permission to get lost along the way, you might have what it takes to be a successful wanderer. I have been a wanderer since I was a small child (much to my Mother’s dismay) and there remains a child-within I never left behind. Sometimes setting off with only a map drawn on a bar napkin, I have been blessed with fascinating conversations with strangers, a lifetime of discovery and a desire to share those discoveries through my art.” Fenicle describes herself as a multi-media artist, using photography, oil paint or mixed media to express her vision. While this may suggest a lack of focus, it’s simply a choice of the best media for a series of related images, whether real or imagined (sometimes the mind also wanders). The Art of Wandering is rendered entirely in oil on canvas on birch panel. The artist’s reception will be celebrated with fellowship and refreshments on Saturday July 13, 1-3 p.m. A First Sunday ARTScrawl Meet the Artist event will be held on July 7, 10 am to 2 pm. Come by for a cup of specialty coffee from Chicky’s Coffee and visit with the artist and her guest, Sondra Diepen, author of the just published “Route 66 in New Mexico” who will show up about 11 with copies of her beautiful book of stories and photographs. You can also take a virtual tour of the monthly exhibits. |
Download our new brochure with information on all the featured artists shows January through June 2024 as pdf files below.
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