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A New Project I'm honored to have been invited to participate in the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art's Batrachology: Amphibians in Art. The exhibition, which opened last weekend, runs concurrently with the educational live animal exhibit Frogs! A Chorus of Colors. (My friends in Colorado may remember Frogs! when it visited the Wildlife Experience.) Also being shown is an exhibit of high-resolution scanner photography by Brandon Ballengée titled Nature’s Fading Chorus that showcases his scientific research on frog deformities. The museum has certainly put together a great lineup. This show became a project for me and I always enjoy new projects. They tend to have me learning new subjects or deepening my knowledge within a favorite area. They open doors I may not have considered, and may lead to a chain of events that create new interests and new opportunities. For instance, Dragons in Darkness had me exploring both the very cool subject matter (and remembering my days caving,) and artistic concepts I hadn't necessarily considered before. For this piece, I consciously used the way physical light bounces around a sculpture to manipulate it's effect. One of the papers I used in this sculpture also inspired the concept for a new series, although you will not recognize them when you see them, as I used the back of the paper here, not the front! |
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New Works |
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Dragons in Darkness 15" x 14" |
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The olm, or proteus, is a cave salamander related to the mud puppy and found only in caves of the Dinaric Alps of Europe. Known to science for hundreds of years from animals washed from the caves during heavy rains, olms were once believed to be the larvae of dragons. Deep in the dark earth, they rule both their own silent waters, and the realms of our imagination. |
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Anuran Cathedrals 9" x 20" |
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This sculpture was created with composition in mind. The circular shapes of the mushroom caps contrast against the lines of the gills and the stems and combine with the suggestion of light and shade to make the setting of the piece. The frogs are northern cricket frogs, Acris crepitans. |
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Awards |
Ancient Arms II 4" x 9.5"
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The Artist's Magazine |
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Stomp 40" x 23" |
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Women Artists of the West juried into Associate Membership |
Upcoming Events
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Batrachology: January 18th - April 13th
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"This exhibition features nearly 80 works of art by 17 visual artists from across the United States and Canada. Their diverse approaches to the subject of batrachology – the study of amphibians – create a dynamic exhibition full of surprises. While some artworks are lighthearted, others are purely biological illustration, while many are very artistic in the sophistication of their expression and execution. " |
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23rd Annual May 4th - June 15th |
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2014 will be my second year participating in this premier exhibition of Colorado artists. The Governor's Invitational Art Show and Sale showcases some of the best of the state's western art, while benefiting the Rotary Club of Loveland's and the Thompson Valley Rotary Club's local and worldwide philanthropic missions. |
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Tiffany Miller Russell www.wildlifeinpaper.com |
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