New Horizons: Landscapes 2022
5th Annual Juried Exhibition
Landscapes are one of the long-time subjects for artists taking in the beauty of their surroundings and representing what they see. But how has it changed in recent times? What new connections to our surroundings will be found or lost?
The landscapes around us are dramatically changing as well as our relation to nature. Furthermore, will we see landscapes as mere replications or photographs or can we apply color, light, design and texture to represent the larger essence of what we see or experience.
Just as impressionism, then cubism radically changed our perception of landscape art, what new interpretations are present today? We would like to see large as well as small formats. Broad strokes, fresh outlooks, meaningful dialogs, colorful blends or a monochromatic study... What's on the horizon for new landscape work?
Juror: Ricki L. Klages, Professor of Painting and Former Head of the Department of Art at the University of Wyoming
DETAILS
Exhibit Date: Friday, April 22, 2022 – Friday, May 20, 2022
Opening Reception: Friday, April 22, 2022 from 4-8pm
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesday - Friday: 1-5pm
Saturday: by Appointment only
Sunday & Monday: Closed
AWARD WINNERS
Gold Award: Dan R. Kirchhefer - “Ballintoy Harbour, Northern Ireland”
Silver Award: Carol Schinkel - “Forest for the Trees”
Bronze Award: Christopher Paul Brown - “Eagle Point Park, Midwest Woodlands, 06-10-2019Z”
Honorable Mention: Irmgard Geul- “Long Winter Shadows”
Honorable Mention: David LaPalombara - “Long Run 5”
Honorable Mention: Daniel Tear Plummer - “Industrial Site, Louisiana”
GOLD AWARD
Dan R. Kirchhefer
“Ballintoy Harbour, Northern Ireland”
Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel, & Pencil, 5.5” x 3.5”
2020
SILVER AWARD
Carol Schinkel
“Forest for the Trees”
Acrylic (Triptych), 36” x 72”
2020
BRONZE AWARD
Christopher Paul Brown
“Eagle Point Park, Midwest Woodlands, 06-10-2019Z”
Digital Art/Photography, 19” x 24”
2019
HONORABLE MENTIONS
FINALISTS
SELECTED ARTISTS
Scott Badham, Laramie, WY
Brandin Baron, San Francisco, CA - website
Mary Benke, Loveland, CO - website
Marilynn Brandenburger, Fort Collins, CO - website
Christopher Paul Brown, Asheville, NC - website
Bob Coonts, Fort Collins, CO - website
Ann Corbett, Kensington, MD - website
Bonnie Cutts, Cedar, MN - website
Lyse Dzija, Loveland, CO - website
Andrea Gabel, Fort Collins, CO - website
Irmgard Geul, Pauls Valley, OK - website
Bruce Herman, Eagle River, AK
Gary Hixon, Fort Collins, CO - website
Marc Jones, Loveland, CO - website
Dan R. Kirchhefer, Wichita, KS
Jennifer Kish, New Hope, PA - website
Sueim Koo, Ridgefield, NJ - website
David LaPalombara, Athens, OH - website
Pamela Little, Hamilton, MT - website
Marie Massey, Bellvue, CO - website
Gordon Middleton, Loveland, CO - website
Hallie Mueller, Phoenix, AZ - website
Monty Orr, Kingwood, TX - website
Sarah Pickett, Dallas, TX - website
Daniel Tear Plummer, Lake Charles, LA - website
David Rankin, Cleveland, OH - website
Carol Schinkel, Fort Collins, CO - website
JUROR
Ricki Klages
Ricki L. Klages, Professor of Painting and Former Head of the Department of Art at the University of Wyoming
ABOUT
Ricki Klages was born in Stuttgart, Germany. She received her BFA from the University of Arizona, Tucson, and her MA and MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including solo exhibitions at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; University of Montana, Missoula, Montana; Epping Forest Museum, Waltham Abbey, United Kingdom; the Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy, Galerie Knud Grothe, Copenhagen, Denmark and Colorida Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal. She has received many awards in Juried exhibitions, including the jurors' choice award from The Butler Institute of American Art, Baer Award in Painting from the Wyoming Arts Council, Best in Show from "Art and Language", Highstown, New Jersey, and two Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Grants. She was featured in juried publications, "New American Paintings" and the “International Painting Annual 1 through 6, #8 (third place award winner) and # 9.
Ricki started teaching at the University of Wyoming in the Department of Art in 1995. She is represented by William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado. She is Professor of Painting and Former Head of the Department of Art, University of Wyoming.
Oil Paintings by Ricki Klages
JUROR’S STATEMENT
Creative works that focus on the landscape are as inspirational, relevant, and contemporary as any other genre; moving seamlessly from traditional to modern interpretations of the landscape- from depictions of the natural world that focused on the sublime (Friedrich, Bierstadt, Moran) and moving into urban and industrial landscapes that question the effects of human intervention on the natural world and how we place ourselves within it.
Upon reviewing the submissions for the New Horizons exhibition, I was impressed by the level of dedication to numerous methods depicting the landscape as well as the variety of media represented. I tried to focus on the honesty of representation, the push of experimentation of media, and the experimentation of non-representational imagery that evokes the feeling of the natural world.
I found many variations of concept tied to landscape and wanted to honor the variety of approaches, from small scale works like the intimate and exquisite mixed media piece by Dan R. Kirchhefer, ‘Ballintoy Harbour, Northern Ireland’, the evocative and multilayered abstract acrylic by Carol Schinkel, “Forest for the Trees’, and the strange and fantastic manipulated digital photograph by Christopher Paul Brown, “Eagle Point Park, Midwest Woodlands”.
Of note also are the honorable mentions given to the embroidered photograph by Irmgard Geul, the rural woodland paintings by David LaPalombara, and the atmospheric urban landscape photograph by Daniel Tear Plummer.
The exhibition has a variety of media, intent, approach and style, but one thing shines out from all the works in this exhibition, the sublime, terrible, and transformative nature of the world around us.
Ricki Klages
Professor of Painting, University of Wyoming
OPENING - SLIDESHOW
EXHIBITION - SLIDESHOW
