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ArtSpace: Landscape, is an exhibition of selected landscapes from AMoA’s permanent collection. The landscape is a subject that always offers a particular type of beauty depending where you are. Each piece is a window looking into the perspectives of individual artists working in a variety of locations and mediums. Uniting this group of works demonstrates the different approaches that modern and contemporary artists have in response to their surrounding environments. Take time look, be inspired and create your own art to take home.
R.C. Ellis:
Abstract Landscape
For this activity, think of a landscape that inspires you the most. What are the characteristics of the landscape? Is it an ocean view from the beach or a rocky coast? Or is it flat plains and canyons like the Texas Panhandle? Or mountains and volcanic regions like New Mexico? Where do you find your inspiration?
Lawrence Calcagno:
Black and White
A good drawing will say a lot with a little. These black and white drawings by Lawrence Calcagno, embody a sense of awe without color or a lot of detail. The lines have strong lyrical quality that is immediate and confident, showing a deep sense of connection to the landscape.
David Maisel:
Aerial View
David Maisel gives us a view from above. Like looking out of the window from an airplane, the photograph captures the abstract quality of land formations, agriculture and land development. Next time you have the opportunity to fly on a plane, look out the window and discover the patchwork of patterns in grids from joining farmlands and other geological boundaries.
Rose Mary Mack:
Expressive Color
In the footsteps of the Post-Impressionists and Fauvist painters, Rose Mary Mack has painted Canyon Lands in a color palette from her imagination. She chose colors that convey a since of mood about the landscape. Colors can carry the whole range of emotions. Choose color combinations that allows you to express a mood for your own expressive landscape.
Lucas Johnson:
Landscape with Moon and Printed Texture
In this print titled, Velarde, we see a pieced together landscape of a scenic village near the Rio Grande Gorge in Northern New Mexico. The artist has arranged organic and geometric shapes together in various colors and textures. Johnson has also used many techniques to create a variety of visual textures that harmonize to create an enigmatic scene under the full moon.
Michael Raburn:
Spanish Skirts
Spanish Skirts is a geological formation that is unique to Palo Duro Canyon and consists of colorful, banded, layers of oranges, reds and browns that look like the tiered, ruffled skirts worn by traditional Spanish dancers.
Joseph DiGiorgio:
Pointillism Landscape
Joseph DiGiorgio has adopted a modern take on Pointillism, a post-impressionist style of painting famously used by George Seurat. Pointillism is a process of painting where small dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Instead of blending pigment on a palette, artists rely on optical mixing, allowing the viewer’s eye to blend the colors from a distance.
Elaine de Kooning:
En Plein Air
“En Plein” Air is a French term for painting in the open air. Since the invention of tubes of paint and the Impressionist era, artists have been taking their studio gear outside to paint in the great outdoors. To draw and paint directly from life, artists have developed the skill of quickly recording what they see with quick gestural marks and constantly looking back and forth between their art and the subject.