Light, Wood, Wax, Fire
Nine Santa Fe artists use elemental materials and methods to create with
light, wood, wax, and fire. This exhibition is an elegy to the organic. Life
sways inside every piece:
a dramatic cloud formation pinned
against the sky; a flower portrait at once sculptural and ethereal; a table
that evokes the spirit of the wood from which it emerged; the shimmering
functionality of a micaceous clay pot; the luster and patina in the marriage of
wax and rust; the lush geometry of light portrayed in a shower of sunlight; the
wild stillness of birds on a branch; the contained fire radiating from a
ceramic sculpture; the watchfulness embedded in a closely observed landscape.
These artists understand what it means
to be of this world, to be comfortable with the materials and methods they have
chosen, and to be greedy for their own moments of alchemy. Each in their own
different ways, these artists live inside light, wood, wax, and fire.
The exhibition runs from November 10
through December 8, 2012 in The La
Tienda Exhibit Space at Eldorado, Santa Fe . Gallery hours: 11 am to 5 pm , Wednesday through Saturday.