{"id":13369,"date":"2020-03-18T00:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=13369"},"modified":"2020-03-18T00:45:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:45:53","slug":"where-painting-is-state-of-the-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/where-painting-is-state-of-the-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Painting Is State Of The Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kneeland Gallery\u2019s new show features Idaho painters<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By DANA DUGAN<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sun Valley artist Lori McNee will display several paintings at Kneeland Gallery, including \u201cGolden Moment \u2013 Silver Creek,\u201d oil on canvas, 24 inches by 36 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I<\/span>t seems appropriate in these interesting times we live in to look inward. Not just toward our lives and our families, our social connections and our work, but where we live. Isolation can do that to a person. Kneeland Gallery in Ketchum has always celebrated Idaho artists, and for its new winter-to-spring transitional exhibition, \u201cState of the Art,\u201d the gallery will show eight different artists who live and work in the Gem State. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIdaho is a local theme that our clients are familiar with,\u201d said Carey Molter, gallery director. \u201cThis will be a themed group show of Idaho artists that will take us into spring.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be landscapes and figurative work, some of which will be more affordable as we\u2019re moving into slack.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But, most importantly are the array of talented artists whose work will be displayed. These include Virginie Baude, Ovanes Berberian, John Horejs, Lori McNee, Robert Moore, Karen Niederhut, James Palmersheim, Silas Thompson, and Bart Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n

A master colorist, Ovanes Berberian lives in Rigby, and also spends time painting in Tuscany. He will be represented in this show with some new seascapes of Hawaii. The Armenian-born Berberian is a plein-air purist who is inspired by a direct confrontation with his subject in the wild.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

John Horejs has been with Kneeland longer than any other painter, Molter said. \u201cThe gallery will show new paintings from him, spring subjects of aspen trees and river scenes. He spends half his year in Burley and the other half in Phoenix. He\u2019s a wonderful mentor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Idaho artist Ovanes Berberian will show \u201cPacific Shores,\u201d oil on panel, 9 inches by 19 inches, during the \u2018State of the Art\u2019 show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Horejs\u2019s work is done directly on gallery-wrapped box canvases that are designed to be hung without frames. He paints the entire canvas in red, then works on the painting on top of that, giving his work an unusual warmth. <\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Moore lives on a farm in the heart of the Snake River basin in southern Idaho. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s interesting to watch,\u201d Molter said. \u201cHe puts his canvases down flat on a table, or on the back of an ATV for plein air, and squeezes tubes of paint right onto the canvas. He then moves the paint around with a palette knife and both hands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a different vein is the work of James Palmersheim, of Moscow. His stunning pastels are very near to photorealism. As a fisherman, he is drawn to Idaho\u2019s rivers and lakes, including Silver Creek and Redfish Lake. Part of his process is to sand his paper so it\u2019s smooth, like a very fine-grain paper. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes the blue of the water almost fluid and gives each piece a super-soft and smooth look,\u201d Molter said. \u201cThen he\u2019ll use a wet brush for finer areas, like each little reed or blade of grass. He\u2019s wonderful with reflections, so many of his paintings show a tree or mountain reflected. I have four of his up for this show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sun Valley artist Lori McNee will also have a couple of local landscapes in the show, one of the Big Wood River, and one moody moonlight scene with cows, as well as a couple of still-lifes.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will also be several smaller pieces by artists from Idaho that aren\u2019t landscapes, such as some figurative work, and some beach scenes by Karen Niederhut. There are also paintings by Virginie Baude, a French painter who lives in Tetonia. She paints wolves, with part of the proceeds from her paintings going to a wolf charity. As well, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Robert Moore\u2019s, Garth Williams, who does animals, has some bear paintings in the show.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIdaho\u2014it\u2019s a focus but not our sole focus,\u201d Molter said. \u201cWe have artists who live in the West. In fact, we have as many artists from Utah as from Idaho. Of course, the Plein Air Festival is the biggest thing we do every summer in early August. The workshops feature many of the same artists we\u2019ll show in this exhibition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There will not be an opening on Friday, but the exhibit, \u201cState of the Art,\u201d will open during regular business hours and will stay up through April. <\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Kneeland and the Plein Air Festival, visit KneelandGallery.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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