Mix a three and two dimensional mindset, give a challenge to size and imagination, and what do you get? A Teeny Tiny Art Show!
Celebrate with us as we host our annual miniature exhibition of Fine Art and Craft, featuring work by more than 18 outstanding Oregon artists. The Teeny Tiny Art Show, exhibiting the intricacy and delight of small format art, runs from December 2, 2010 through January 4, 2011 at High Desert Gallery's downtown Bend Oregon art gallery located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford, and will feature a Holiday Open House and Artist Reception.
First Friday Gallery Walk and Artist Reception: Friday, December 3, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artists, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk. A hoot for sure.
Please join us as we host our Annual Fine Art and Craft exhibition, the Teeny Tiny Art Show, through January 4, 2011 at High Desert Gallery's downtown Bend Oregon art gallery located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
Here's a small sampling of the work along with the artist's thoughts.
Valerie Winterholler
Juxtaposition #1
"My artwork is usually an exploration of some kind. It can be of materials, techniques, or images. Working with maps and all their underlying meanings has always fascinated me. I like the idea that they can be a pathway to a new adventure, or a window into a part of the world that I know nothing about. There is a feeling of anticipation in maps, and what they may lead me to. Using them as a back ground to the paintings, gives them an aura of mystery, how are they connected to the images in the forefront of the piece? Is there some hidden message that can barely be seen if one looks closely? The exploration will continue, I’m not sure where they will end up, but I am enjoying the journey."
Juxtaposition #2
"The world is a big place. Sometimes cutting it down into smaller pieces and painting a pretty picture over the top can help a person feel a little more in control of what is going on. I like maps. I like pictures of places I’ve never been. I imagine the people who live there and wonder if they have ever looked at a map of where I live and spend my day and wondered about me. Using the images of maps in my artwork is a way to bring the world and its wide-open spaces down into a smaller, more manageable size. One tiny piece at a time."
Lisa Kaser
Celestine Contemplates
"This little piece is created out of oak gauls, found materials, beach stones, shells and beeswax. The base is a Japanese mold for rice. Celestine was inspired by characters from my childhood who had a contemplative side to their nature like, Pogo, Pooh, Tom Sawyer and Little Bear. I love capturing a character in quiet thought."
Alternative Passage
"This little piece is created out of salvaged cloth, street sweeper bristles, found materials, beach stones, shells and beeswax. The base is a Japanese mold for rice. The idea of passage and the means by which we make our passage in life is so fun to describe creatively. My passage is as broad as my imagination."
Note: Kaser work two far left, Cary Weigand far back right.
Morgan Madison
"The parameters of this exhibit were challenging. I found myself pulled in different directions as I searched for a way to share my voice effectively under the guidelines. Working on such a small scale magnifies every decision that is made during the creative process. This weighed heavily as I approached the challenge with careful deliberation. I filled numerous pages of my sketchbook exploring new ideas and searching for an artistic breakthrough. I planned test firings and experiments as I contemplated new techniques and sought to push my technical limits. However, I met each new idea with growing skepticism, looking for their flaws and weaknesses, all the while hoping that, somehow, I was getting closer to distilling my identity as an artist down into a 4” x 6” rectangle. I felt like using a lot of color and making some work that was graphic and lively. So I did, and I like how it turned out. I couldn’t tell you exactly what inspired these pieces but I think that means I got where I was going all along, in spite of my best efforts."
Participating artists this year include High Desert Gallery artists: Paul Alan Bennett, Kathy Deggendorfer, Grace Bishko, Kimry Jelen, Glen Corbett, Ingrid Lustig, Patty Freeman-Martin, Sue Favinger Smith, Lisa Kaser, Shannon Weber, Jacob Norris, Morgan Madison, Donald Yatomi, Valerie Winterholler, Janet Rothermel, Cheyenne Malcolm, Cary Weigand, Deb Sether, Sheldon Prescher, Bill Bolstad and a few more special guest artists!
For more information on the Teeny Tiny Art Show please bookmark the following show website: www.TeenyTinyArtShow.com. We'll update you with images, artists thoughts and pre and post show information. A Hoot For Sure!
About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail gallery locations in downtown Bend, Oregon and Sisters Oregon. High Desert Frameworks!, the award-winning framing studio for the gallery, is located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information please visit: http://www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
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