Opening Reception May 18th, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
at the Washington Pavillion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Nancyjane Huehl, Mary Groth, Dale Lamphere, Paul Schiller
Exhibition is May 18 through August 12, 2012
“she went down swing’in” oil paining c. N. Huehl 2012
interpretation of photograph _DSC00311NEF Paul Schiller
collaboration for the upcoming exhibition.
“Da Vinci and Eileen’s dream- in the land of Oz” c. N.Huehl 2012
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“While Nancyjane’s work is clearly referential – the subjects are obvious “things” or “places”– it is to my mind abstract in two important aspects. First is her expressive use of media, both oil and pastel, with which she alters both surface and space, replacing them with bold texture and color. In addition, ancillary areas in many of her paintings are seemingly Impressionistic, and even boarder on pure abstraction—areas that could easily be enjoyed for their color, texture, and expressive execution. Her color alternates between the influences of Impressionism and Fauvism, with a hyped-up richness that both increases visual perception and speaks of the expressiveness of her media. Her purpose in this abstraction seems, to me, to build on the tradition of artists like Harvey Dunn. Her work captures a romantic essence of the South Dakota environment and experience by enhancing the sensual indigenous color, atmosphere, and topography. She deftly accomplishes this through a selective process that updates her subject stylistically and denies the harsh realism of the prairie existence”. John Day- MFA, University of South Dakota – Director of USD University Art Galleries from 1977 until 2009.
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Art of the Hills Magazine Volume 5 Issue 1 – 2011
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