Andrea Huppert: Tentative Nature
Rosenberg Gallery
“ Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.” — E.O. Wilson
Andrea Huppert’s mixed media works are grounded in visual metaphor and abstraction. By pairing symbolic imagery culled from the natural environment—such as twigs, nests, and birds—with an opus of shapes, lines, and colors, her work alludes to opposing forces and constant change. Eliminating extraneous details by moving away from representation and towards abstraction, she is able to focus on shifting perceptions rather than concrete forms. Each composition has unique design elements and tactile qualities that explore the duality of tension and harmony, while simultaneously implying movement. Huppert’s mutable materials and processes—which include natural objects, torn paper, and encaustic wax—echo notions of fluidity and highlight the always tentative nature of both our inner and outer landscape.
— Laura Amussen, curator
Cover images: (L) Beyond Eddy, 2016, encaustic and collage, 18” x 18” (R) Red River, 2016, encaustic, paper, and clay, 24” x 24”
Goldfinch 2012 acrylic and oil pastel 20” x 20”
Branch 2015 encaustic and collage 16� x 16�
Sky Garden 1 2016 encaustic 30” x 24”
Andrea Huppert A native of Baltimore, Andrea Huppert studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art, The Towson Fine Art School, Harford Community College, and with a variety of professional instructors. Her early painting style was traditional realism rendered in oil, but eventually she chose to explore the possibilities of watercolor and began exhibiting her work professionally in 1984. During this period, she gained acceptance into many juried competitions and won numerous awards. As an active member of several watercolor societies, she also helped establish and run a cooperative gallery in Baltimore for four years. In 1996 watercolor led to mixed media; Huppert began destroying and
re-purposing unresolved paintings and adding layers of collage. These collages evolved into wall-hung dioramas that incorporated painted papers and fabrics, found objects, and small, hand-built sculptures which she continued to explore until 2003. After an extended hiatus, Huppert resumed two-dimensional painting, primarily in acrylic with some mixed media. This body of work was on exhibit at Fleckenstein Gallery in Baltimore for five years. Currently she is painting in encaustic and energized by the unpredictability and luminosity of this new medium. She has worked as a muralist/decorative painter since 1995 and continues to do so now on a limited basis.
Andrea Huppert: Tentative Nature August 17 – October 16, 2016 ARTIST’S RECEPTION: Thursday, September 15, 6-8 p.m. GALLERY HOURS 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday 410-337-6477 DIRECTIONS Baltimore Beltway, I-695, to exit 27A. Make first left onto campus.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Rosenberg Gallery program is funded with the assistance of grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the state of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Baltimore County Commission on the Arts and Sciences.
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Rosenberg Gallery