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Diane Andrews Hall, “Juvenile Robin,” oil on wood panel, 30 inches by 30 inches. Artwork courtesy of Gail Severn Gallery

TABLE OF CONTENTS Broschofsky Galleries................................................Pages 2 & 5 Frederic Boloix Fine Arts...........................................Page 2 Friesen Gallery...........................................................Page 7

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Gail Severn Gallery....................................................Page 7 Gilman Contemporary...............................................Page 5 Kneeland Gallery.......................................................Pages 4 & 6 MESH Gallery.............................................................Page 3 Wood River Fine Arts.................................................Page 4 Feature Stories..........................................................Pages 2 & 6

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FANTASY & ADVENTURE

FREDERIC BOLOIX FINE ARTS

Jose Bédia, “El Regreso/The Return,” acrylic on canvas, 70 inches by 114 inches. Artwork courtesy of Frederic Boloix Fine Arts

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F Julio Figueroa-Beltrán, “Spyglass,” 2015, oil on canvas, 78 inches diameter

FANTASY & ADVENTURE PAINTINGS Open for Gallery Walk - Friday, March 8th, 5-8pm We are located in the atrium of the Galleria Building on Leadville and Fourth in Ketchum.

351 Leadville Ave. in Ketchum Tel. 208.726.8810 Frederic@Boloix.com

rederic Boloix Fine Arts will be showing contemporary paintings inspired by fantasy, adventure and man’s rapport and confrontations with nature. Featured are paintings by Latin American artists Jose Bédia and Julio Figueroa-Beltrán. Figueroa-Beltrán’s father was a wellknown Cuban ornithologist and painter.

In Julio’s featured painting, “Spyglass,” we see a ghostlike tall ship, surrounded by icebergs, sailing the seas in perpetuity, inspired by “The Flying Dutchman.” In Bédia’s monumental “The Return,” we see Moby Dick in confrontation with a Julio Figueroa, “The Distant Silence,” oil on canvas, 46 inches by 56 inches. Artwork courtesy of navy destroyer.

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DEPICTIONS OF THE WEST

Broschofsky Galleries Exhibits New Works From Ewoud de Groot and William Matthews

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ew at Broschofsky Galleries this Gallery Walk are works from two of their roster of artists, William Matthews and Ewoud de Groot. Both artists depict the beauty of the West, but for Matthews, that beauty is seen in the faces of cowboys and cowgirls working the ranches of the American West, while for de Groot, that beauty lies in the natural elements of the West.

A Dutch artist, de Groot spends time in the U.S. painting nature of the West. His work is referred to as “magical realism,” a term that might sound out of place for a watercolor wildlife artist. “He puts his wildlife in abstract backgrounds that implies their environment rather than being a literal representation of the environment,” says Minette Broschofsky, gallery owner. “You look at his pieces and you see the magic of nature coming through.”

“This technique gives my painting a complimentary contrast… the background becomes more abstract against the realistic subject and the subject becomes more realistic against the abstract background,” de Groot said.

“This provides a sort of tension.”

The gallery has three new pieces from de Groot, one depicting swans, one an elk and the other a snow owl on glistening snow. Of “Tundra Swans,” Broschofsky said, “I’ve never seen him do swans before. It’s just a remarkable piece.”

The gallery has carried de Groot’s work for about five years. While the artist was already represented by

William Matthews, “Nevada Tundra,” watercolor, 12 inches by 32 inches. Artwork courtesy of Broschofsky Galleries

many fine galleries in the West, his love for mountain biking, skiing and the outdoors convinced him to show his work at the Ketchum gallery.

“He’s one of the only artists I’ve ever seen in a magazine where I would actually cut the pictures out to have something of his,” Broschofsky said of wanting to represent de Groot. “I was so in love with his style and how different his works were from anything else. It’s not only about looking for something different, but something different that grabs you. His work just floored me and still does.”

Watercolor artist William Matthews has travelled far and wide doing watercolors; from Ireland to Spain to Italy and India. But his passion lies in his Western pieces that

depict the real ranch hands working in the American West. Broschofsky Galleries has shown his work for decades, practically since the gallery opened in 1987. “We saw his work in Santa Fe right when we were opening the gallery and it just caught our eyes,” Broschofsky said. The gallery has three new pieces from Matthews, each one a beautiful landscape with a lone cowboy. Broschofsky describes Matthews as the “Wyeth of the West,” referring to painter Andrew Wyeth.

“They’re similar in their representation of landscapes and people without cluttering,” Broschofsky said. “MatContinued BROSCHOFSKY GALLERIES Page 7

William Matthews, “Barn Door,” watercolor, 13 inches by 14 inches. Artwork courtesy of Broschofsky Galleries

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MARCHING IN TO SPRING

Ed Cannady, “Sawtooth Early Morning Light,” gallery-wrapped canvas. Artwork courtesy of MESH Gallery

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eavy snowfall throughout February has covered the Wood River Valley with an unprecedented accumulation, north to south and east to west. Being ever mindful of avalanche conditions, backcountry ski lines are now present footsteps outside of our front and back door.

MESH Gallery’s Ed Cannady, recently celebrating his much-deserved step into retirement, has four new works on display showcasing the beauty of subtle snowpack encasing Idaho’s high alpine

lakes, capturing the colors of multiple seasons to highlight the beauty found year-round.

Jeff Lubeck will display images from his most recent backcountry tour into the Sawtooth Wilderness. Although impacted by the month’s unrelenting snowstorms, an abbreviated attack plan was constructed. Untouched snow on high mountain peaks created the perfect backdrop leading in to the spring season.

Jeffrey H. Lubeck, “Baldy on a Sunday Winter Morning,” gallery-wrapped canvas. Artwork courtesy of MESH Gallery

Kyle R. Lubeck, “Snowstorm on Campus,” gallery-wrapped canvas. Artwork courtesy of MESH Gallery

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‘MASTERS OF THE AMERICAN WEST’

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Christopher Blossom, “Clipper Ship Westward Ho Approaching the California Coast, January 1853,” oil on linen, 20 inches by 36 inches. Artwork courtesy of Wood River Fine Arts

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“Masters of the American West” Autry Museum of the American West

Wood River Fine Arts proudly exhibiting these Masters artists:

Christropher Blossom | G. Russell Case | Len Chmiel Jeremy Lipking | James Morgan | John Moyers | Terri Kelly Moyers Dan Ostermiller | Daniel W. Pinkham | Matt Smith

360 East Avenue | In The Courtyard | Ketchum 208.928.7728 | www.woodriverfinearts.com

ood River Fine Arts is pleased to announce an exhibition featuring the artists of the “Masters of the American West Art Exhibition and Sale.”

The museum exhibition runs from Feb. 9 through March 24 at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. The annual event brings together the finest American painters and sculptors for a major art celebration.

Wood River Fine Arts will Daniel Pinkham, “Cormorant’s Refuge,” oil on panel, 16 inches by 16 be featuring works by the par- inches. Artwork courtesy of Wood ticipating artists during the River Fine Arts March Sun Valley Gallery Association art walk. Please join us from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, March 8.

Wood River Fine Arts is located at 360 East Avenue in Ketchum (The Courtyard Building). For more information, call owners Tom Bassett and Sandy Gregorak at (208) 928-7728 or visit www.woodriverfinearts.com for more.

‘SOUNDS OF SILENCE’

Bart Walker, “Summertime,” oil on canvas, 30 inches by 40 inches. Artwork courtesy of Kneeland Gallery

L Lori McNee, “Last Light-Boxcar Bend”, oil on canvas, 60” x 40”

VIRGINIE BAUDE, LORI MCNEE & BART WALKER ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: Friday March 8th, 5-8pm

271 First Ave N, Ketchum, ID 83340 • PO Box 2070, Sun Valley, ID 83353 • 208.726.5512 email: art@kneelandgallery.com • website: www.kneelandgallery.com

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ocal artist Lori McNee is talented in several different media including oil, cold wax and encaustic. Here subject matter is also extensive and this exhibition will include both her signature still life imagery and poignant landscapes. Her work is opulent in color and texture, and her imagery is as ornamented by detail as it is rich in symbolism. Her surfaces are rich and translucent, which gives a more contemporary feel to a traditional subject, and her work has been compared to that of the Dutch masters. McNee’s paintings are featured in numerous publications and can be found in many prestigious museum collections.

Bart Walker paints the allure of the wild land. He uses oil sketches done in the field to recollect nature’s beauty on the finished canvas. His radiant plein-air paintings are reminiscent of the early California impressionist landscapes, alive with deft brushwork and nuances of light.

He and his wife Tracy have made their home in the dramatic setting of Teton Valley, Idaho, which forms the inspiration for much of his work.

A native of France, Virginie Baude is best known for her paintings of wolves in their habitat. After receiving a master’s in wildlife biology and years of subsequent encounters with wolves in Yellowstone, Alaska and the Rockies, Baude decided to honor her subjects through painting. Her animal portraits are as realistic as she feels necessary, but are set against backgrounds that are loose and somewhat modern.

Baude now resides in Teton Valley and her work can be found in museums as well as public and private collections internationally.

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Kelly Ording, “Falkland Islands,” acrylic and ink on dyed paper. Artwork courtesy of Gilman Contemporary

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arch brings painter Kelly Ording’s much-anticipated exhibition, “An Unseen World.” Ording’s meditative works on dyed paper and canvas are exercises in precise line making, demonstrating a balance between the organic and meticulous. These linear paintings draw on imagined and abstracted landscapes as well as geometric compositions. Each painting is intentional and intuitive as she successfully pushes the traditional limits of minimalism and representation. Ording’s large-scale works can be found in many public settings, including Facebook headquarters and throughout the Bay Area.

Gilman Contemporary is thrilled to introduce our clients to the work of Niv Rozenberg, an Israeli-born and Brooklyn-based photographer. Rozenberg explores the complex nature of urban architecture in his manipulated and minimalistic photographs. The series “Boswijck” examines the architecture of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Through the elimination of any identifying context of the surrounding buildings and street, Rozenberg creates a unique understanding of place. His buildings may float in carefully selected colors, but they are each an individual relic with personality and deep connection to Brooklyn’s disappearing architecture. In “Summit,” Rozenberg employs a similar technique to create isolated monumental buildings from across New York City. The carefully selected background colors seem to reflect the building without explicitly referencing the context of the city.

Both artists will be in attendance for Gallery Walk.

‘PERSPECTIVE WEST’

Edward Curtis, “Canyon de Chelly,” goldtone photograph, 1904. Artwork courtesy of Broschofsky Galleries

Broschofsky Galleries “Perspective West” is an exhibition of works by gallery artists in paintings, sculpture and photography. Through their various mediums, the art displays the artist’s unique visions and perspectives about the West—the landscapes, the people and the animals.

Showing a selection of historic photographs from the Edward S. Curtis project, “The North American Indian” 1898-1928, and paintings in a variety of genres including impressionist, tonalist, realist, pop and urban art, are shown in works by Russell Chatham, Ewoud de Groot, Rudi Broschofsky, Russell Young, Ken Peloke, William Matthews, Theodore Villa, Billy Schenck, Andy Warhol and more.

Sculpture includes totem, wildlife and abstract works by Mike Olsen, Michael Coleman and Bill Barrett.

Ewoud de Groot “Tundra Swans”, oil on canvas, 51” x 51” Including works by Russell Chatham, Michael Coleman, Edward Curtis, Ewoud deGroot, Joellyn Duesberry, Glen Edwards, Jan Grotenbreg, William Matthews, Gordon McConnell, Ken Peloke, Rudi Broschofsky, Billy Schenck, Fritz Scholder, Theodore Villa, Andy Warhol and Russell Young.

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MONKEYS AND BIRDS AND LANDSCAPES, OH MY! Kneeland Gallery presents artist Lori McNee

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till-life and landscape painter Lori McNee has loved birds since she was a child. The majority of the still-lifes in her current exhibition at Kneeland Gallery depict birds on various vases and vessels; a scene reminiscent of a childhood memory.

“When I was a little girl, I used to save injured birds and every now and then there was one I had trouble with,” McNee said. “I would take it to the old bird lady where I lived. One time I was visiting and there were birds all over and there was a little hummingbird on a vase of flowers. I didn’t realize that that left an impression on my mind until years later when I started painting birds and vases.”

McNee’s still-lifes of animals (usually birds) on vases evoke a story; if this is a still-life, was there really a bird in the house on a vase?

In the case of the piece “A Tail of Two Monkeys,” two monkeys are on a table with a vase, a bowl of grapes, and a small bird trying to steal a grape.

“It tells a story,” says Carey Molter, Kneeland Gallery’s director.

The piece, although sophisticated and subtle in color, is still whimsical and lively, showing the beauty that comes from artist McNee’s ability to delicately balance man and nature in the same frame.

Before getting representation with Kneeland Gallery in 2002, McNee started out doing miniature still-life paintings. One summer, she undertook the challenge presented by author and artist Kevin Macpherson to paint a 6-inch-by-8-inch painting each day until you have 100. McNee would take her tools and paint while her kids were at soccer and ice skating. The owner of a local store in Ketchum saw the pieces and decided to display them at her store. When Molter came by to see them, she was immediately taken by the artist and asked to feature her art at the gallery right away. “I saw Lori’s paintings and thought they were so great,” Molter said.

Over the years, McNee has developed into both a still-life and landscape painter, often having one show a year for each medium at Kneeland. “A lot of people still associate me with still-life, but I love doing both because it fits my personality,” McNee said. “I love bouncing between being inside the studio and being outside. It keeps my work fresh and keeps me from getting bored.”

The current exhibition at Kneeland has both still-lifes and landscapes, each in a separate enclave rather than mixed together. Many of the landscapes in the show are from the local area, such as Salmon, a creek in Lane Ranch where McNee lives, and the Big Lost River. Two pieces are of Boxcar Bend, an area of the river near the East Fork intersection. McNee was driving past the area at sunset and stopped to take a photo of the river from two different angles, both of which she ended up painting. Both are in the exhibit and one is going into the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition in St. George, Utah, in May. The exhibition is a prestigious event where a couple hundred works of art are selected from around the country.

Kneeland Gallery will also show the work of Virginie Baude and Bart Walker at the upcoming Gallery Walk.

Lori McNee, “A Tail of Two Monkeys,” oil on canvas, 48 inches by 36 inches. Artwork courtesy of Kneeland Gallery

Lori McNee, “Passing Through,” oil on canvas, 60 inches by 36 inches.

Artwork courtesy of Kneeland Gallery

Lori NcMee, “Nuthatch and Red Box,” oil on panel, 12 inches by 12 inches. Artwork courtesy of Kneeland Gallery

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Diane Andrews Hall This is Diane Andrews Hall’s first exhibition at Gail Severn Gallery.

Natural phenomena, light, and atmosphere are sources Diane Andrews Hall uses to investigate her interests in time, light, movement, and the complex nature of “being.” She immerses herself in nature. Andrews Hall paints transience: air, water and light, and things that live in it. The wind inspires her. Her work marks time in timeless imagery.

Birdwatching, Andrews Hall’s favorite pastime, has taken her to extraordinary places. Over time, the birds became a subject. The intrigue of seeing them in their habitat, barely perceptible, always in motion and full of character, captivated her. It was these qualities of transience and flickering presence that made birds seem so compatible with her passions for light—its movement catching the ocean waves or reflecting moisture in the sky. The birds, the clouds, the ocean, all are in a constant state of becoming.

Hall has won several prestigious awards, such as the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Award. Her work has been included in exhibitions at venues such as the Russian Museum, Lenin-

grad, and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, among others.

James Cook Inspired by the medium of oil, Cook strives for a compositional sensation that sets off a whole series of thoughts about a place, a time, or a memory of a landscape. Cook’s impressionistic paintings provide the viewer with a recognizable reality.

The details of the painted image can be examined from a close perspective and the scene grows increasingly cohesive and more representational from afar.

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Theodore Waddell Theodore Waddell describes the West as one large painting; he simply has to select the composition. His large oil and encaustic on canvas paintings, and oil and graphite on paper, are contemporary impressions of the beautiful, rugged, untamed panorama around us. With a natural abstraction and impressionism, his canvases capture the wildlife and range animals of the West.

Waddell uses the West as a point of departure to explore the frontier of modern painting.

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Lauren Mantecón, “Ephemeral Vessel”, mixed media, cold wax on panels, 48 inches by 80 inches, 2019. Artwork courtesy of Friesen Gallery

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Lauren Mantecón’s abstract paintings embody the artist’s lifelong fascination with the inexplicable mysteries of life. Each work elicits complex layered surfaces exploring a multitude of materials and paint in combination with ephemeral subject matter.

“Paint for me transcends the material world— color, non-color, ambiguous shapes, veils—all serve as a visual dialogue between what cannot be seen but can be felt,” Mantecón said. “They are the crossing points between earth and spirit. I work to

capture the ethereal and to find the intelligence in aesthetic beauty.” Throughout the paintings in this exhibition, Mantecón’s brushwork pivots between translucence and hazy opacity, suggesting a kind of mysterious knowledge, barely discernible, just coming into focus. Using a visual syntax of orbs, ovals and dense, translucent layers of paint, the artist explores dreamlike scenes and portals between worlds in her complex surfaces that evoke a contemplative energy–drawing viewers into their depth and story.

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thews just puts enough information to make a beautiful composition.”

In a departure from his typical painting, Matthews was recently chosen among numerous applicants to design, oversee and create a public art installation at the south entrance of Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The entire installation will be 100 feet long and 12 feet high and will consist of a glass-tile mosaic mural of a Western image created just for the space. tws

William Matthews, “Tuscarora Dawn,” watercolor, 18 inches by 24 inches. Artwork courtesy of Broschofsky Galleries

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