Andrea Vargas has an extensive exhibition history that has focused on the preservation of ecology and the natural world. Her relationship with the Ventura County Museum of Art and History facilitated her most ambitious visions and immersive
art installations.
Ode to the Hummingbird, pastel, 22 x 30”
Today, Vargas embraces the medium she has learned to take command of with a unique voice and handling—pastels.
In all of her drawings there is a constant element—balance. For Vargas, a successful composition encapsulates details with implications of movement, and spontaneous bursts of abstraction. Although she prefers producing life-size drawings, her recent series for her solo show at Faust Gallery in Scottsdale features hummingbirds in flight and the plumage of roosters.
Andrea Vargas at Ghost Ranch.
Although Vargas has an origin story rooted in California, her residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has made her plein air excursion the impetuous for studies of ranches and the animals that inhabit them. For this current exhibition of drawings, the poems of Pablo Neruda are the most appropriate way to decode their meaning. —
Upcoming Show
Up to 20 works
Jan. 16-Feb 20, 2020
Faust Gallery
7100 E. Main Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 200-4290
www.faustgallery.com
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