Celebrating the beauty of the Grand Canyon State is Mountain Trails Gallery’s annual Made in Arizona exhibition. The show features roughly 30 works either depicting the terrain of this diverse state or works created by artists who call Arizona home.
“Representing artists who exemplify some of the best of the West, and the best of Arizona, has been an inspiration beyond measure,” says Julie R. Williams, director of Mountain Trails Gallery. “Collectors...express so much enthusiasm for their intrinsic value as well as for their tremendous aesthetic reward.”
Gregory Stocks, Sedona in Snow, oil, 24 x 36"
Artists in the show include Lisa Danielle, Gregory Stocks, Sandra Byland, Bill Cramer, Deborah Copenhaver Fellows, Howard Carr, Marcia Molnar, Susan Kliewer, Percy Edwards and more.
Betty Carr’s impressionistic piece Moving Through (Alcantara Winery) depicts the Alcantara Vineyards and Winery in Cottonwood, Arizona. “Vineyards in and around the Cottonwood and Page Springs, Arizona, area are a favorite subject all year long but especially in the fall. In the mixture of paintings included for the Made in Arizona exhibition, I’ve put together a sampling of my very favorite spots,” says Carr, who cites places like Tlaquepaque and Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona.
Linda Glover Gooch, Warm Air Rising, oil, 14 x 11"
Michelle Condrat, A Grand Morning, oil, 24 x 40"The artwork of Michelle Condrat is delightfully outside the box, portraying real life scenes, but executed in a style that dances with the abstract. All of her paintings in the Made in Arizona show illustrate the Grand Canyon. “The nice thing about being [at the Grand Canyon] in September is that the lighting is so great! You can feel the change in the season, and the sun is low enough in the sky that the lighting really radiates on the rocks and gives everything a nice rich and saturated color. Because of that, I’m able to really bring out the colors in the rocks, the trees and even the sky,” says Condrat.
“I love to integrate functionality with sculpture when I can. Western Tales is a set of bookends that does exactly that. On one side you have a nice ranch gelding dozing in the shade of an old oak tree,” Cave Creek-based sculptor and painter Curt Mattson says of one of the pieces he will be bringing to this year’s show. “The other side of the bookend has a rough looking longhorn cow laying down in the shade of a palo verde tree and saguaro cactus,” he explains.
Betty Carr, Moving Through (Alcantara Winery), oil, 12 x 16"
Linda Glover Gooch brings three oils to the show, all representing Arizona landscapes. One of these is Warm Air Rising, paying homage to the wild seasonal shift in Arizona known as monsoon season, in which the state experiences intense thunderstorms and rain. “Monsoon season here in Arizona sets the stage for great scenes. Saguaros reaching up to the sky as the clouds hover create a great composition and bring the two objects together, doing what nature does…hypnotize the viewer by its beauty. This was a scene not too far from my house in the East Valley,” says Gooch.
Made in Arizona will be on view from January 3 through the end of the month. —
Upcoming Show
Up to 30 works
January 3-31, 2020
Mountain Trails Gallery
336 SR 179, Suite A201, Sedona, AZ 86336
(928) 282-3225, www.mountaintrailssedona.com
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