A group exhibition at Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt, Colorado, explores the connection between humans and wild animals through paintings, mixed media, monoprints, monotypes and linocuts. “Observations in the Clearing celebrates the simultaneous rush and peace found in the moment when one crosses paths with another being in the wild,” says gallery owner Ann Korologos. The exhibition will feature a diverse aesthetic from the likes of Ewoud de Groot, Mike Weber, Paula Schuette Kraemer, Sherrie York and others. 
Ewoud de Groot, Forest Stream #2, oil on linen, 47¼ x 47¼"
De Groot’s Forest Stream #2 is a magical scene in which a stag stands in the center of a body of water surrounded by bright flecks of light. “The inspiration of this particular piece comes from a particular fishing hole in one of the many side streams of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park,” he says. “It’s one of those places where I had many amazing wildlife encounters…Often when I’m there the autumn migration from the Grand Tetons is just starting, and I do see elk crossing the river heading to the National elk reserve. It’s a magical place and one of those rare places that always surprises me.”
“For Wild Dreams I wanted to suggest the vulnerability of small birds in a big expanse of moving water,” York says of one of her linocuts in the show. “Like my view through binoculars, the context is ambiguous and even abstract, with many colors reflected in the waves. Wild birds on wild water, dreaming their wild dreams.”
Mike Weber, Big Horn Brothers, mixed media on panel, 40 x 40"
Sherrie York, A Tern of the Tide, ed. 11 of 18, reduction linocut, 12 x 12"
Kraemer brings two works to the exhibition, Hello and Crossing Paths, both featuring deer. “Hello is simply a young deer looking up from a field of flowers to greet the viewer. It’s innocent and perhaps curious. The piece is a drypoint monoprint and monotype, and as such, each of the edition of 20 is slightly different. This is because each monotype is unique. [They’re] like paintings with no matrix to hold the color in the same place each time a print is made.”
Two bighorn sheep take center stage in Weber’s mixed media piece Big Horn Brothers. “I vividly remember the natural colors, patinas and textures on decaying, historic homesteads near my childhood home in rural Missouri, an area filled with wildlife and farm animals.
Paula Schuette Kraemer, Hello, ed. 7 of 20, monoprint, drypoint, monotype, 23½ x 23½"
I repeat these aged finishes within my artwork to recreate a sense of history, combined with graphic patterns and bright colors of today’s world. My animal subjects are often photographed in wilderness, on sustainable farms and at rescue centers where animals are removed from poor conditions in animal factory farms. I digitally remove the animals from their natural environments and place them over colorful, graphic urban visuals, allowing the viewers to see animals in a new and more relatable context,” Weber says of his process.
Observations in the Clearing will be on view March 11 through May 15. —
Upcoming Show
Up to 100 works
March 11-May 15, 2021
Ann Korologos Gallery
211 Midland Avenue, Basalt, CO 81621
(970) 927-9668
www.korologosgallery.com
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