With a mutual focus on wildlife and wilderness, husband-and-wife artists Carrie Wild and Jason Williams have joined forces for their September showcase titled Dual Spectrum. The duo celebrates their distinct differences, met with similar themes, for their first show together during the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival,as part of the popular Palates & Palettes event.
Jason Williams, Timeless 13, photography on Japanese Gampi and resin on board, 20 x 16”
“Our focus will be our shared devotion to capturing the raw beauty and spirit of the natural world and expressing our shared experiences in our own unique language,” Wild says of the upcoming show. “Jason’s photography captures fleeting moments in the wild, freezing them in time, allowing the viewer to focus on all of the finer details of the moment, while my vibrant paintings delve into the enjoyment of animals within their landscape, taking in their surroundings in an abstract way that communicates the emotional connections of their presence.”
Wild will have around 15 new paintings for the show, continuing to work across two different series. “My Rendezvous series explores how far I can go into simplifying my subject without losing their individual personalities, as well as relationships with the subjects that surround them,” she says. “My ‘classic’ style explores silhouettes of favorite animal subjects placed within a vibrant abstract habitat, meant to explore the sensation of being right there on the landscape in their presence.”
Jason Williams, Madison 3, photography on handmade paper and resin on board, 20 x 16”
Pictured here we see an example from Wild’s Rendezvous series titled Rendezvous Grizzlies Thirty Two.0, featuring 32 grizzly bears in varying stances. “My Rendezvous Grizzlies series focuses on the quirkiness of what bears do and highlights their individual personalities,” Wild explains. “Viewers often find similarities between themselves or their family members within the bears especially.”
For Williams’ show work, including four popular images and approximately eight brand new pieces of photography, the artist also employs a simplicity that parallels Wild’s paintings. “I am working on removing as much noise and distraction from the images to focus on the focal point of the image,” he says. “I do not like to spend much time editing, so I am trying to shoot and select images for the collection that already have a simple, clear focus.”
Carrie Wild, Rendezvous Grizzlies Thirty Two.0, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 30 x 40”
This “simplicity” is also maintained to highlight Williams’ use of handmade papers— “a combination of Gampi, Kozo and other hand-grown and processed materials made by master paper makers in Japan and Bhutan,” he explains.
In works like Madison 3,we see Williams’ monochromatic style of a bobcat that he discovered hunting waterfowl along the Madison River in Yellowstone. “Bobcats are rare to see yet common on the landscape,” says the artist. “They are elusive yet bold enough to share a moment with a photographer and lens.”
Carrie Wild, Rendezvous in Color Fifty One.Two, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 60 x 48”
Wild shares that “most of the cool experiences that Jason and I have had with wildlife have happened when we were in each other’s company. We have traveled the world together and have spent countless hours exploring our own backyard [in Jackson Hole] observing and photographing wildlife. It’s what we love to do together and is how we met. This show together highlights our shared time and experiences while allowing for our individual interpretations of shared beloved moments.”
Dual Spectrum will be held at Gallery Wild, owned by the couple, and will kick off with an artist reception on September 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. The show will run through September 11. —
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