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REMINDER OPENING & ARTIST RECEPTION TONIGHT 5-7 pm

BRIAN RUTENBERG Uptergrove

On View Through May 31, 2025

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For more than four decades, Brian Rutenberg has made art that enthusiastically embraces the beauty of nature. His works meld the seen and the imagined in masterful combinations of visual grandeur that engage the eye with pleasure and touch the soul with joy. In this exhibition, the artist is inspired by time he has spent in Uptergrove, Ontario, the small village of his musical hero, Glenn Gould’s, summer cottage.

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Uptergrove 6, 2024, Oil on linen, 40 x 60 in.

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Long "bewitched" by renowned  pianist and philosopher Gould, Rutenberg dedicates new works in this exhibition to his mentor and notes: Gould famously said, "The purpose of art is the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity." The patience and commitment embodied in that statement continue to inform every part of my life and career because it showed me how to craft a life as an artist and, more important, how to protect it.

Uptergrove 7, 2024, Oil on linen, 40 x 60 in.

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The spirited optimism reflected in Rutenberg's admiring narrative of Gould and his music, combined with his pilgrim-like nostalgic paean to the place of the pianist's summer cottage, conjures a kind of creative ecstasy that carries through in the chromatically exciting colors used by the artist in creating his dynamic oil on linen paintings.

Hemlock Lake, 2002, Oil on linen, 58 x 78 in.

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Striking a balance between the intuitive and the observed, Rutenberg’s exciting work seeks to forge an empathetic connection between the artist and the viewer, capturing the transformative power of art through a deeply personal and abstract lens.

Weather's Wind 7, 2025, Oil on paper, 22.25 x 30 in.

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REMINDER: EXHIBITIONS OPENING TONIGHT Friday, April 26 | 5-7 pm ETHEL FISHER | FORREST MOSES Reception with Ethel Fisher's Daughter Margaret Fisher Ethel Fisher Portraits of the Sublime On View Through May 25, 2024 Seated Figure in Interior - Los Angeles, 1970, Oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in. On View Through May 25, 2024 Reception with the Artist's Daughter: Margaret Fisher | April 26, 5-7 PM View Full Exhibition Ethel Fisher (1923-2017) Fisher’s distinctive large-scale figurative paintings feature alluring portraiture of psychological depth and tension set against backgrounds of fields of color. She strove to “encapsulate both intimacy and alienation” and wanted to plumb the depths of the human psyche in these paintings. Her intention in rendering subjects was to “create a set of characters that would have the depth of characters in novels.” She often painted prominent artists who were part of her social circle including such figures as well-known American painter Will Barnet, abstract artist Alice Baber and her ex-husband color abstractionist Paul Jenkins, and legendary sculptor, painter and installation artist Paul Thek, all of whose portraits are included in this exhibition. In each case, Fisher conferred on her subjects qualities of strength, mystery, and a certain sense of quiet grandeur. Also included in this show are several stunning later-career large scale paintings of interior scenes and still lifes in various shades of cerulean blue for which Fisher also became known.   View the Digital Catalog Fisher’s work is included in the permanent collections of many prominent museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Morgan Library and Museum in New York; the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, CA; the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, CA; the Dallas Museum of Art; among others. Fisher was recognized by the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award for Painting in 1965. Two Figures Dream Space, 1970, Oil on canvas, 16.25 x 16 in. View Work FORREST MOSES Field of Beauty On View Through May 25, 2024 F 92/68, 1992, Monotype, 22.75 x 34.25 in. View Full Exhibition Forrest Moses (1934 - 2021) For more than fifty years, Forrest Moses was well known for painting graceful visual responses to place through distinctive and complex rhythms of color, line, and form that reveal the sudden transcendent quality of the simple experience of being in nature. Profoundly influenced by Japanese aesthetics, Moses uses marks in his ink-based monotypes that reference the practices and philosophies of sumi-e ink masters. During his career, Moses sought, in his words, "to discover nature’s truth and give life to a painted image by understanding the rhythms and pulses behind appearances.” View the Digital Catalog Like his oil paintings on canvas, the monotypes of Forrest Moses are each one-of-a-kind original works of art that bear complete fidelity to the visual engagement of the artist with nature. Moses made his monotypes by painting with pigments onto a Plexiglas plate and then impressing that painting onto a chine colle of rice paper melded with thick Arches paper through the pressure of a large etching press. F 91/75, 1991, Monotype, 35 x 15.5 in. View Work LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.988.3250 Gallery Hours  Monday–Friday 10–6 Saturday 10–5 Contact Us Extraordinary Art in an Extraordinary Location™

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