N
aturalist and environmental
philosopher John Muir once famously
wrote, “And into the forest I go, to lose
my mind and find my soul.” On July 22, Turner
Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will take
his words to heart with a three-artist show titled
And Into the Forest I Go, featuring works from
painters Kathryn Mapes Turner and Shanna
Kunz and sculptor Paul Rhymer.
The gallery, which will host an artist
reception on July 25 from 5 to 7 p.m., will
present work from the gallery’s owner, Turner,
including her piece Cottonwood Season,
which was created in plein air. “The feel is
very painterly and the composition draws the
viewer down the road and on a journey,” she
says. “It is a high-key image with a richness of
paint quality where the darker values have a
rhythm to them.”
Much of Turner’s work for the show will
be created in Brittany, France, in the weeks
leading up to the show. “I am excited to get
away in France to just focus on painting.
I plan to focus on creating pieces that create
a sense of a retreat for the viewer much like
the intent of the trip for us artists. They will all
be plein air paintings, a collection that results
from focus and time away,” she adds. “When
we came to [And Into the Forest I Go], we
were all thinking of the value of getting away
in the natural world and into a place of deep
presence where creativity has the time and
space to flourish. This is an important thread
for all three of us.”
Kunz will be showing landscapes from
Wyoming, Utah, Montana and national forests,
as well as her winter landscape Enchanted.
“I love winter paintings! This location is of
the Big Wood River in the Sun Valley area
of Idaho. It is a place I am very familiar with
as I visit and exhibit often there,” Kunz says.
“Snow gives me the ability to play with gentle
temperature shifts in the snow and the barn
trees, a challenge to bring color to a very
subtle landscape.”Into the forest
UPCOMING SHOW
Up to 30 works
July 22-Aug. 23, 2019
Turner Fine Art
545 N. Cache Street, Jackson Hole,
WY 83001, (307) 734-4444
http://www.turner neart.comSHOW LOCATION JACKSON HOLE, WY
Kathryn Mapes Turner, Cottonwood Season, oil on linen, 6 x 8”
Paul Rhymer, Yawning of a New Day, bronze, 42 x 12 x 8”