Santa Fe, NM
Hueys Fine Art, September 1-30
Paul Batch, Adagio, oil, 24 x 24.
This story was featured in the September 2019 issue of Southwest Art magazine. Get the Southwest Art September 2019 print issue or digital download now–then subscribe to Southwest Art and never miss another story.
THROUGHOUT THE month of September, Hueys Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM, hosts a diverse landscape show featuring paintings by a veritable who’s who of top artists from the gallery’s stable, including Brent Cotton, Michael Godfrey, Brenda Howell, Robert Moore, and up-and-coming talent Tad Retz. Entitled Shadow and Light, the show presents a well-rounded mix of representational styles, says gallery owner Keith Huey, “from American Impressionism to California Impressionism to tonalism.” A reception takes place on Friday, September 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.
California landscape artist Steven Curry aims to create paintings that invite viewers to drift effortlessly into a scene and stay for a while, perhaps to daydream and contemplate narratives conjured by his imagery. For that reason, Curry says he gravitates toward scenes suffused in the soft, low light that emerges near the end of the day. “To have that glow sometimes is more enticing for viewers,” says the Golden State native, whose show pieces depict some of his favorite arboreal subjects, including coastal cypress trees. “I’m always trying to evoke a feeling of mystery,” he adds, “where you’ll look at the painting longer and build your own story in your mind.”
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- Steve Curry, Coastal Watch, oil, 30 x 24.
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- Dan Schultz, Last Glimmer, oil, 12 x 24.
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- Tad Retz, Dark Overcast Stream, oil, 8 x 16.
Working at the opposite end of the country, Massachusetts-based Paul Batch has lately been paying homage to his love for staring out upon the sea’s hypnotic horizon line. “It’s a great pastime, and I’ve turned it into a series,” says the artist, who employs everything from household putty knives to credit cards and sandpaper when creating his textured, multilayered oil paintings. The melodic, motion-filled arrangement of light, colors, clouds, and ocean in his radiant seascape ADAGIO inspired Batch—who participated in musical theater when he was younger—to title his work after the music term, which describes a composition performed at a slow, unhurried tempo.
While his works land squarely in the East Coast landscape category, Batch appreciates the unifying power that landscape paintings from all geographic regions possess. “One of the major accomplishments of art and painting,” he notes, “is its ability to connect people from other parts of the country and other parts of the world.” It’s fair to say that Shadow and Light, with its many varied landscapes on view, is doing its part to bring the world a little closer together. —Kim Agricola
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Steve Curry, Follow Your Heart, oil, 30 x 36.
This story was featured in the September 2019 issue of Southwest Art magazine. Get the Southwest Art September 2019 print issue or digital download now–then subscribe to Southwest Art and never miss another story.
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