At this juncture I was working on Angellina III. I do ocassionally talk to them and here it would appear I might be trying to kiss the piece but I doubt it is more than a jesture. The piece is still in oil-based clay and yet to be finished. Oh, but it is very finished now and has been for a number of years.
Like Ann, I have been working hard at craft and art from those early days back in the Pleistocene. In the past ten years or so I have moved away from my earlier animal forms and concentrated on the human subject. I am drawn to simple expressions of appreciation. It is not that I am simple it is just that many of those things in life that are important to me are not complex. They may be aesthetic moments of a quiet joy of nothing more than being thankful for a nice bunch of beets that I have just spent the summer growing. That theme wanders all over, I hope, in my work . I enjoy being outside, on rivers, lakes, walking on snow shoes that in themselves have a rather aesthetic, and maybe historical , interest. Life in my world is good. I want to express a simple goodness and reverence.
My work is presently being displayed at the following Galleries:
Grace Chosey
Gallery in Madison Wis.
Edgewood Orchard
Gallery in Fish Creek Wis.
920-868-3579
44 North Gallery
in Waupaca Wis. 715-498-4486
Mary Williams
Fine Art, Boulder Colo.
Tomorrow River Gallery
Amherst WI
Our home studio 715-824-3007
dkwright@wi-net.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
by Ann Herzog Wright:
“Allied Artists of America,” New York
Art Du Monde, Japan
“Society Of American Impressionists,” Scottsdale, St. Louis
Springville Museum Of Art, Utah
Pioneers’ Museum Show “Artists Of The West,” Colorado Springs
Scottsdale Invitational, Arizona
California Classic, West Lake, CA
Jackson Hole Alliance Auction, WY
Pastel Society Of America, New York, NY
Pastel Society of Canada
Loveland Museum Calendar Exhibition, twelve artists
Arts For The Parks, Jackson, WY
Artists Of America, Denver, CO 1991-1993
Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show & Sale,
The Great American Artists Exhibition, Cincinnati Museum Center ‘96-’99
C.M. Russell Museum Benefit, Great Falls, Montana
Miniatures Albuquerque Museum Foundation
American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Settlers West American Miniatures Show, Tucson, Arizona
Oil Painters Of America Show
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition Golden, CO
Colorado Art Open, Golden, CO
Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, Denver
Spirit of the Great Plains Art Sale & Exhibition-Museum Of Nebraska Art, Kearney
Kimball Art Center Auction, ‘05-07, Park City, Utah
Colorado Mountain Club Exhibit and Sale, ‘05, Denver,CO.
Virginia Museum of Animal Art
Barns & Farms, National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Kewaunee, WI ‘07
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah Wi. ‘08
Paint America Recognition top 50
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Art Talk
Southwest Art Magazine, Dec. 1985
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, April 2000
Wildlife Art Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2003
In the collection of Zibby Tozer, article in New York Times,’08
In collection of John Warner
In collection of Ambassador Joseph Wilson