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