Wilde Meyer presents "Variety" with four artists who explore various subjects in diverse forms and materials.

Sherri Belassen divides and shapes her stylized figure silhouettes with lines, texture and layers, dissolving foreground with background. She pinpoints a feeling, idea or emotion to represent iconic figures and animals of the Southwest such as cowboys, steers, horses. In other subjects, she represents activities like skiing, Pilates a pair of dancers or moods like a couple romantically leaning into each other to a figure relaxing in a hammock.

Merlin Cohen’s sculptures are gem stones carved into fluid forms which are interpretations of the Mobius strip, an infinite ribbon that twists into itself. In other works, Cohen balances the natural pattern and fissures he discovers in the stones with simple, geometric shapes.

Much like the water carving canyons that often appear in her paintings, Acacia Alder molds thick brush marks that have a sculptural relief effect. Alder leads viewers on a pleasing journey into her own canyons, river beds and fields.

A quick and spontaneous painter, Karen Bezuidenhout draws from her memories of her childhood home in rural South Africa. Using an earthy palette, Bezuidenhout animals and farm scenes convey energy.

"Variety" opens on Thursday, February 2, 2012 and continues through February 29, 2012

"In the Company of Horses" features art about equines, from gentle pastoral scenes to crisp renderings of the equine in motion. This exhibition presents interpretations, and examines visual and emotional aspects of these stunning animals.

A meticulous artist, Chaille Trevor has studied equines from all points of view, evaluating form, in groups and solitary. Chaille translates her life spent in the company of horses, showing and training them, into paintings capturing the essence of what really knowing horses is all about.

In her painterly portraits of burros, Sarah Webber captures personality revealed in a charming glance. Master watercolorist, Patricia Hunter captures the essence and soul of the wild equine, the zebra, through their eyes. Lisa Gordon’s miniature bronze sculptures present horses in humorous situations, wrapped in a tutu or precariously balancing on a ball. Carolyne Hawley depicts the power and strength of large equines and work horses in a traditional western style. With idealized equine forms floating in timeless, boundless space, Suzanne Betz’s mixed media paintings epitomize spiritual calm and serenity. Expressionistic painter Tracy Miller literally splashes color and applies thick paint to multicolored equine and animal paintings to convey a sense of energy and vibrancy. Equines in stylized variations in all shapes and forms can be found in art by Amy Novelli, Sherri Belassen, Karen Bezuidenhout, Trevor Mikula and many others.

“In the Company of Horses” opens on Thursday, February 3, 2012 and continues through March 2, 2012.

Wilde Meyer Gallery presents our annual exhibition, "The Gem Show," featuring miniature and small works of art by over 50 artists. Also included is the work of Merlin Cohen, who gives different meaning to the work "Gem".

Sushe Felix paints stylized desert landscapes and hummingbird families in stylized interpretations. Interpretative landscapes can be seen by Fran Larsen, who incorporates handmade painted frames for each painting. Light and shadow are captured beautifully in paintings of peaceful evenings or mornings in Michael Baum’s naturalistic Southwest paintings. In little, painted worlds, Judith D’Agostino’s dog portraits capture candid and spontaneous snapshots, and Ryan Hale’s petite interior scenes expose the secret life of cats lounging on recliners, observing art.

Sculptures included in “The Gem Show” are the petite, ceramic sculptures of dogs, figures, birds and animals by Kari Rives. Collectors and visitors will be able to look forward to the miniature paintings of Bill Colt, Sherri Belassen, Barbara Gurwitz, Lori Faye Bock, Sheridan Brown and many others.

Also showing will be Merlin Cohen’s sculptures which are true gems, carved from calcite or alabaster stone and polished into sensuous forms.

Wilde Meyer Gallery presents art inspired by, Native American folklore, or native creatures. Cultures and relationships of people to the natural world are explored in our show "Art and the Natural World".

With his childhood spent near Pacific Northwest Indian reservations, Jim Nelson grew up to revere and respect Native American culture. His art reveals his understanding and influence of Native American folklore. Contrasting with modern times, Nelson understands Indian figures are a metaphor for a time when there was a connection of humankind with nature and the animal world. Some of Jim’s paintings reference specific legends, and reveal his vast knowledge and research of Native American folklore.

Sushe Felix depicts natural rhythms of life and nature with in her paintings. A hummingbird visits a flower or a rain shower moves across mesas and mountains, Sushe gives order and composition to the world through stylized organic and geometric forms.

Kristen Knight re-imagines Southwest depictions. Beginning with a collage of antique images, she renders equines, buffaloes or Native American images in elegant lines and shapes which are then covered with resin varnish. The paintings merge the history of the layers with the glossiness of the surface so that the images float in a sleek liquid space.

Deb Komitor’s paintings present an unspoken narrative portraying Southwest wildlife in Southwest settings. The animals that appear in Komitor’s paintings are imbued with symbolic meaning: a bird flitters with beatific halo symbolizing heavenly freedom, a bear lumbers through life, and the fox is the protector. See works by these artists and many more.

Opening during Native Arts Artwalk on Thursday March 1, 2012, "Art and the Natural World" continues through April 4, 2012.

"Introductions" is a group show with established and up-and-coming artists new for Wilde Meyer Gallery in Tucson.

In her color field abstract paintings, Martha Braun explores color relationships and harmonious composition. Kristen Knight’s resin varnished paintings feature skillfully rendered animals hovering over a patchwork collage of antique papers and book pages. Melinda Curtin’s playful imagery of Southwest themes such as day of the dead and stylized equines add new life to reclaimed vintage windows in which her paintings are framed.

Also on display will the masterful landscapes of Southwest roadside motels and desert scenery by Stephen Morath with paintings and sculptures by many artists including Jim Budish, Alix Stefan, Barbara Gurwitz, Ka Fisher, Sherri Belassen and others.

"Introductions to Tucson" shows Thursday, March 1, 2012 through March 31, 2012.

Wilde Meyer Gallery presents "Sensuous Surfaces" a group show with a focus on glass art, vessels and glass sculpture along with contemporary paintings.

In his latest blown glass sculptures, Tom Philabaum’s Precarious Rock series uses far ranging techniques such as chemical etching to create elegant forms reaching into space. With both beauty and utility, Dave Klein’s voluptuous, blown glass vessels glow with neon-bright colors.

Working as a collaborative pair, sisters Nancy Pendleton and Sandy Pendleton combine glass art and abstract painting. Nancy's abstract painting of geometric compositions contextualize Sandy’s textured glass organic forms. In his contemporary paintings, Robert Charon expresses the idea of fluidity through a multitude of subjects including koi pond paintings, stripes and abstracts.

Also showing will be Melinda Curtin’s reverse glass paintings, Sue Goldsand's colorful, fused glass animals and contemporary art by many others including Sherri Belassen, Acacia Alder, Karen Bezuidenhout and stone sculpture by Merlin Cohen.

Opening on Thursday April 5, 2012, "Sensuous Surfaces" continues through May 6, 2012.

Please visit us during Glass Act Artwalk on Thursday, April 12, 7-9pm.

Colores presents, "From Arizona to Imagination," a group show featuring interpretative Southwest landscapes.

Sushe Felix transforms cacti, birds and mountains into clean, geometric, modernist lines and shapes. Realistic renderings include paintings of canyons by Michael Baum; plein-air landscapes by Judith D'Agostino and paintings of billowy rust colored clouds by Albert Scharf.

Also showing will be Robert Anderson’s wildflower scenes ascending toward the infinite, Leigh Gusterson’s rural country valleys and art by many others.

"From Arizona to Imagination" runs April 5, 2012 through May 6, 2012.

"In the Company of Horses" features art about equines, from gentle pastoral scenes to crisp renderings of the equine in motion. This exhibition presents interpretations, and examines visual and emotional aspects of these stunning animals.

A meticulous artist, Chaille Trevor has studied equines from all points of view, evaluating form, in groups and solitary. Chaille translates her life spent in the company of horses, showing and training them, into paintings capturing the essence of what really knowing horses is all about.

In her painterly portraits of burros, Sarah Webber captures personality revealed in a charming glance. Ka Fisher's horses graze or play in the coral just outside the adobe ranch house in her Southwest scenes. Lisa Gordon’s miniature bronze sculptures present horses in humorous situations, wrapped in a tutu or precariously balancing on a ball. Carolyne Hawley depicts the power and strength of large equines and work horses in a traditional western style. With idealized equine forms floating in timeless, boundless space, Suzanne Betz’s mixed media paintings epitomize spiritual calm and serenity. Expressionistic painter Tracy Miller literally splashes color and applies thick paint to multicolored equine and animal paintings to convey a sense of energy and vibrancy. Equines in stylized variations in all shapes and forms can be found in art by Amy Novelli, Sherri Belassen, Karen Bezuidenhout, Trevor Mikula and many others.

"In the Company of Horses" opens on April 5, 2012 and continues through April 28, 2012.

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