Traveling Exhibit Back at the Kimball Junction Library
The first Summit County Traveling Exhibit of the year is back at the Kimball Junction Library from now until February 24th. Titled Animals Among Us, this exhibit highlights Utah’s beautiful environment, diverse landscapes and the animals that live in it.
Traveling exhibit curator Tory Guilfoyle says, “viewers [will get to] appreciate the animals that inhabit our ecosystem and have won over the hearts of the exhibiting artists.” The paintings featured in this collection showcase animals that are “found in the wild, at your local rodeo, in your backyard, or even at Utah’s Loveland Aquarium.”
Scroll down to preview and learn more about a few of the pieces included in the collection.
Dorothy Stembridge - Mountain Lion Family
Painter Dorothy Stembridge is a resident of Wanship, Utah, where mountain lions can occasionally be seen. The 2005 Council award oil painting by Dorothy Stembridge features a mother mountain lion and her three cubs in front of a lake. The female mountain lion, muscular and lean, turns back toward her cubs, while they pause in their play to focus on their mother. The cats' golden fur is distinct from the blue shadows of the dark woods and the fallen trees. The landscape nods to the great cycle that the cubs are being initiated into. The dying and fallen trees contrast with the grasses, fresh and green in the glowing light, as does the new growth that dapples the ground beneath the mountain lions' feet. Like the cubs, the season is still young.
Aloma Ercanbrack - Serenity
In Aloma Ecranbrak's oil on canvas "Serenity," five Canadian Geese glide through the changing evening light over a marshy lake. A chain of blue mountains echoes the shape and connectedness of the geese, while in the foreground, reedy marsh grass forms a nice contrast in both color and texture to the swoop of mountains. The geese seem both more and less real than the other elements of the painting. The geese are slightly stylized with distinct shapes making up their forms almost as if they were cut from stained glass.
Jan Keyes Megarry - Our Pride
In Jan Keyes Megarry's oil on canvas painting, two Cocker Spaniel puppies have tipped over a crate of apples. Sunlight reflects off their golden fur as they contemplate what to do with their prize. Everything is new and curious for them. A straw-filled stable in the background and the weathered wood of a barn suggest that the puppies are new additions to a well-established farm. While the veteran animals might be out working, the puppies are still figuring out their place and what an apple is.
Put on your snow boots and head over to the Kimball Junction Library to check out these wonderful pieces in person and get to know more about the local artists that created them.