Lee Anne Miller, Storm Spirits: Horizon #6, 1997. (Gallery Card).Watercolor, 22 3/8 x 29 5/8" (57 x 75 cm). Courtesy of the Springville Museum of Art The Springville Museum of Art is the oldest museum in Utah for the visual fine arts. Completed in 1937, this building was designed in the style of the Spanish Colonial Revival by Claud S. Ashworth. It was dedicated by LDS Apostle David O. . About the Art The artist's use of overlapping and blended color tones in Storm Spirits: Horizon #6 provides depth and interest in this abstract landscape. The brushstrokes create form and contour and give shape to an elusive landscape that is overshadowed by an approaching storm. Not specific to a certain place, the landscape evokes the tensions inherent in the coming clash of sunset and storm and elicits memories of our own experiences--our own landscapes. Like much of her work in the watercolor medium, Storm Spirits: Horizon #6 reflects strong linear qualities enhanced by lush and bold colors. Miller's sensitive handling of the medium ii not limited nor undermined by its directness and manipulation. About the Artist A native of Farmington, Utah, Lee Anne Miller is currently living in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of where she works as a painter and printmaker. She is also a professor of Art at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Miller completed her undergraduate work at Utah State University Utah State University, mainly at Logan; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1888, opened 1890. It publishes Utah Science, Western Historical Quarterly, and Western American Literary Journal. before attending the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, where she received her MFA See multifactor authentication. in painting. Miller values her upbringing in the Intermountain West and her exposure to the dramatic and diverse landforms of the area. She states that her "primary sources of influence and inspiration is the natural, organic, earth-related environment." Things to Consider Carefully study this piece and consider how it evokes the feeling of an approaching storm. Miller says she is interested "in nature as observed, transformed, and ultimately altered through the process of abstraction." Does this work support her claim? Also discuss how she reduces forms to their essential elements. What specific elements and principles of art The principles of art are a set of rules or guidelines to keep in mind when considering the impact of a piece of artwork. They are combined with the elements of art in the production of art. help create tire sense of a looming thunderstorm thunderstorm, violent, local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail. . Compare this work to Andrus' Cadmium Crest and discuss the different ways in which each artist approaches landscape and how the each captures the mood, meaning, and physical qualities of the surrounding environment. For more information visit www.sma.nebo.edu. GalleryCard submitted by Sharon Gray, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah. |
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