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"Rivers and Rain Pieces of Denali" opening reception Nov. 27
Originally Posted Online: Nov. 06, 2009, 1:11 pm
Last Updated: Nov. 06, 2009, 1:11 pm
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Press release submtited by Emily Christenson. DAVENPORT -- The opening reception for Rivers and Rain Pieces of Denali, new paintings by Emily Christenson, will be 6-9 p.m. Nov. 27, atBucktown Center for the Arts, 225 E. 2nd Street Suite 205, Davenport, The exhibit willl be on display Nov. 23 - Dec. 31. This exhibition features 11 large oil paintings started in the rain or water in Denali National Park, and Healy, Alaska in the spring of 2008. This series focuses on my impressions of the uniqueness of the landscape in and around Denali National Park. My "Untitled dialogue" paintings are collaborations with nature, made using water-soluble, non-toxic oils, and painting in the rain, snow or at the water's edge and working with the waves as they wash over the canvas. Some of my co-artists include the Mississippi River, Lake Superior, Lake of the Woods; Ontario, Lake Otto; Alaska, and the Caribbean Sea. I am trying to capture a dialogue between my marks and nature's influence used as a medium. These paintings become the product of the reality of the moment. Emily Christenson has been a co-owner of doeGALLERY in Bucktown Center for the Arts since the building opened. After 4 years doeGALLERY has expanded and Emily Christenson is opening her own studio/gallery space also on the 2nd floor. This exhibition is also a grand opening of her new studio space. Emily Christenson received her BFA in drawing and painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minneapolis, MN. She has exhibited her paintings, drawings, prints and photographs nationally and internationally in numerous galleries, art centers and museums in Washington, DC, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Ireland. She has received two merit award grants and her work is in many public and private collections including Delucchi +, Washington, DC and Bellcomb Technologies, Minneapolis, Minn.. 
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