The wonders of nature expressed in this painting exhibition address the very soul of environmental preservation and the urgency to conserve Dallas' own natural beauty.
Opening Reception with the Artists:
Saturday, April 26, 2008 (7-9 PM)
Featuring musical perfomances by Vision Andina, Marsha Anderson and Dr. Francis Osentowski.
Free and open to the public.
Melodee Martin Ramirez
Melodee Martin Ramirez
received her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of Dallas in May 1998. She held her Master of Fine Arts Exhibit at the New Talent Gallery at the Irving Arts Center at that time. Melodee Martin Ramirez is a full time professor of art at North Lake College and is a Texas artist who has a history of painting nature and the figure in it.
Her imagery is directly tied to observation from her life and travels. Most recently, her work is focused on “fragments” of the natural world around her, awareness of small visual moments. Her concern with environmental issues is an undercurrent in this work, considering, among other things, air quality and its influence on the colors of the sky. The appearance of our sky is influenced not only by events here, but also far away, reminding us of how we are interwoven with everything on our planet.
Most recently, the Communities Foundation of Texas Art Collection funded by the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation selected two of her large paintings for their corporate offices on Caruth Haven in Dallas. From September 2000 until December 2003, her work was been represented by the Evelyn Siegel Gallery in Fort Worth, and at Cidnee Patrick Gallery in Dallas in 2004. Since 2004, she has been represented by Marie Park Studio in Dallas.
Bob Nunn
Bob Nunn received his MFA degree from Southern Methodist University. Additionally, he earned a MA degree in Painting and Drawing at University of Dallas and a BA in Art Education at East Texas State University.
Answering questions about the inspirational sources of his paintings, Bob Nunn states:
“As you might expect, a question I hear a lot is: where do these ideas and images come from? The answer really isn't all that mysterious -- they're from my mind . . . and that wondrous thing that we humans like to think sets us apart: imagination! And just like yours, these are shaped and colored not only with a whole lifetime of things remembered, but by the never-ending and sometimes bewildering array of new images and information now constantly clamoring for our attention.
The process? Well, for starters, I rarely, if ever, try to "intellectualize" a piece before actually doing it -- I don't start out overly concerned about influences, messages, "meanings," etc. For me, it would be even less workable to try to completely "visualize" a work before beginning. I simply can't work that way! What I do is "conceptualize" before beginning any piece, but the real point here is, starting with an initial idea, my work usually just "happens" as it is happening, and it often goes in directions I did not anticipate -- and it does this dynamically -- while it is being created, and that's exciting! Sometimes it can even be exhilarating! I know that I am influenced by all that I have ever seen or heard or felt, and also that I am struggling not be overwhelmed with this "dawn of the information age" business. (Maybe that's a generational thing, I don't know). What I do know is that my work reflects utter fascination with the concepts of "biotechnology"--the merging of man and machine--and that our machines now allow us to peer as never before into our beginnings, as well as peek at our future; that they empower us to preserve this wonderfully beautiful planet we depend on . . . and also to destroy it."
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