Silver City Artist Diane Kleiss
TIMES:
Lecture: 6:30 PM Parotti Hall
Exhibit Opening Reception: 7:30 PM McCray Gallery
Admission: Free
Exhibit runs through April 9, 2020
Art Statement
A lifetime of following nature’s path. The shapes and colors layering the surfaces of my art. Those collected objects from the earth, dried plant life and irresistible sticks and stones are replicated and abstracted in the natural bees wax medium. The continuing dialog, the process of translating my story into these materials fills my soul. It does not let me rest, this life spent in our tenuous environment drawing it in and pouring it out in my studio.
Artist BIO
Diane Kleiss was born in an Iowa Heartland farming community. A BFA in painting, a minor in art history and a K-12 teaching degree were acquired at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She has taught art in public schools, in her studio, and at several art centers. Her Midwest life was surrounded by, and living from, nature’s bounty and all its inconsistencies. In the following years living in the Northern woods of Minnesota and then the SW desert have continuously kept her walking through nature’s door. After working for many years in oil, acrylic and clay, in 2006 she turned to painting and sculpting with a beeswax medium. A substance harvested from the land, along with the use of nature’s detritus, gives her canvases a clear intent to draw the viewer’s attention to our environment with an accent on the man-made stresses to our eco system.
Presented by Western New Mexico Cultural Affairs
Co-Sponsored by Western Institute for Lifelong Learning