MONROE - The Monroe Arts Center will display the "Here's Mud In Your Eye" exhibit in the Frehner Gallery, 1315 11th St., from Friday, Feb. 1 through Friday, March 15. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1.
The show will display a collection art works inspired by the natural scenery of Yellowstone National Park, observed by painter Carrie Baxter and photographer Nick Baxter during their visits to the park in 2010 and 2012. The works provide an intriguing comparison of the park's hot springs, mud flats and microbial mats.
The surface textures surrounding the Yellowstone geysers and hot springs are decorated with colors and patterns, formed as a result of various types of earth and rock deposits as well as growth of unique microbes and bacteria that are continually washed over by erupting waters. The naturally occurring abstracts are the inspiration for the works presented in the exhibition.
Nick Baxter's photographs preserve the feel of movement on the surface of Yellowstone. The photographs present the flow and rhythm of the ever changing scenery within the park. Each photo holds a glimpse of the real life vibrant colors of the life inside the hot springs and bacterial mats. Carrie Baxter's paintings are inspired by the variety of surface textures observed while touring the park. Her paintings use a mixture of modeling paste and various grades of mortar pastes to build the surface and textures of each composition. The organic forms are then covered with layers of color to create the natural effects, produced over time, by the geysers and hot springs.
Together the two mediums interact with one another to grasp the feeling, vision and emotion of Yellowstone National Park.
The show will display a collection art works inspired by the natural scenery of Yellowstone National Park, observed by painter Carrie Baxter and photographer Nick Baxter during their visits to the park in 2010 and 2012. The works provide an intriguing comparison of the park's hot springs, mud flats and microbial mats.
The surface textures surrounding the Yellowstone geysers and hot springs are decorated with colors and patterns, formed as a result of various types of earth and rock deposits as well as growth of unique microbes and bacteria that are continually washed over by erupting waters. The naturally occurring abstracts are the inspiration for the works presented in the exhibition.
Nick Baxter's photographs preserve the feel of movement on the surface of Yellowstone. The photographs present the flow and rhythm of the ever changing scenery within the park. Each photo holds a glimpse of the real life vibrant colors of the life inside the hot springs and bacterial mats. Carrie Baxter's paintings are inspired by the variety of surface textures observed while touring the park. Her paintings use a mixture of modeling paste and various grades of mortar pastes to build the surface and textures of each composition. The organic forms are then covered with layers of color to create the natural effects, produced over time, by the geysers and hot springs.
Together the two mediums interact with one another to grasp the feeling, vision and emotion of Yellowstone National Park.