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Photo Credit: Dave Berryman
Nature of Ice: Welcome!
The natural architecture of ice and the components of light (absorption, refraction, diffraction and color) used in its study are particularly challenging to capture by lens or paintbrush. Tossed by the wind or frozen in time, ice can resemble shards of broken glass, liquid mirrors or great glaciers rolling silently over the world. The temporary yet enduring aspect of ice as a subject and as a medium is fantastic. With each degree change and new pitch of the light, the composition evolves.
Artwork capturing the ephemeral beauty of ice in nature will be on display during a FREE multi-artist exhibition in the Third Floor Gallery (#332) at Art Attack 2010. Please also join us for a FREE reception to unveil Nature of Ice on Thursday, November 4, 6-9:00pm.
Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE, Gallery 332, Minneapolis, MN 55413
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In 2001, after 22 years as a magazine designer, Scott left his computer to go outside and paint.
He’s quickly becoming recognized in the plein air field. Southwest Art magazine listed Scott as an “Artist to Watch” in 2007 and featured him in last year’s Plein Air issue. This spring he won Best in Show at the Salon International in San Antonio. Scott has won top prizes at events in Telluride, San Luis Obispo, Grand Marais (Minnesota), Burnsville (Minnesota), and the Jaques Art Center (Minnesota). Of his many awards, his work has been displayed at the Minnesota Governor’s residence and was awarded “honorable mention” at the Maryland Art Federation Landscape Exhibition.
In addition to the continental U.S., his art has taken him abroad to Mexico, Canada, Italy, and England. This past fall he painted in southern China.
“I use the language of landscape to express abstract notions about color, form, design—and simply for the pleasing texture of paint on canvas.”
He has, to date, made six visits to Antarctica to photograph. The initial one, in 1987, as a participant in a private sailing expedition; the 5 subsequent ones made under the aegis of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program.
His Polar Regions work has brought him to both of the planet’s Poles (the South Pole, four times; the North Pole, once); having had done so places him the approximately 400 people that bear the distinction of having had stood at both of Earth’s axes.
For nearly 30 years he has made photographs in all 50 states, distilling and crystallizing the defining characteristics of American regions. In effect, scoping out the lay of the land and the hand of man -- and what all may have been wrought in places where each overlay: the fruit of enterprise, and, the sullied tumult. Evidence of the land we are on and the world we find ourselves in; where we are at and who we are; what we’ve done; and, where we can go.
Artwork capturing the ephemeral beauty of ice in nature will be on display during a FREE multi-artist exhibition in the Third Floor Gallery (#332) at Art Attack 2010. Please also join us for a FREE reception to unveil Nature of Ice on Thursday, November 4, 6-9:00pm.
Come see the magical worlds and breathtaking vistas captured or created by the following artists and scientists: Plein Air Painting: Scott Lloyd Anderson, Ginger Hansen Shafer; Glass: Michael Tondor; Video: Forrest M. Mims III; Printmaking: Virginia Hungate-Hawk; Mixed Media: Patricia DeVries; Antarctic Photography: Will Steger, Stuart Klipper; Photography: Natasha D’Schommer, Orton Tofte, Don Davison, Dave Berryman, Martha Shull Archer, Terry McDaniel, Ann Schley, Rob Nopola, Travis Novitsky, and Georgina E. Frankel.
Thursday, November 4, 2010, 6-9:00pm FREE Artist Reception:
Live music, refreshments, food & mingling with the talent behind Nature of Ice.
Gallery Hours:
Friday, November 5, 5:00-10:00 PM
Saturday, November 6, Noon – 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 7, Noon – 5:00 PM
Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE, Gallery 332, Minneapolis, MN 55413
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Meet the Artists
In 2001, after 22 years as a magazine designer, Scott left his computer to go outside and paint.
He’s quickly becoming recognized in the plein air field. Southwest Art magazine listed Scott as an “Artist to Watch” in 2007 and featured him in last year’s Plein Air issue. This spring he won Best in Show at the Salon International in San Antonio. Scott has won top prizes at events in Telluride, San Luis Obispo, Grand Marais (Minnesota), Burnsville (Minnesota), and the Jaques Art Center (Minnesota). Of his many awards, his work has been displayed at the Minnesota Governor’s residence and was awarded “honorable mention” at the Maryland Art Federation Landscape Exhibition.
In addition to the continental U.S., his art has taken him abroad to Mexico, Canada, Italy, and England. This past fall he painted in southern China.
“I use the language of landscape to express abstract notions about color, form, design—and simply for the pleasing texture of paint on canvas.”
Frozen Minnehaha Falls
Stuart Klipper
Stuart Klipper was born in The Bronx in 1941. He attended the University of Michigan and lived in NYC and Stockholm, Sweden in the 60s. He resides still in Minneapolis where he moved in 1970.
He has, to date, made six visits to Antarctica to photograph. The initial one, in 1987, as a participant in a private sailing expedition; the 5 subsequent ones made under the aegis of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program.
His Polar Regions work has brought him to both of the planet’s Poles (the South Pole, four times; the North Pole, once); having had done so places him the approximately 400 people that bear the distinction of having had stood at both of Earth’s axes.
Tabular Berg, S74o 17' 26" W110o 3' 41" Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean
Terry McDaniel
Terry McDaniel strategically places dried flowers from her summer gardens in ice
luminaries and uses her horse trailer as a studio to capture what mother nature has created. As the winter progresses and the temperatures slowly change, different textures are revealed and the
compositions stay frozen in time.
McDaniel appreciates the way the light reflects through the textures within the ice and the contrast of the delicate flowers. Her art honors and extends their beauty before returning back to the earth.
luminaries and uses her horse trailer as a studio to capture what mother nature has created. As the winter progresses and the temperatures slowly change, different textures are revealed and the
compositions stay frozen in time.
McDaniel appreciates the way the light reflects through the textures within the ice and the contrast of the delicate flowers. Her art honors and extends their beauty before returning back to the earth.
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Don Davison has lived in Cook County since 1976. He enjoys nature photography and says, “I'm that guy you see out there on the beach getting soaked by the waves. I take my camera everywhere." Don lives with his wife Ivy on Devil Track Lake. Learn more about Don’s photography on his blog: http://frozenfingersphotos.blogspot.com/
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| Ice on the Harbor, January 2010 |
Orton Tofte
Orton Tofte was born in 1947. He had a few one person shows of his photographs in the mid-sixties. He says of his work: "Over the years the work has changed with my view of the world. My early work was all about my lovers, friends and my large, interesting family. When I look back it seems embarrassingly intimate. My memory cards are now filled with abstractions, side long glances, notes of light. I think photographs are all like deep space survey images and the traces of subatomic collisions captured in collides. They are all more or less random attempts to capture something we think we know is there."
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Georgina E. Frankel
In Georgina E. Frankel's words: "For most of my life, I photographed large landscapes. I would disappear into the earth and sky that I saw through my lens, pulled by some force I never thought to name. Then three years ago, I took my camera into the woods and dry riverbeds of a Mexican village. The leaves and seedpods I saw decaying at my feet radiated a mysterious beauty that caught me by surprise. As I began to photograph them, they challenged me to think of beauty not as 'prettiness,' but as nature’s underlying, unifying force. With that growing awareness, my focus as an artist changed. Today I shoot the earth’s overlooked but essential elements. I strive to show their grace and singularity. I want, as John Updike said of his own work, 'to give the mundane its beautiful due.'”
The images included in Nature of Ice were made during the past two winters as Georgina walked around Lake Harriet and through the nearby Roberts Bird Sanctuary. She says, "The simple beauty of the constantly changing ice never ceases to amaze me."
Georgina is a New Yorker by birth, spent her school days in California, and has been a Minnesotan for twenty-five years.
Ginger Hansen Shafer
Ginger Hansen Shafer received her B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her paintings have been shown in New York (Broome Street Gallery) and at home in Minnesota at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, The River School, and the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (Foot in the Door). Her oil paintings are in private collections nationwide. The Star Tribune (May 2010) listed Ginger as one of the "Top 50 Tastemakers" for her paintings of Riverbend Organic Farm in Delano, MN. For Nature of Ice, Ginger's Lake Harriet ice paintings celebrate the local winter climate.
Rob Nopola
Michael Tondor has been working exclusively with recycled glass for over twenty years.
In Georgina E. Frankel's words: "For most of my life, I photographed large landscapes. I would disappear into the earth and sky that I saw through my lens, pulled by some force I never thought to name. Then three years ago, I took my camera into the woods and dry riverbeds of a Mexican village. The leaves and seedpods I saw decaying at my feet radiated a mysterious beauty that caught me by surprise. As I began to photograph them, they challenged me to think of beauty not as 'prettiness,' but as nature’s underlying, unifying force. With that growing awareness, my focus as an artist changed. Today I shoot the earth’s overlooked but essential elements. I strive to show their grace and singularity. I want, as John Updike said of his own work, 'to give the mundane its beautiful due.'”
The images included in Nature of Ice were made during the past two winters as Georgina walked around Lake Harriet and through the nearby Roberts Bird Sanctuary. She says, "The simple beauty of the constantly changing ice never ceases to amaze me."
Georgina is a New Yorker by birth, spent her school days in California, and has been a Minnesotan for twenty-five years.
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Ginger Hansen Shafer
Ginger Hansen Shafer received her B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her paintings have been shown in New York (Broome Street Gallery) and at home in Minnesota at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, The River School, and the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (Foot in the Door). Her oil paintings are in private collections nationwide. The Star Tribune (May 2010) listed Ginger as one of the "Top 50 Tastemakers" for her paintings of Riverbend Organic Farm in Delano, MN. For Nature of Ice, Ginger's Lake Harriet ice paintings celebrate the local winter climate.
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| 30 Below, Ice and Snow |
In the words of photographer Rob Nopola: "Photographs were meant to be shared. The same way a memorable song can put us back to a certain place or time, a picture has the same ability to do just that. Whether it's on a family vacation, in nature capturing that unbelievable sunset, or an everyday image that begs to be noticed, I hope to spark emotions through my photos. It could be a common feeling, a shared interpretation, or to just put a smile on your face."
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Martha Shull Archer
Michael TondorMartha Shull Archer grew up in Minnesota, playing in snow caves, skating on lakes in the winter and paddling the Canadian wilderness in the summer. Her passion for photography began as a way to share the remote area that she explored. Martha took her first photography class as a student at Colorado College. She says, "For many years, my lens sought out the human form through images of family life, celebrations, and travel with my husband and two children. It wasn’t until recently that I turned back to the camera as a means of sharing my love and respect for the natural world. My childhood experiences had a lasting effect in focusing my attention on the details and patterns embedded in the natural landscape and the changing seasons. Whether I am photographing the fruits of the land at farmers’ markets in France or the icicles dripping from a neighbor’s roof, I enjoy both the peacefulness and creative possibilities of capturing a single moment through the lens."
Martha was inspired to capture the beauty of ice last winter after skiing through Jennifer Hedberg’s ‘Enchanted Forest,’ which she calls "a stunning display of ice lanterns and sculptures at the Luminary Loppet in Minneapolis."
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| (2010 Luminary Loppet Sculpture by Jennifer Hedberg) |
Travis Novitsky
A life-long resident of the north shore of Lake Superior, Travis was born in1975 in Grand Marais, Minnesota. He resides in Grand Portage, a small Indian reservation in the very northeast tip of Minnesota. He is an enrolled tribal member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe). His home is on the shores of one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world, amid deep woods at the edge of Canada and the United States. Having lived his entire life in this area, he knows instinctively the when and the where of how light will play on the land, trees and water. For a photographer, it’s a very good place to be.
Travis started making images while in high school with a basic point-and- shoot Pentax film camera. Travis now specializes in images of Lake Superior and the Minnesota north woods. Often asked what it was that made him “get into photography”, Travis’ reply is that there is no one defining moment that made him decide to pick up a camera. While he has admired the work of many photographers over the years, the one person who stands out as having the biggest influence on his own photography is someone that he sees on a daily basis: his father. He gives his father credit for being the one who originally got him interested in photography: “While he never pressured me to pick up a camera and start taking pictures, he always had a camera in hand when I was growing up. My desire to try and create my own collection of beautiful, memorable images was triggered by viewing his extensive library of awe-inspiring slides throughout the years.”
Travis started making images while in high school with a basic point-and- shoot Pentax film camera. Travis now specializes in images of Lake Superior and the Minnesota north woods. Often asked what it was that made him “get into photography”, Travis’ reply is that there is no one defining moment that made him decide to pick up a camera. While he has admired the work of many photographers over the years, the one person who stands out as having the biggest influence on his own photography is someone that he sees on a daily basis: his father. He gives his father credit for being the one who originally got him interested in photography: “While he never pressured me to pick up a camera and start taking pictures, he always had a camera in hand when I was growing up. My desire to try and create my own collection of beautiful, memorable images was triggered by viewing his extensive library of awe-inspiring slides throughout the years.”
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| Superior Winter |
Natasha D'Schommer is a photographer in Minneapolis, MN, where she concentrates on still life, portraiture, and landscape. Natasha is a 2005 recipient of the McKnight photography fellowship. In 2008 Princeton University published a book, Biblio, featuring Natasha's photographs of rare books and musical manuscripts.
Natasha earned her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a B.A. from New England College in West Sussex, England.
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| Luminary Virginia Hungate-Hawk Virginia Hungate-Hawk was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Macalester College with her BA in Studio Art and Geography in 2007 and is currently pursuing her MFA in Printmaking at the University of Notre Dame. Her work has been exhibited at many institutions including the Lubeznik Center for the Arts and Syracuse University, as well as venues in the United Kingdom and Italy. Her prints are in various collections including Print Zero Studios, Anchor Graphics and Southern Graphics International. In 2009 she was selected to participate in the Salt City Dozen, a juried exchange portfolio for printmaking graduate students. She was recently awarded a grant to be a visiting artist as the Glasgow Print Studio in Scotland. Virginia's work is about searching and the journey associated with it. It is about the imagined and tangible spaces we perceive and travel through. These prints combine both a macro and a microscopic view; they evoke ice crystals and moss as well as a view of the earth from above.  Untitled Patricia DeVries has worked with bark in various forms for over twenty years. Her art is textural and organic, so bark fits effortlessly within these parameters. Patricia's focus in this series was to combine two dissimilar materials, birch bark and metal, and unify them into a complete whole mirroring the interconnecting relationship between humanity and nature.  Photographer Ann Schley first fell under the spell of Jennifer Shea Hedberg's ice lanterns when on assignment for the City of Lakes Loppet. "Fire and ice, both ethereal and fleeting--Jennifer's ice lanterns radiated a brilliance I felt compelled to capture. Ann holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota, but her fascination with photography eventually took her to Missoula, MT, when she attended Rocky Mountain School of Photography in 2006. Shortly after graduation and for two consecutive years, Ann's photographs were accepted by the "Momentum: Images of Dance" juried international dance photography exhibition. Ann currently lives in St. Paul, MN, specializing in capturing the beauty and art of dance. She also shoots architecture and sports assignments.  Dave Berryman Dave Berryman's work has been influenced by the photos he looked at in the National Geographic magazines from his childhood. He says: "The images really told a story and I want my work to do the same." As a Christian photographer, the work I do points to a Creator that is still at work in our everyday lives. God has blessed me with the ability to take pictures and I use this talent to share with others that Jesus loves and cares for them. Dave’s work has been recognized in the 2010 EPSON International Pano Awards, local Minnesota art exhibits, on billboards, and on product lines.  Winter Blues |
Michael Tondor has been working exclusively with recycled glass for over twenty years.
The spectacle of flat sheets of ice covering lakes and rivers, breaking up in the spring to form incredibly rugged landscapes inspired Michael to mimic the natural phenomenon in glass. He experimented with different types of glass and found that thick plate glass gave him the color and texture he was after in his kiln formed pieces. The subtle variations in the color of the plate glass paralleled the color shifts in ice formations.
After many trial firings and a few diversions Michael decided to define a fairly narrow parameter for his work: he would use only recycled glass and the consistent inspiration would be ice and water. Initially this narrow focus felt a bit restrictive but Michael says, "As I continued to work within my defined range I became aware of a complete freedom to go deep, rather than broad."
Michael's work is available through several regional galleries including The Bell Street Gallery on Madeline Island, The Grand Hand in St. Paul, Sivertson Galleries in Duluth and Grand Marais, and Waterfront Gallery in Two Harbors. Each September he participates in the Crossing Borders Studio Tour along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Tour dates for 2011 are September 23 through October 2. During the tour guests may visit his studio and learn more about the process.
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