Serena Supplee Returns to Gallery Moab for October

Gallery Moab is again pleased to showcase the work of Serena Supplee. For the month of October, her Canyonlands-inspired watercolor and oil paintings will grace the Guest Artist wall. Serena Supplee is an artist who has "tuned in" to the spirit of the rocks, sky, and trees. Her paintings are not only colorful and animated, but they also depict specific places on the Colorado Plateau that are imaginatively conceived and painted with a "passionate palette." 
Serena has roamed extensively over the Colorado Plateau since 1980, sometimes by 4 WD, and other times by her boat on the Colorado, Green, or San Juan Rivers. She worked for many years as a river guide, so she knows the landscape from top to bottom. “I love to peruse the great outdoors, to see what catches my eye, a spot that “speaks to me," then sit quietly and draw with a pencil. By spending time concentrating on the scene before me, drawing the place imprints changing shadows and colors in my mind. I choose to work from my sketches rather than photos to give my imagination more reign. My paintings are my eye, not the camera’s eye." 
Serena has a new book in publication. Grand Canyon Calling features pencil sketches and comments adjacent to her large oil paintings. But the word "sketches" seems an understatement for some of more detailed drawings that are reproduced in the book. These observational drawings, many including grid lines, are the solid framework for her painted compositions, allowing Serena to improvise color and form.
In March of this year Serena’s art was exhibited at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, where she earned an art degree at Northern Arizona University before moving to Moab. And not too long ago the St. George Art Museum mounted a one-woman exhibit of thirty of Serena’s night paintings, titled “Starry Night.” Serena’s artwork may be most recognized from the more than 100 images she has published as notecards since 1983, and wall calendars since 2008. She has a new selection of 14x18" affordable prints as well as large giclée reproductions for sale on her website. Giclée prints are archival, or fade-resistant ink jet reproductions. Serena's new book can also be ordered through her website, serenasupplee.com.  

Gallery Moab will host a reception for Serena Supplee during ArtWalk on Saturday, October 13 from 5-8 pm. The gallery is located at 87 North Main Street.  Join us in celebrating this colorful and accomplished artist.