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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 2004 Landscapes by artist Brad Aldridge and All State High School Exhibit comes to St. George Two new exhibits open at the St. George Art Museum with a reception to be held on Friday, .April 16 from 9 p.m. The Mu- seum is pleased to present A F airer Creation, landscapes by 6-- brant and common denominator, Aldridge thought-provokin- g talents of high school students says. And if his scenes look like throughout the state. The All State High School Exhibition, something you see every day, which continues through June thats intentional. I prefer the 25, is courtesy of the Springville Utah artist Brad Aldridge, Museum of Art and the Utah which will be on view through Arts Council Traveling Exhibit June 18. Program. In conjunction with this col- - ' Admission to the museum, exhibition will be the vi- - cated at 47 East 200 North, St. lo-orf- ul George, Utah, is free. The community is invited to attend this exceptional display of emerging and established Utah artists. Brad Aldridge draws inspiration for his tonalist land- scapes from the Utah landscape that surrounds him, but you wouldnt necessarily know that from looking at his work. My landscapes are generalized I moved around a lot as a kid, and so I have a n is one of mogenized view of ho-A- Old Tree at Evening by Brad Aldridge the many works on display at the St. George Art Museum. , . , , the landscape. Cadence, by high school student Shanna Rogers, is part of the All State High School Exhibit now on display at the St. George Art Museum. earnest while attending the UniHis paintings are oil on panel of of Master Arkansass with a subdued palette conversity Fine Arts program, Fayetteville, trasted with a luminous sky. AR (MFA degree, 1992). For the series currently shown In addition, Aldridge attended at the St. George Art Museum Aldridge began his artists the Professional Printer Train- exhibition, A Fairer Creation, training early in life. He remem- ing Program, Tamarind Insti- he has chosen to work all in the bers wanting to be a professional tute of Lithography, Albuquer- same 11" x 9" format. Each work artist as early as four years of que, NM (Professional Printer is presented on cradled wood age. Years of drawing prepared Certification, 1989). panels with finished edges. him to attend college level art After his formal education, St. George Art Museum hours Arclasses at the University of Aldridge moved to Utah where are: Mon. 6 8 p.m.; Tu- - Thurs. kansas while still in junior high he now lives in a small country 11 a.m.-- 6 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.- - 8 school. He first exhibiting na- town with his wife, Julia, and p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.- - 6 p.m.; closed tionally while attending the their five children. When he is Sunday and holidays. AdmisBachelor of Fine Arts program not painting, he enjoys spending sion is free. at Brigham Young University time with his family, gardening, For further information, 2 (BFA degree, 1989). Aldridge and renovating the 1884 board- please call (435) or his house email: museuminfowest.com. he calls home. began professional career in ing -- somewhat, probably because more ordinary landscape as opposed to the grandiose, like rainbows or waterfalls, he continues. Im attracted to the subtle beauty that is often overlooked. One such example of his affinity for ordinary subjects can be observed in his Sanpitch River pictures inspired by a small, often overlooked pasture stream that winds through his hometown. Regardless of the subject though, the artists aim is to convey the spiritual resonance one senses from nature. My ultimate goal is to create objects of beauty which nourish the viewer on a spiritual level. I tend to look for the 634-594- buffalo GRILL Open 7 Days for Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner Thanks to local support, we have brought back Crab on Thursday Nights... $18.99 All-You-Can- Our New Patio Dining will open April 19th v jT if- I V -Eat And as always, Please call ahead for reservations r I our popular Prime Rib Dinner... $14.99 t 4 C Y)nc with a Jicwl Its not only what you cat, hut where you eat it that makes it memorable! .) i K. '. m U w 9 -- t Homemade Cuisine Genuine Scrv,cc Cowboy P ortions Western Atmosphere |