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Show The art scene The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, November 27, 19S3 E5 Harrison Groutage: a sensitive painter By George Dibble The day I met Harrison Groutage he was painting up a storm. He is still painting like it is one of his principle joys in life and he makes a of specialty well being Her newest show at the Tivoli Gallery, 255 S. State St. is no exception. The cheerful walls that entertain landscapes, flower studies and still-lif- e paintings in oil and water color, radiate a freshness and bouyancy that distinguishes the painting clouds with many moods and often with a stormy portent. Unlike landscape artists who put in skies after everything else, he creates a mood Mr. Dibble for the work and the clue is in his skies. Does he enjoy painting? He has n shows and produced 75 rauges for subjects from the Pacific Coast to Old Mexico and throughout the Great Basin. His most recent exhibition of 35 oil acrylics and water-colois at the Pioneer Bank, 151 S. Main St Judging from his work, the area with most appeal is Logan and Cache Valley the trim fields and the tall mountains behind Old Main where Groutage has taught at Utah State University for almost 30 years. The canals and streams that measure the land in regular patterns can in winter take on the frosty sparkle of a Currier and Ives holiday greeting or prosper in a thousand kinds of summer green. Groutages palette knows them all. His earthy canvases complement them with a cool mantle that slips over the surrounding hills like a fleece-line- d cover over a basin and with such moods and fancies the artist has developed his own special language in landscape paintone-ma- rs ing. d There are vistas of sublime, charm, an echo of nostalgia that can be explained by a palette d that is generally and an artist disposed to optimistic attitudes. Elegant Hues I try to stimulate feelings in the viewer suggested by the warmth and beauty of gardens and flowers. The movements of light and color are equated with rich, elegant hues velvety blues and rich greens. It is my hope that people can actually hear sounds of the objects they see. An aspen grove for example produces definite sound patterns. I hope that I can stimulate a music that is representative of hearing through visual experiences. (She enjoys playing symphonic music while painting ) Rules she says, in reference to traditional concepts of painting, may be useful as long as they do not restrict the mood or spirit of the work. "There are times when I would almost venture to paint a mountain bright red. There are a few paintings in which the enthusiasm for both house and garden claims parallel interest that is, the amount of detail in each is compelling. Exceptions to traditional landscape painting are at times manifest in deferred aerial foreshortening. Also at the Tivoli Gailery is a display of bronzes by a sun-fille- high-keye- cowboy-tumed-arti- View of Logan encompasses the with cogent landmarks atop the familiar lectern. To the west appears the sculptured gray image of the Wellsville range. Another large canvas offers a majestic account of the falls of the Snake Rivet dropping in plumes of frothy white water, spun in fulsome strands of flossy fury. Storm Over the Snake has another feature. The presecondary or middle-groun- d sents another dramatic segment of the rivers course which becomes virtually a landscape within a landscape. Curious Relationship In a curious dichotomous relationship the artist places a handsome house of urbane design within a bucolic setting, unmarred by artifice. The startling contrast suggests perhaps a reluctance of the human heart-lan- d mind to relinquish previously learned patterns in adapting to new situations. . group. painting is by tradition a d Within a situation the artist arranges objects at will. There are a number of such studies, some with . rather miscellaneous arrangements of objects such as a teakettle, bottles, weeds and other studio paraphernalia. These are through the grammar of painting brought to account in some of the most colorful creations in the show. I like best the Still-lif- e in Red and Green which reconciles two virile hue ranges involving fewer objects. Watercolors are superbly rendered in clear, resilient hues. Carmel Mission is brilliant, stimulating. Ca.mery Row develops some fantastic gray passages and whether the medium is oil or water-colo- r a fantastic sky generally exalts the image and fosters the mood. It is a strong collection of work by a sensitive, imaginative painter. Nancy Lund's paintings of houses, flower gardens and woodlands cherish feelings of hope, good will, and Still-lif- e painter's painting studio-controlle- cowEarl Bascom is a ranch-bre- d hand whose knowledge on the open range reaches back to the advent of barbed-wir- e fencing. From ranching to rodeo riding championships, Bascom moved on to creating bronze images of range-lif- e. The life of the cowboy and the West I know, he says. I rodeod for 23 seasons. I cowboyed for most of my life. Speaking of his knowledge of outlaws, squatters and homesteaders, Ive chased wild horses along the Wyoming border and in the badlands of Utah, Canada and Montana . . . been on cattle drives . . . branded cattle, made saddles and patched my own boots. Strong Play Naturally the horse plays a major part in the characterization of such experience. The cowboy should get a strong play and he does. Bascoms cow-me- n are lean, witty, agile, handsome and quite real. His fairly restrained style in portraying rodeo figures is in dignified contrast! to much Western sculpture. A lone figure, lariat in hand gingerly approaches a nervous colt. A quietly tethered horse stands relaxed with the simple formality of reins thrown over the head and what superb specimens of horseflesh they are! These highly bred animals seem only distant cousins to shaggy broncs and cayuses. These are thoroughbreds, says Dan Olsen, manager of Tivoli Gallery. Rodeo stock is highly improved in quality today. Bascom has his own stud farm in California. These works are not without the action that attends the skilled rider in the rodeo but they are insightful, artistically expressive and skillfully crafted. Cheeking a Bronc, shows the precise training and fluid action of a rider as he mounts an untrained horse. Other action studies confirm the smooth coordination needed by man and animaL DBBCIBV f.WCS'G 06& Atrium Gallery, Sait Lake City Public Library, 209 E. 500 Souh, drawings and sculpture by Hugh Culley and paintings by Larnte Pas through Wednesday Nov 30) Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 o m. to 9 p.m; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m,- Sunday, 1 to S p.m. bailey Exhibition Had, University of Utah Art and Architecture Center, "The Joyous Lake," Installation art by Lucy Fairchild and Meredith Moench through Friday (Dnc. IX Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. BountifulDavls Art Center, 2175 S. Main, "A Gallery of Gifts," handmade gifts and original works of art through Dec. 22. Studio tour, December 9, 6 to 8.30 p.m. Buffet dinner follows; reservations requested. Hours: Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m.; Monday, 5 to 9 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fine Arts Gailery, Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, annual SUSC Art Faculty Exhibit through Dec. 16. Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, 7 to 9 p m,-- Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Brigham City Museum Gallery, 24 N. 300 West, Brigham City, Ten Utah Photographers," fine art photography; Northern Utah Calligrapher's Association, work by Brigham City calligraphers; opoque water-colo- rs bv Collette Ruggies, all through Dec. 28. Hours: Monday, 1 1 a m. to 7 p.m, Tuesday and Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p m. Canyon Gallery, Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, metal sculpture by Kristie Krum-boc- h through Jan. 31. Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 1 to 8 p.m. Cliff Lodge Gallery, Snowbird Resort, Little Cottonwood Canyon, sllkscreens by Karen Offrlnga through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: open continuously. Finch Lane Gallery (Art Barn), 54 Finch Lane, arts and crafts by German-Amerlca- n artists In Utah through Saturday (Dec 3). Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 30 to 5:30 p.m. Four Comer Art and Frame Co, 29 E. Center St, Midvale, work by Marilyn J. Heed through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Gallery 56, 56 W. 400 South, one-ma- n show with work by Frank R. Huff, Jr. through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gallery 303, (formerly Secured Gallery), Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Liquid Light," collection of modern paintings using photographic chemicals and light sensitive paper by John Weiss through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 o.m. to 5 p.m. Glendinning Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, Hmong Po ndoo: An Exhibit," textile work crafted by Hmong artists living In Utah through Dec. 30. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. HallsUte Gallery, room AC 1 1 3, University of Utah Med'cal Center, black and white and color photography by Dr. Sherman Dick man through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Holloday Branch Library, 2150 E. 4800 South, works of John Jones through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: weekdays, 9 am. to 9 p.m, Saturday, 9 am. to 6 p.m. Art Company, 1492 S. Intermountain State, color etchings by Franz X. Wolf; oils by Curt Erdman and Gries Amneris Gaston; lithographs by Van Kompen and Herrera through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 o.m. to 5 p.m, Saturday, 10 am. to 4 p.m. Intertwine Fiber ond Clay Gallery, 880 S. 900 East, handwoven pieces by Rebecca LoCovafler, Becky Menlove, Kathy Kon-- j kolnen; pottery by Jim Stewart, Gordon! Moore, Ann Gleason, Lee Dillon through Dec. 31. Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. wrap. i. boxes, loo1 AHOVBBGAOY GAtBH BRINGING THI JOT ' BUY Of MUSIC INTO UTAH HOMES DOWN, 36-MON- SEED NDOLINS. EASY-- ? LAY ORGAN AUTO-CHORD- S, AND MUSIC COURSE., REG. PEPSC'.AL papers MUSIC 11:30 a.m. to ASSORTED (Sugorhouse YOUR CHOICE RTW Store Only) CAO 9 K s O' x . - "A )'C lO at SUGAR HOUSE So. 1100 East 2142 486-474- 1 WANT-AD- S . 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Hours: Monday ond Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 I IOWREY HOLIDAY ORGAN WAS Saturday, Tro'e, Sqjare AGREEMENT IASY-PLA- Y WRHYTHM, sort, Little Cottonwood Canyon, printmaking by Royden Card through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Hours: Open continuously. Lumiere Gallery, 559 E. South Temple, exhibition of original contemporary prints bv Jim Dine, Helen Frank enttioier, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Claus Oldenoerg, Wayne Thleboud, Andy Warhol, Paul Won-ne- r and others through Dec 16. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Meyer Gallery, 305 Main St, Park City, 011 paintings of local landscape and historical street scenes of early Park City by Ken Baxter through Wednesday (Nov. 30). Nora Ecdes Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, upper gallery, Chinese watercolor exhibition, worn and Carrie by Katherine Liu, Liu Kuo-Sun- g Coo Mel through Jon. 13; Lower Gallery, Utah Artist of the Year, work by Waldo Mldgley through Jan. 13. Hours: weekdays, 10 30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 to 8 p.m. OM Town Gallery, 1101 Park Ave, Park watercolors by Philip City, mountain-them- e Barlow; bronze sculptures by Michael War-dl- e through Jan. 1. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATS 15 HOWARD Salnt-Thom- 14. Hours: Monday Juo,v A BALDWIN $186.71 10 by Gregory Utah Artist Guild, 1988 S. 110C East, oils, etchings, lithographs and watercolors by Charlotte Relne, lithographs by David Lee, watercolors by Gary Collins, Fred Lyman, Lynn Berryhlll and Chris Cutlins, biass work by Salvador Dali, oils by Leroy Nle-nio- n through Dec 31. Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah campus, paintings, prints, drawings ond sculpture by Ulfert Wilke through Jan. 2. Hours: Hours: weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, weekends, 2 to 5 p.m. Film, (3 p m.) ond gutter y talk (4 p.m.) on 20th century art each Sunday through Dec 4. Utah State University Fine Arts Gallery, USU campus, Logan, Master of Fine Arts exhibit, ceramics by James Gerry through Dec 9 Hours: Monday through Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Utah State Historical Society, 330 Rio A Fomily Grande, Six Generations Here Remembers," photos and artifacts commemorating the German-Amerlca- n through Jan. 1. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visual Art Institute Gallery, 1838 S. 1500 East, drawings ond paintings by gifted and tnlentd students through Dec 3 Hours: Monday through Friday, 1 to 6 p.m, Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vons Gallery, Hotel Utah, oils and water-colo- rs bv Conrad Schwlerlng, Harold Farrell Collett, Don Ricks, Ken Baxter, Claudlne Morrow, Mike Hadley, K Imbal Warren, Ian Ramsey, Harold Olsen, Kathy Wilson, Garth Helgesen, Anne Obome, Rod Serbousek and Lynn Tonerl Ward; sculpture by John Prazen and Merlin Anderson through Jan. 1. Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 am. to 6 p m. Weber State College Art Gallery, Collett Art Building. Weber State College, Ogden, faculty show featuring Marlene Birr, painter, Michael Herbert, photographer, through Dec 2. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 o.m. to 10 p.m, Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Whitepine Gallery, 855 S. Main, Logan, Photo Show, through Dec 10. Hours: AAonday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ( 7 SOI 0 THUS PIANO OR ORGAN for only A 52.77 a month through through Saturaay, 5 noon to p.m. am. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, Lodge at Snowbird Golwry, Snowbird Re- Dec Pork Ploct International Gallery, 515 Moln St, Park City, pointings by French artist Henri Dechanet Thursday (Dec 1) through Dec 31. Hours: Dally, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PtwHips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, Holiday Group Exhibit," work bv Sharon Aider-ma- n, Craig Pozzl, Sharlene Christensen, Denis Phillips, Carolyn Coalson, Jim Stt Margaret Garde, Sylvia Davis ond other Utah artists through Dec. 24. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m, Saturday, 10 am. to 2 p.m. Sait Lake Art center, 20 S. west Temple, Main Gallery, Toys In our Lives," antique and contemporary toys; Alliance Gallery, holiday sale, handmade gifts, toys ond art; Wreaths Revisited," Upstairs Gallery, wreaths mode by Utah artists; all through Hour!. Dec 24. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am. to 5 p.m, Friday and Symphony 9 until nights p.m, Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Free odmlssion. Sandy City Had Gallery, 440 E. 8680 South, pencil, oil, watercolor and ocrytlc works by Kathleen Truscott Simpson through Dec 30. Hours: weekdays, 9 am. to 5 p.m. Mvmwn Guinn V, 50 E. Broadway, HolBar-loiday Exhibit" featuring works bv Philip Ken Baxter, Dan Baxter, Winfred Gelsler, George Handrohan, John Jarvis, Elvo Molln, Steve McGInty, John Myrup, Stephen Peterson, Gary Smith, Kirk Randle, Doyle Shaw and Richard Murray through Dec 4. Hours: Tuesday through and ba$ and Christmas Sift Ink ley's North Light Gallery, 1984 S. State, landscape and nature photographs by Laurel Casjens through Dec. 14. Jmlhaua Goiwry, 103 N. Main. Moab. watercolors by Goell Llndstrom and ceramics bv Lee Dillon through Saturday (Dec. 3). Hours: Monday through Friday, 2 to 6 p.m, Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. J. Christenson Gallery, 103 Social Hall Ave, Animal Locomotion," original photographic prints by Eadweard Muybridge through Dec. 31. Hours: weekdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, Saturday, 10 am. to 2 p.m. Kimball Art Center, AAaln Street, Park City, Main Gallery, The Art of Christmas Present," annual holiday collection featuring the work of 80 artists through Dec. 14; Little Gallery, paintings, sculpture and lew-elr- y (th South, 7th Hast Salt I -- .ike Cit , Utah 237-200- 0 SANDY 9420 Union Square 571-011- 3 1 T |
