So erratic, so wobbly, the muse
“Creativity takes courage.” According to Henry Matisse, if I remember correctly. No kidding. Making a commitment to produce art before knowing for certain what the heck I’ll be doing —well, […]
Author Archives: Gerri Sayler Artist
Nature center as art asylum
Before moving forward on a new outdoor sculpture, I wanted to remember an outdoor sculpture I created in 2007. Two Forms was a class project, destined for the trash heap […]
Back into the field again
After returning home from my Holden Village artist residency,I’ve been feeling a bit frisky. I wonder if a few braincells were freeze-dried in the fresh mountain air of the north […]
white snow red berries
My studio opens onto a deck, where I saw these melting snow patterns punctuated with berries from our Mountain Ash tree.
Speaking from my heart, over the air waves
This town I live in, this town I love—Moscow, Idaho—is home to the University of Idaho. I often tell people it’s a small town with a big heart, straddling the […]
I’ve been listed in Art in America
I may not have ever known—except by chance. My hubby visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago two weeks ago when attending a conference. In the museum bookstore, he […]
Tracing old water as monoprints
My favorite music is the music I haven’t heard. I don’t hear the music I write. I write in order to hear music I haven’t yet heard. —John Cage Yes, yes, […]
Modern Ancestral, Australian Aboriginal Art
Ancestral Modern. Diametrically opposed terms? Not so … at least not with respect to the exhibit of Australian Aboriginal Art at the Seattle Art Museum. A first-of-its-kind for the West Coast, it […]
Chihuly’s Garden and Glass, mirror of creation
Imagine … every conceivable variation of reds, yellows, blues, purple, oranges and greens swirling inside dozens of ruffled spheroids, wildly clustered, floating in space. Just the way I imagine creation. […]
Patrick Dougherty and Survival of the Beautiful
I’m reading an amazing book that I haven’t finished, but that’s not going to keep me from writing a post about it. It’s simply good to hold back on praise—though […]
Foraging for rock textures at Point Lobos
San Jose, San Francisco and Palo Alto left me giddy after my museum and gallery visits two weeks ago. Understandable, living as I do in north Idaho, so distant from […]
Coming out about Interstitial: Between Earth and Sky
A Google alert stared at me from the inbox when I turned on my computer this morning. Click! A news release: UW Museum presents Interstitial: Between Earth & Sky. I’m always […]
Micro-macro, Linda Fleming’s intricate maquettes
I first saw the work of Linda Fleming last year during a site visit at the University of Wyoming Art Museum. She was among two dozen artists invited to participate in the […]
Study of fluidity, Andy Goldsworthy’s Stone River
Surprise, surprise. Andy Goldsworthy at the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University. I couldn’t believe my luck. I’ve long been a fan of his work, but this is the first time […]
Sequencing with Richard Serra
Two days ago, San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art. Yesterday, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Today, the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University. That’s some serious art binging! It […]
Repulsively seductive, Petah Coyne’s surreal assemblage
A surprise always, always, awaits me at museums. Anticipating the unknown is juicy! Quite often, it’s not a major exhibit that catches me by surprise so much as a single piece. […]
Art exhibits in San Jose plus surprising inspiration
Yesterday … the first of of what I’ve planned as a three-day field trip, while hubby is at conference at Stanford University in Palo Alto. I grabbed the train to […]
Scarred striations, the sculpture of Ursula von Rydingsvard
Working on Interstitial straight through without a lunch break got old. After my first week at the University of Wyoming Art Museum, I discovered more work gets done, better, faster, after […]
Art de tour: Montana Triennial 2012
Eclectic. Invigorating. Dynamic. Uplifting. I could go on and on. The Montana Triennial: 2012 pulls out all the stops showing off the best of the best contemporary art across the state. […]
We, as disguised, are they
We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises. Carl Jung Journeys along the Sepik River is on exhibit at the University of Wyoming Art Museum. The stunning collection […]
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