100 National Artists
Small Gems Exhibition
hosted by
Saks Galleries Cherry Creek
Denver, Colorado
November 9 - December 31, 2012
Jackson Hole artist September Vhay is an impressive talent in animal art. She has recently been chosen by Southwest Art to be in the '21 over 31 artists with careers to watch' and also won the Trustee's Purchase Award at the National Museum of Wildlife Art's Miniatures Exhibit. She has shown her work at prestigious national shows such as 'Birds in Art', the National Museum of Wildlife Art's Western Visions Exhibit, The American Academy of Equine Art, The Cowgirl Hall of Fame, and The American Watercolor Society. She has won numerous awards in the last five Ex Arte Equinus International Equine Art Competitions.
Her work is classic in subject matter and technique and at the same time modern in her composition and minimal approach. Backgrounds drop away so that her muted earthen palette can evoke the very essence of an animal. Her paintings are realistic in form and detail, yet they possess an impressionistic aura as well, a looseness that adds a sensitive dimension. Speaking about her work, Vhay says, "My challenge and subsequent reward is to reorder reality by distilling it to its essence. It is in this essence where the truth of subject lies. Beauty resides in this truth. It is a pleasure to seek out this essence and to share it with others." A largely self-taught artist, Vhay's formal training is in architecture. She received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon in 1993. She subsequently moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she worked in architecture for ten years and painted in her spare time. Her understanding of structure, composition, and light so crucial in architecture give her paintings a sense of three-dimensional form.
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