“It’s been close to a month now since i started working at Waxlander Gallery on Canyon Road. Like most people who start a new job, I didn’t know what to expect. There was a lot to learn, and never enough time during the day to do everything.  Working with images of our artists pieces, as well as being surrounded by the art it self everyday,  I have gotten to know the variety of styles showcased at Waxlander Gallery.”

“There is one artist in particular, who has created works that I absolutely love. Her subject matter and the style that she paints them in draw’s my attention everyday I walk past.  I would own each of them right now if the  finances were readily available. The artist is Andrée Hudson, and the subject are her girls.” — Mike McKee

Andrée Hudson’s paintings use contrasting light and dark colors to invite the viewer to share in the subject’s innocent sensuality. Andrée’s large, dramatic brush strokes capture the life of her subjects, as though they live and move among us, touching the viewer’s soul with their very being. Andrée studied formally at the Maryland Institute College of Art, receiving her BFA in Illustration and Visual Communication. Early in her career, medical professionals took notice of her talent for capturing skeletal and muscular form and contracted her for illustrations in various medical publications and textbooks. But Andrée’s true passion is letting the beauty of creation speak for itself through her paintings of living form. Each subject, whether child, adult, animal, or landscape, is simply caught living in a moment of time; but it is a time of contemplative silence, an invitation to join that subject in a part of life’s journey. With her gift to portray life in paintings, Andrée entreats each of us to join her subjects in their captured moments, to come away having related intimately with each piece.

“Andrée paints more than just female subject-matter. I chose to write a bit about this subject-matter in particular because they are pieces that i love.” — Mike McKee

You can see ALL of Andrée Hudson’s work on our webiste at:

http://www.waxlander.com/artist/13/Andree-Hudson

Waxlander Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Santa Fe announces 80th Birthday Celebration, a one-woman show of new work by water-colorist, Phyllis Kapp.

Kapp discovers her joy of painting with her frequent trips in the Ghost Ranch area. This unusual region near Abiquiu with its dramatic cliffs and colors has been one of Kapp’s primary sources of inspiration for the past 27 years.

Phyllis Kapp’s ecstatic watercolors never fail to elevate and inspire. Collectors and newcomers alike love the spontaneity and sheer joyfulness of her landscapes, paintings that transform the Southwest into a wonderland of myriad colors. Phyllis is indisputably the Southwest’s most delightful water-colorist, her dreamlike landscapes instantly recognizable and adored by her collectors and fans.

People return year after year to experience her work and to renew their friendship with her. New visitors are amazed that she can achieve such a depth and vibrancy of color with watercolor, a medium that is perfectly suited to her spontaneous, daring approach. Never one to accept restrictions, Phyllis paints the world as she sees it. “My paintings are wonderful fantasies,” she says, “About how the land and the sky feel to me.” Recent excursions into plein air painting have, however, added a dimension of realism to some of the artist’s work. On numerous trips to Abiquiu Phyllis has absorbed the landscape of Northern New Mexico and the resulting paintings have an additional charm. Her status as one of the state’s finest landscape painters has been recognized by the Albuquerque Museum, which included a number of her paintings in its ‘Landscapes of New Mexico’ show in July 2001.

Celebrate with us for 80th Birthday Celebration from May 24 through June 6, with an artist’s reception on Friday, May 27, from 5 – 7pm.

See more of Phyllis Kapp’s  work for the show at :

http://www.waxlander.com/event/22/80th-Birthday-Celebration—Featuring-Phyllis-Kapp