Brenda Euwer
Santa Fe, NM
Love Poem
Acrylic on wood
12" x 12"
2021
About
A long time ago I grew up in Wichita, Kansas where there are good people, but not my cup of tea, so I left. I went to Pittsburg St. University in Pittsburg Ks. (no, not Pittsbugh PA). There, I earned my BFA. Then I traveled a bit from coast to coast. Eventually I landed in Taos, New Mexico. I have lived in Northern New Mexico for over 30 years working diligently on my art. The land and light of New Mexico has been a source of inner inspiration and comfort. For many years I was represented by the Fenix Gallery in Taos, NM. The Harwood Museum of the University of New Mexico has several of my paintings in their permanent collection. In 2013 I relocated to Santa Fe, NM where I taught art in the Santa Fe Public Schools for 7 years. As well, I was an Art Educator at MOIFA-Museum of International Folk Art, in Santa Fe. Currently, I am only working on my art.
Artist Statement
Picasso said, “The painter passes through states of fullness and of emptying. That is the whole secret of art.” This quote is my modus operandi. I fill up, I let go. Abstraction, specifically nonobjective art, is my passion. For me, abstract art is poetry. To have shape, space, color, and line fall into place is an exciting, humbling, and always mysterious experience. The work comes from intuition, forgotten memories, inspiration after a walk, or perhaps from something I read. It comes from emptiness and takes on whatever feelings arise at the moment. It comes from the materials itself, the act of constructing. One piece leads to another, but never does it go where I expect. The work then becomes a vision evoked from unconscious territory.
Art from Brenda Euwer in other TAAC exhibitions
This is Brenda Euwer's first TAAC exhibition