MERION ESTES
Naturally


June 15 – July 21, 2012

Opening reception: Friday, June 15, 5:00-7:00 PM


David Richard Contemporary
130 Lincoln Avenue, Suite D
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-982-0318
www.DavidRichardContemporary.com


David Richard Contemporary is pleased to present, Naturally, the gallery’s second solo exhibition for Merion Estes. Featured are the various approaches Estes has employed to explore nature and man’s impact on the environment, from her early abstract paintings on canvas and panels to her more recent representational mixed media paintings and collages on paper.

There is a material and physical presence to Estes’ art, largely due to the content, color and pattern, but also the literal and visual scale and combination of diverse materials in unified, lush compositions. Because of her love for and extensive use of textiles and printed papers in complex patterns that yielded compositions with a unique and content driven aesthetic, her earliest works were associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This also garnered her early affiliation with the Feminist movement. Estes has experimented with a variety of paint applications, alternative supports and a wide range of materials that has led to her latest works. While her work addresses serious issues about the environment, the work is abstract and open-ended enough to evoke dream-like sequences, psychedelia and underwater explorations.

Merion Estes studied at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and received her MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has had 17 solo exhibitions and her work has been included in over 52 group shows since 1972 in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Denver, Madison, Normal, IL and Alberta, Canada. Her work has been reviewed and published in numerous publications. Estes lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

David Richard Contemporary is located in downtown Santa Fe north of the historic plaza and specializes in post-war contemporary abstract art featuring both historic and contemporary Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, gestural and geometric abstraction in a variety of media. The gallery represents many established artists with an emphasis on artists now living and working in New Mexico, Taos Moderns and prominent international glass artists. The gallery also represents artist estates, emerging artists and offers secondary market works.

Associated Artist

• Merion Estes

Associated Exhibitions

• MERION ESTES Naturally
  June 14, 2012 - July 21, 2012
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Associated News

• June 12, 2012
  Press Release - Merion Estes "Naturally"