{"id":20924,"date":"2013-05-08T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T02:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=20924"},"modified":"2025-10-24T06:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:56:34","slug":"views-of-the-west-at-david-ericson-fine-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/views-of-the-west-at-david-ericson-fine-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Views of the West at David Ericson Fine Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Ericson says each of the three artists in his current show, \u201cpaint what they see and paint what they experience.\u201d <i>Views of the West<\/i>, up through May 17, provides ample representation from these three contemporary landscape artists \u2014 G. Russell Case, Michael Workman and George Handrahan \u2014 demonstrating both their passion for the wilds of the West and their love of the brush.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20926\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20926\" class=\" wp-image-20926 \" alt=\"A Good View by G. Russell Case.\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Good View by G. Russell Case.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellcase.com\" target=\"_blank\">G. Russell Case<\/a> is from Brigham City, where he learned to paint from his artist father before studying at Snow College and Utah State University. Case spends as much time as possible out of doors. He paints on-site exclusively and has been an avid fisherman and loves the hunt. This deep relationship with the land results in the gentle intimacy of Case\u2019s paintings. Although Case\u2019s palette might at times be bold and his shapes aggressive, there is a softness to his edges and a comforting warmth to the boldness of his colors.\u00a0 His approach to the land, in every case, creates a vision of gentleness imbued by a sensitivity and depth of relationship resonating from the land he paints.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20927\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Workman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20927\" class=\" wp-image-20927 \" alt=\"Old Farm With Boat by Michael Workman.\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Workman-1024x862.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Workman-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Workman-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Workman-500x421.jpg 500w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Workman.jpg 1797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Farm With Boat by Michael Workman.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Michael Workman hails from Spring City.\u00a0 He holds an MFA from BYU.\u00a0 He is what is termed a \u201ctonalist,\u201d an artist whose color palette is held within a limited range of tone.\u00a0 This does not mute the composition but creates one full of interesting nuance and character.\u00a0 The artist\u2019s \u201cOld Farm with Boat\u201d is one such image, where the limited palette creates expansive interest.\u00a0 The wispy wintery trees are highly nuanced with a fabric of branches yielding subtle and luxurious ambers and violets.\u00a0 The rustic quality of the farmhouse is emphasized as is the dividing wall and decaying fence against the arid field.\u00a0 The effect is nothing short of \u201cpicturesque.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20925\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/superstition-mountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20925\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20925\" alt=\"Superstition Mountain by George Handrahan.\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/superstition-mountain.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/superstition-mountain.jpg 550w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/superstition-mountain-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/superstition-mountain-500x369.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superstition Mountain by George Handrahan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kaysville resident <a href=\"http:\/\/georgehandrahan.com\" target=\"_blank\">George Handrahan<\/a> studied at Weber State and after many years as an illustrator and as a mapmaker for the US Geological Survey, he has devoted the past five years exclusively to painting. As a follower of the structural work of LeConte Stewart, Handrahan is inspired by a Utah form of cubism that, like the prototypical, is deconstruction of form. A piece like the vigorous \u201cSuperstition Mountain\u201d breaks up craggy form to create an even more intense mood and feeling of monumentality. But at heart, Handrahan is a craftsman, bringing his years of technical structural design expertise to these well-honed compositions.<\/p>\n<p><i>Views of the West<\/i> gives us the iconic western landscape seen through the personalities and visions of three important artists. It will make you see and want to experience the landscape anew.<\/p>\n<p><em>Views of the West is at Salt Lake City&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/davidericson-fineart.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Ericson Fine Art<\/a> through May 17.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ericson says each of the three artists in his current show, \u201cpaint what they see and paint what they experience.\u201d Views of the West, up through May 17, provides ample representation from these three contemporary landscape artists \u2014 G. 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