Dunrovin Ranch

THE Destination Ranch of Western Montana

April Werle

April Werle

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

April Werle received her BFA from the University of Montana in Painting and Drawing.

I make work by placing humans, objects, and ideas inside of environments. Those environments, through color and design, reflect my surroundings from Montana, to the Philippines, to Malaysia, to Dubai, to Morocco, and other pit stops along the way.

CONCEPT STATEMENT

Inspired by the motion of the Dunrovin Horses in their environment, I created a design concept based on directional design and color. When we think of horses, we often think of forward motion, but what we often don’t think about for any animal or human, is that there is an upward motion to our existence, this being our defiance of gravity. Not only do we move side to side in our environment, we move up and down. This movement is reflected in the bands that encircle the horse’s silhouette, and gradually move further from each other to reflect speed of motion. Also reflected in the upward motion is the color shift. A horse’s natural environment is a landscape, so we shift from the green of the grass to the blue above the horizon line.

Debi Lorenc

Debi Lorenc – Website: RedEggGallery.com

ARTIST STATEMENT

I create. I most often use a camera, but also a pencil, a pen, a brush, or any combination of materials. It can be a hectic street scene, a deeply shadowed canyon, the curious glance of a stranger, or a worn and abandoned glove. Each image seems to be a story that hasn’t been told yet. Or if it’s been told once, it’s now already folded itself back into its own still and quiet mystery and is begging to be told again in another new and unexpected way.

CONCEPT STATEMENT

This is Aethon, it is an ancient Greek word that means “burning”, “blazing” or “shining.”

Helios (Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.153)

Meanwhile the sun’s swift horses, Pyroïs, Eoüs, Aethon, and the fourth, Phlegon, fill the air with fiery whinnying, and strike the bars with their hooves.