Exhibitions

Dana Newmann Lead/Glass
Dana Newmann has been part of the Durham Gallery family since the Canyon Road days. This exhibition, LEAD/GLASS, represents a departure in materials for her. Ms. Newmann is a serious and meticulous collage and assemblage artist, who has used rose thorns, piano keys, Nepalese paper, bamboo, sheet music and many other materials to create her works of art. In this exhibition she has added cast glass to her repertoire: cast glass and lead. “Her work never fails to hit an aesthetic as well as an intellectual note,” said Linda Durham. Dana Newmann was born in Prairie City, Illinois. She received a B.A. from Mills College, Oakland, California. She moved to New Mexico in 1972. Newmann is the author of the popular book, NEW MEXICO ARTISTS AT WORK. Dana Newmann Artifact I, 2010 glass 12¾ x 10½ x 2 inches
Catherine Eaton Skinner Tiirtha
Catherine Eaton Skinner is a world traveler with an Eastern-oriented passion and discipline. This new body of work is inspired by her recent trip to India and by previous visits to Tibet and Bhutan. TIIRTHA is a Sanskrit word meaning a sacred place that is visited on a pilgrimage. The works in this exhibition include a grid of small mixed media paintings of Ayyanar Guardians: fierce-looking animal forms that traditionally guard the pathways leading to temples in small villages in the province of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Ms. Skinner divides her time between Santa Fe and Seattle. She received a B.A. in Biology from Stanford University while studying painting with Frank Lobdell and Nathan Oliveira. This is her first solo show at LDCA. Catherine Eaton Skinner Siiba XI, 2009 encaustic, mixed media, wire, nails on panel 22 x 22 inches