ANGELA BENTLEY FIFE: October 2012

New Landscapes at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin Texas

'Texaco'

SOLD

'Far West Motel'

SOLD

'Lasso Motel'

My Life

Education: BFA, University of Utah, Drawing & Painting, 1996

My Paintings: Oil paintings of still life, figures, and once in a while a stray plein air landscape.

What I Do: Paint and draw, watch tv and movies, walk around to look, sit in the shade, play with the kids, read magazines and an occasional book, grow vegetables, drive carpools, clean house, and paint whenever I can.

Dreams: Live in Europe, sell lots of paintings, keep life-long friends, raise happy children, travel everywhere, eat locally.

Family: I have an unpredictable but supportive husband and 3 unique and lovely little girls that make my life very full.

Artist Statement

"Art is the desire of a woman to express herself, to record the reactions of her personality to the world she lives in." -Amy Lowell

My ultimate desire in my painting is to express my struggles, emotions, frustrations and joys through images. I use my own life as a study and a place to draw from. Meeting or rejecting expectations of those around me, finding that perfect balance that alludes me, living a happy and fulfilling life. These are some of my emotional subjects. I paint the objects that surround me. My paintings are my thoughts, my insecurities and my day-to-day routines. Painting is personal to me.

I see paint as a tangible tool to record my reactions to the world I live in. I am a woman, I am a mother, I am a painter. One does not exist without the other, they are intertwined and they compliment each other.

"Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings." -George Tooker

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Exhibits & Awards:

-Springville Museum of Art, solo show, 1.2011

-Artist Magazine, featured artist online, 5.2010

-Southwest Art Magazine, artist to watch, 3.2009

-Artist Magazine, Annual Art Competition, finalist, 2008 & 2009, 2010

-Springville Salon 2008, merit award. Springville, Utah, 2008

-Utah Women Artist Exhibition, honorable mention, SLC Utah 2007

-Springville Salon, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Springville Utah.

-Park City Arts Festival, Park City, Utah, 2005

-Art in the Park, best 2-D, Clinton Iowa, 2004

-2 rivers Art Exhibition, Purchase Award, Des Moines, Iowa, 2003

-Valley Junction Art Festival, best in show, Des Moines, Iowa, 2003

-Valley Junction Art Festival, best 2-D, Des Moines, Iowa, 2003

-Iowa Exhibited 17, honorable mention, Des Moines, Iowa, 2002

Sunday, October 7, 2012

New Landscapes