The 15th Annual Women's Show Comes to Goldenstein Gallery

Join Goldenstein Gallery on Friday, November 2nd, as they kick off "The 15th Annual Women's Show" from 5-8pm with live music by LauRha Frankfort. This dynamic show features the work of their female artists and focuses on the feminine perspective of the visual arts. Gallery owner Linda Goldenstein has been a champion of women in the arts throughout her career. Throughout November the art of 21 noted female artists, in a broad range of styles and mediums, will be featured in the gallery and satellite exhibits.

"We were only working with 2 female artists when starting this show 15 years ago - now we work with over 20 female artists!" says Linda Goldenstein. The women in this show have been featured in Museum shows, collected internationally and share a powerful voice and perspective with their art.

LauRha Frankfort is a renaissance woman in her own right as a multi-media artist, musician, singer and one of only five certified Qi Gong instructors in Phoenix. In the Qi Gong theory, specific colors and materials heal. She paints human form, mostly female, blending color along the body's energy lines that correspond to certain body parts.

Patricia A Griffin has spent 28 years painting, teaching, and traversing the US. Renowned for her impressionist paintings of animals, her palette is responsible in large for the power of her work. Bold colors and light dominate her paintings where multiple layers of colors in oil paint are applied producing a dynamic vibration. Griffin stays, "My wish is to bring the viewer into the present moment of reflection and peace." Griffin will be Painting in Residence at L'Auberge in Goldenstein's acclaimed Artist in Residence program October 31-November 5. Please visit www.GoldensteinArt.com for a complete listing of artists and times.

Marilyn Bos uses a mix of styles and techniques that represent a synthesis of many years of experience. Her use of layers, often 100 to 300 or more layers on a single painting, allows light and shadow to create the essence of what happens with the Red Rocks. Each painting changes as the light reaches the various layers and the sculpted texture.

"My goal is to engage you emotionally...for you to find meaning for yourself," states mixed-media painter Karyl Bennett. "My wish is that you stand before my paintings and ask questions and not have all the answers with a quick glance." Her work is reflective of that desire using a technique and medium developed from years of experience, which results in rich luminosity, depth, and sense of movement.

For her entire 90 plus years artist, author and poet Adele Seronde has been profoundly moved by the beauty that surrounds her and sparked by her imagination. She is considered a Sedona treasure.

Photographer Betty Hum has always been fascinated with light and movement. She has spent countless hours studying her favorite subject; birds. Her patience allows them to become used to the sound of the camera shutter and as they relax she is able to fully capture the dance of their motion. Her resulting pieces allows one to experience these special creatures with an intriguing intimate perspective.

Syri Hall's plein air paintings capture the country scenes and red rocks of Sedona. She will also be sculpting in the gallery.

The perfect combination of contemporary style and intricate detail in Jourdan Dern's wildlife paintings makes the viewer wonder if the birds will take flight. Her love for these creatures is magnificently expressed through her medium; acrylic on clayboard which allows her to create soft and stunningly faceted paintings with a smooth finish.

Additional artists whose work is featured in this show include: Sherab Khandro, Jill Anderson, Ali Mignonne, Lynette Jennings, Star York, Mary Fisher, Dee Winklestern, Dorit Herlinger, Jacqueline Jackson, Carla Romero, Beatrice Welles, Liz Wolf and Ruth Waddell.

The public is invited to meet these engaging artists and other local artists at the opening reception for The Woman's Show on Friday, November 2nd from 5-8pm.

For more information on artists, artwork, Satellite Exhibits, and Artists in Residence please visit GoldensteinArt.com. Sign up for their monthly E-zine, Instagram and Facebook or call 928-204-1765. Open daily, Goldenstein Gallery's address is 150 State Route 179, at the corner of SR179 and 89A. Voted Best Gallery in Sedona 11 years running and named the best place to shop in Sedona by USA Today 10 Best, Goldenstein Gallery is known for its diversity of world-renowned local and regional artists in all media and styles.

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