Hope, renewed intentions, the anticipation of new adventures and the desire to refresh your surroundings fills the start of a new year. Are you ready for 2022? Rowe Fine Art Gallery is! On January 7 from 4 to 7 p.m., the gallery presents New Art…A Great Start!, a special show to usher in the new year. Now that the gift-giving season has passed and the holiday decorations are safely stowed away, it’s the perfect time to refresh your surroundings with a new piece of art. Or perhaps you’ve recently purchased a second home and the turning of the calendar pages has inspired you to decorate your blank canvas. Stop by the gallery for fresh new works from its esteemed painters, sculptors and jewelers.

Sedona sweetheart Jen Farnsworth recently released In the Cathedral, an oil on canvas featuring Red Rock Country’s iconic Cathedral Rock. While Jen is known for her colorful wildlife portraits, she also likes to capture northern Arizona’s geological splendor.

 “My greatest hope is that, through color, emotion and a bit of the unexpected, my art will connect with people,” says Jen. “With my wildlife paintings, that connection starts with the subject’s eyes, which tell their story. For my landscapes, it’s the color-filled expression of the extraordinary essence of Sedona, an essence that’s beyond words and can only truly be experienced. With this painting, I tried to capture the sense of reverence you feel when you step inside a cathedral. That same reverence is also experienced when standing before the majesty of our red rocks.”

 Speaking of red, Montana-based painter Julie T. Chapman continues her fascinating foray into mixed media with Red Alert, which depicts a very focused fox. You can see the work in person at the January show. Says Julie, “For Red Alert, I was watching this particular wild fox hunting in a remote campground in Wyoming, and he would pause ‘on point’ while trying to locate prey. The incised lines could be interpreted multiple ways – as fur texture or sound waves from small creatures ­– and the yellow around his face highlights his intensity in the hunt.

 “Sometimes I hesitate to say too much about my own thoughts and motivations in the painting because viewers often have their own interpretations – some quite different than what I was thinking – and I’d rather let folks create their own stories about a piece. Art is not only what the artist intended, but also what the viewer brings to it. My mixed-media work, in particular, seems to invite people to see all kinds of things I didn’t explicitly put in, and to interpret them in ways that always surprise me.”

 Bring your imagination to Rowe Fine Art Gallery in January and refresh your home with new art.

It’s Good Form to Visit Rowe Fine Art Gallery in December

Many painters will tell you color and light play big roles in their artwork, but for sculptors and jewelers, it’s all about form. Rowe Fine Art Gallery celebrates all shapes and sizes in December with Good Form: Sculpture and Wearable Art. The show opens Friday, December 3, at 4 p.m., and continues through the month, giving you ample time to finish – or start! – your holiday shopping.

What can art lovers expect to discover in December? The latest pendant in always-popular jeweler Liam Herbert’s Peace collection features a figure holding a peace symbol with the word “love” carved into its gown. A sketch he submitted to the City of Sedona as a potential sculpture for one of the town’s roundabouts sparked the idea for the pendant, which Liam calls Love Pendant for World Peace.

“The new pendant emphasizes unconditional peace and love on Earth,” says Liam. “We truly need unconditional peace and love in the world, now more than ever. My recent wearable sculpture, holding the peace symbol, represents all of us on this planet.”

Prescott sculptor Joel Petersen will debut Coop, which might just be the gallery’s first-ever rooster sculpture. The petite bronze is only six inches tall and five inches wide, and it comes on either a metal or wood base or without a base at all. Joel says he’s raised chickens for many years. His grandchildren frequently enter them into the county fair, which is what inspired Coop. “And I always have fresh eggs,” he says with a smile.

Sedona’s very own Basket Lady, Shirley Eichten Albrecht, also has a few surprises up her sleeve. She will unveil Timeless, a sculpted canteen gourd with a magnificent geode at its center. The top of the piece is woven with dyed rattan reed and copper with accents of copper jingles, beads and yarn. An as-yet-titled piece will also be revealed at the show. Shirley offered a sneak peek of that work in progress a few weeks ago. Picture a spider web of woven colors, and you can imagine the excitement around this sculpture.

Bronze sculptors Ken Rowe and Joshua Tobey have also recently introduced new works that will be on display during this show.

Ken and Monica Rowe and the entire Rowe Fine Art Gallery family of associates and artists wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. The gallery looks forward to celebrating the season with its collectors and artists during Good Form: Sculpture and Wearable Art.

At Rowe Fine Art Gallery, things are taking a turn for the bold and the bright. It’s  time to take a fresh look at what is important to us and what we want to surround ourselves with – and if it’s beautiful art to enhance your personal space, then we have just the art and artists for you. This March we want to feel fresh and renewed with Spring! Uplift your spirits with the colorful new artwork from Amy Ringholz, Julie T. Chapman, Shirley Eichtein Albrecht and some of our other artists. With Spring in the air, the creativity is flowing and even Rowe Fine Art Gallery will be surprised at what our artists our preparing to unveil! Please join us this month for a time of renewal by visiting us in person or viewing all the new art on our website.

Rowe Fine Art Gallery represents traditional and contemporary southwestern artists. The gallery, located under the bell tower in Patio de las Campanas at Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village, is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  For more information, call 928-282-8877 or find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

“Shining Stars”

Rowe Fine Art Gallery is the Place to Spot Shining Stars
Shine bright this holiday season after stopping into Rowe Fine Art Gallery in December. After back-to-back shows this fall featuring the gallery’s award-winning sculptors and painters, it’s time for the jewelers to step into the spotlight. The gallery unveils Shining Stars on Friday, December 4, at 4 p.m. The festive exhibit showcases Sedona artist Liam Herbert and Colorado-based jeweler Jennifer Inge. It runs through December, so you have plenty of time to stop by and shop for everyone on your list.

Liam will debut his new pendant, Family Embrace, during the show. Those familiar with Liam’s work know that family is a recurring theme, both in his jewelry and sculptures. With immediate families spending more and more time together during the COVID-19 pandemic, Liam was inspired to create a wearable piece of art that symbolizes the importance of family, especially in this unique moment in time. “Instead of looking outside ourselves, we need to look to each other as we encourage one another with love, compassion, understanding and care,” says Liam. “We can disagree, yet it is so critical to embrace each other and our differences.”

The pendant is available in sterling silver and gold. Liam’s ever popular Two Hearts Together Forever will also be on display, along with his full line of wearable art. 

Jeweler and avid equestrian Jennifer Inge captures the wild spirit of one of the West’s most representative animals with her horsehair bracelets, necklaces and earrings. Jennifer plaits horsehair into triple-square, double-square and single-flat braids and finishes her pieces with sterling silver spacers and charms. Each piece is one of a kind. And if you have a horse lover in your life, take note: Jennifer creates commission pieces using hair from your loved one’s pony. Speak to a gallery associate for details.

Finally, Ken and Monica Rowe and the entire Rowe Fine Art Gallery family of associates and artists wish everyone a happy holiday season. Thank you for your unwavering support during this unprecedented year.

Itty Bitty…and Oh, So Pretty”

 Good things come in small packages, and that holds true for art, too. Whether your collection is bursting at the seams and space is limited or you’re just dipping your toes into the realm of collecting art or you’re shopping for holiday gifts, Rowe Fine Art Gallery’s November miniatures show, Itty, Bitty…and Oh, So Pretty!, is your one-stop-shop. The show opens Friday, November 6, at 4 p.m. and continues through the entire month. 

Monica Rowe, who co-owns the gallery with her husband, bronze wildlife sculptor Ken Rowe, says she’s excited about the gallery’s first small-works exhibit because of the necessity of art right now. “Given the year everyone has had, I think the holidays have taken on a special significance in 2020,” says Monica. “People want to give gifts that will bring a smile to the recipient and brighten up their home because let’s face it, we’re all spending more time in our homes these days. A small work of art will be cherished – it’s the thoughtfulness that’s easy to display! Our artists understand the importance of art’s accessibility, so everyone has contributed something to the show.”

Participating artists include sculptors Shirley Eichten Albrecht, Kim Kori, Alvin Marshall, Erik Petersen, Ken Rowe, and Joshua Tobey. Painters Julie T. Chapman, Dane Chinnock, Kim Diment, Jen Farnsworth, Lynn Heil, Sue Krzyston, John Rasberry, and Amy Ringholz all have artwork in the show, too. So will jewelers Liam Herbert and Jennifer Inge.

 Of course, for those who want to go all out this holiday, the gallery will still display full-size artwork, and commissions are always available.

 Rowe Fine Art Gallery represents traditional and contemporary southwestern artists. The gallery, located under the bell tower in Patio de las Campanas at Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village, is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.  For more information, call 928-282-8877, visit rowegallery.com, or find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.