Joan Backes
Falling Leaves and Painted Branches (detail), 2015
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Joan Backes: Falling Leaves and Painted Branches
August 7, 2015 – July 24, 2016
Windows on Fifth Gallery
Milwaukee-born artist Joan Backes is acutely aware of her natural surroundings. She applies her focused attention to detail and sensitivity to materials to the study of trees, both in part and in whole. This exhibition marries the natural color, shape, and pattern of leaves and branches with human interference as Backes arranges found leaves and branches into graceful and compelling vignettes for RAM’s Windows on Fifth Gallery.
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Joan Backes: Falling Leaves and Painted Branches
August 7, 2015 – July 24, 2016
Windows on Fifth Gallery
Joan Backes
Falling Leaves and Painted Branches (detail), 2015
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Milwaukee-born artist Joan Backes is acutely aware of her natural surroundings. She applies her focused attention to detail and sensitivity to materials to the study of trees, both in part and in whole. This exhibition marries the natural color, shape, and pattern of leaves and branches with human interference as Backes arranges found leaves and branches into graceful and compelling vignettes for RAM’s Windows on Fifth Gallery.
More About the Exhibition
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Bill and Debbie Keland
Nancy Kurten
Susan Manalli
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