Interdependence of All Things

“Touching the Surface” by Rachel Darnell.

Cappaert Contemporary Gallery welcomes Santa Fe, New Mexico artist Rachel Darnell. Owner Ginnie Cappaert states, “Rachel’s work is unlike any you have seen before. Her woven canvas layers painted with gold and silver leaf and oil paints evokes tonal qualities with an ancient feel to her work.”

Darnell is a nationally known artist and is now represented here in the Midwest. Her contemporary edge fits nicely with the selected artists showing at Cappaert Contemporary Gallery.

Darnell says, “I developed and have been painting in the technique of woven canvas for 20 years to represent and emphasize the interconnectedness and interdependence of all things. It is a simple structure, yet profound in its strength. I combine the immediacy and expressiveness of painting with the primitive structure of weaving. My travels into some of the most ancient cities of the world have inspired my use of gold and silver leafing, like that, which has been used to convey divinity since antiquity. Gold and silver leaf creates a jewel-like quality in the hues and pigments and evokes the tonal qualities of the ancients.”

Cappaert Contemporary Gallery is located at 7901 Highway 42 and features the work of 30 regional and national artists working in painting, clay, sculpture, mixed media and jewelry. The gallery is open daily at 10 am through October. For more information, call 920.868.3987 or visit CappaertContemporary.com.