Close to Home, an upcoming trio show at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang, is scheduled to debut on Oct. 9 and remain on display through February 2022. Locals can meet the artists during a reception for the exhibition will take place on Oct. 17 from 3 to 5 p.m.
This exhibit will be located in the museum’s Valley Oak Gallery and will showcase a variety of artworks created by printmakers Claudia Borfiga, Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn. Each of the three artists’ works in the show involve “a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change seem intimate and expansive,” according to the Wildling Museum.
“These prints capture an environment I’m in constant awe of,” Borfiga, who has recently been experimenting with mono screen painting, said in press materials.
Borfiga’s works in the show celebrate several destinations, including the Carrizo Plain National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, and Sequoia National Park.
Schroeder (whose work is pictured) described her narrative-driven series of woodblock prints as “a graphic story, a personal vision of the natural world, and one I love to share.”
Also a woodblock printmaker, Woodburn is showcasing her Quarantine Garden series, a collection of prints that illustrate scenes from her backyard garden, created partly as a way to ease her mind over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The waiting for a return to a ‘normal life’ is palpable, but bringing my attention to what is right outside and taking notice is beautiful and satisfying,” Woodburn said.
To find out more about Close to Home and other exhibits at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, call (805) 688-1082 or visit wildlingmuseum.org. The museum is located at 1511 Mission Drive, unit B, Solvang.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 7, 2021.