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Bonnie Van Moorlehem, acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46, 2013
Gallery Exhibit: Bonnie Van Moorlehem
- Exhibit runs
- November 12 - January 31, 2014
- SMAC Gallery
- 114 North Third Street
Marshall, MN 56258 OPEN Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bonnie Van Moorlehem
The Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery will feature the paintings of Bonnie Van Moorlehem of Minneota from November 12 through December 20, 2013.
Bonnie Van Moorlehem creates vibrant paintings that simply breathe with color and energy. Her bold, rich abstracts are renderings of nature and other various subjects, expressed through her unique point of view. Each one comes to life in a dreamlike dance of pure emotion on canvas, a breathtaking depiction of a personal experience or a moment in time.
Van Moorlehem shared the process of emotion that resulted in her artwork in this upcoming exhibit: “My paintings are a reflection of my life during the last eighteen months. I lost two family members; my mother and my sister within six months. Some of my paintings are memories of things that happened. Other paintings reflect working through the process of grief. What I dealt with are universal emotions. Almost everyone has dealt with the loss of someone they loved and they had to deal with the loss of a loved one. I believe many will be able to identify with the emotions that I have expressed in the paintings. Many of my paintings surprised me. I revealed to myself emotions that I was not even aware I was dealing with until the painting was completed.
“The majority of my paintings are done in a mandala like composition based on colors from nature. These paintings I mostly did from the subconscious. The only
Bonnie Van Moorlehem creates vibrant paintings that simply breathe with color and energy. Her bold, rich abstracts are renderings of nature and other various subjects, expressed through her unique point of view. Each one comes to life in a dreamlike dance of pure emotion on canvas, a breathtaking depiction of a personal experience or a moment in time.
Van Moorlehem shared the process of emotion that resulted in her artwork in this upcoming exhibit: “My paintings are a reflection of my life during the last eighteen months. I lost two family members; my mother and my sister within six months. Some of my paintings are memories of things that happened. Other paintings reflect working through the process of grief. What I dealt with are universal emotions. Almost everyone has dealt with the loss of someone they loved and they had to deal with the loss of a loved one. I believe many will be able to identify with the emotions that I have expressed in the paintings. Many of my paintings surprised me. I revealed to myself emotions that I was not even aware I was dealing with until the painting was completed.
“The majority of my paintings are done in a mandala like composition based on colors from nature. These paintings I mostly did from the subconscious. The only
thing I marked on the canvas was the center. I would have no preconceived notion of how the painting would be completed. I just allowed myself to get lost in the painting. The design, colors and title would just come to me.
“I also have two paintings that are abstract landscapes. With the abstract landscape paintings I knew what I wanted to do and how I wanted to complete them. My two styles during this time period represents my struggle to make things normal and then struggling with the realization that nothing will ever be normal again. I do not feel my paintings are the results of anger but a process of accepting God's plan.”
Van Moorlehem was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and currently is living in Minneota, Minnesota. Bonnie is an artist and a registered horticulture therapist. Bonnie received a BA in Studio Arts and Psychology. Following graduation she worked as an Associate Art Director for Southwest Minnesota State University's Whipple Art Gallery. Van Moorlehem received Individual Artist - Development grants from the SW MN Arts Council in both 2005 and 2008. More of Bonnie's artwork can be viewed at www.bonnievanmoorlehem.com.
The public is invited to visit the SMAC art gallery for a reception from 5:00 - 7:00 pm on November 12, 2013. Enjoy music by Jerry Ostensoe of Sacred Heart from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Regular Gallery hours are Mon - Fri, 8:00 am to noon and 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
“I also have two paintings that are abstract landscapes. With the abstract landscape paintings I knew what I wanted to do and how I wanted to complete them. My two styles during this time period represents my struggle to make things normal and then struggling with the realization that nothing will ever be normal again. I do not feel my paintings are the results of anger but a process of accepting God's plan.”
Van Moorlehem was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and currently is living in Minneota, Minnesota. Bonnie is an artist and a registered horticulture therapist. Bonnie received a BA in Studio Arts and Psychology. Following graduation she worked as an Associate Art Director for Southwest Minnesota State University's Whipple Art Gallery. Van Moorlehem received Individual Artist - Development grants from the SW MN Arts Council in both 2005 and 2008. More of Bonnie's artwork can be viewed at www.bonnievanmoorlehem.com.
The public is invited to visit the SMAC art gallery for a reception from 5:00 - 7:00 pm on November 12, 2013. Enjoy music by Jerry Ostensoe of Sacred Heart from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Regular Gallery hours are Mon - Fri, 8:00 am to noon and 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
