Artist Reception, February 5, 2010, 5:30 – 7:30 p. m., free and open to the public

Every painting and photograph in this new collection at St. John's Art Gallery is a dive headlong into Wonderland. Bob Avery, Mike Brouse, Nancy Myer, and Joan Wolbier bring talent and years of training together to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Avery seeks to evoke strong feelings from subjects that fascinate him. He brings his painterly eye to landscapes and scenes of daily life in far-flung corners of the globe. Brouse applies impressionistic techniques to ponder simple pleasures in his series of homages to the bicycle in Boulder. Myer uses her camera to luxuriate in unique perspectives on flowers, inspired by the colorful canvases of Georgia O'Keefe. Finally, Wolbier captures rugged Colorado landscapes in watercolors that dramatize the play of light and shadow on distant mountains and the mirrored stillness of trees reflected in serene lakes.  This is one collection that offers something new and surprising from frame to frame. At the public reception, Laurie Dameron, singer, songwriter, guitarist, will provide music to enhance your viewing experience.