GWYNN MURRILL:Selections from the Studio

7.24.14 - 8.12.14

Please join us for a festive evening offine art and fantastic food and drink

Thursday the 24th of July 5 - 8 pm

155 W. Broadway, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

A portion of proceeds from this exhibition will support the

exhibition runs thexhibition runs through 8.12.14

sushi and wine courtesy of Nikai and Jackson Hole Winery

“Gwynn Murrill's unique skill as an artist has been her ability to bridge the gap between the abstract and the figural in ways which permit her to retain the pleasures and advantages of both”, writes author, Peter Clothier.

Murrill’s animal figures serve as points of departure for the exploration of form, becoming vessels, which reduced to their most intrinsic lines and shapes, elegantly echo the essence of her subject.

HerHer initial sculptures of the early 1970s, carved from found wood, laminated into large blocks, gave way to stone and marble pieces as Murrill’s process evolved through the early 1980s. Murrill is now best known for her timeless animal forms cast in bronze. SaraSara Campbell, Senior Curator at the Norton Simon Museum reflected upon Murrill’s work, “There is vitality in the simplest figure as individual characteristics give way to universal attributes.” Clothier goes on to remark, “Murrill makes the abstract real for us, her work is one of the clearest statements I know that beauty is in itself enough, that the purely aesthetic response is not purely intellectual, but deeply emotional too.” Murrill’sMurrill’s work is held by numerous private collections and can been seen in a number of public commissions throughout the U.S. and across the globe.

Her accolades include: the Guggenheim Fellowship, an Individual Artist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Prix di Roma Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, and purchase awards from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

InIn September, 2014, Gwynn Murrill will be honored as the Featured Sculptor in the Western Visions 27th Annual Show & Sale at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming. In anticipation of this accolade, Diehl Gallery is pleased to present GWYNN MURRILL: Selections from the Studio, an exhibition of twelve exceptional bronze sculptures. A portion of proceeds from this exhibition will benefit the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

Bronze Raptor, 2007Bronze

Edition 1/619” x 9” x 6.5”

Deer 2 Maquette, 5 2009Bronze

10” x 11.5” x 2.5”

Coyote I, 1986Bronze

Edition 1/620” x 50” x 7.5”

Coyote II, 1985Bronze

Edition 5/629” x 39” x 11”

Stretching Dog, 2004Bronze

Edition 4/620” x 48” x 9”

Big Cat Sitting, 2007Bronze

Edition 2/935.5” x 22” x 16”

Climbing Cougar I, 2007Bronze

Edition 3/925” x 68” x 19”

Climbing Cougar I, 2007Installation View

Cougar A Maquette, 2006Bronze

Edition 9/97” x 26” x 13”

Cougar B Maquette, 2006Bronze

Edition 9/96” x 26” x 13”

Deer I Maquette, 2009Bronze

Edition 8/99.75” x 10.5” x 2.5”

Deer 2 Maquette, 2009Bronze

Edition 5/910” x 11.5” x 2.5”

Deer 3 Maquette, 2006Bronze

Edition 5/915” x 14.5” x 6”

Deer 4 Maquette, 2005Bronze

Edition 2/910.75” x 10” x 4.5”

Deer 1, 2000Bronze

55” x 52” x 17”

Gwynn Murrill has been selected as the

Featured Sculptor at the

27th Annual Western Visions Show and Sale

presented by the

Gwynn Murrill’s full body of work is available through

DIEHL GALLERY

Please contact the Gallery for further information on additional available works

www.diehlgallery.com info@diehlgallery.com307.733.0905

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