Announcement: Christine Alfery's Artwork "She Didn't Know" Wins Best of Show at CVA Wausau

 

I am thrilled to announce that my artwork, "She Didn't Know," has been honored with the prestigious Best of Show award at the Annual Memorial Exhibition at the CVA Wausau. This exhibition is part of The Wisconsin Visual Artist Associations 47th Annual Members Memorial Exhibit, highlighting the exceptional talent within the artistic community.

Show Dates: January 10 - February 17, 2024
Reception: January 19, 5 - 7 pm (Free and open to the public)

I am truly grateful for this honor and look forward to sharing this special moment with you.

Announcement: Christine Alfrey's Artwork Selected for Naturalist Gallery Nature Exhibition

 

I'm thrilled to announce that my artwork, Periwinkle Flowers, Water's Spirit, Ms Pileated, At the End of the Rainbow, Migration Trail, Quartz Trail, Sacred Places and Along the Shore III have all been selected for a prestigious online exhibition at the Naturalist Gallery Nature Exhibition. This exhibition will run from January 19 to March 19, showcasing a diverse range of nature-inspired art.

The Naturalist Gallery usually focusses on very representational nature work – so it is a please for me to be part of a change for their gallery with not realistic naturalist work.  It is always fun to see changes like this – and the inclusion of difference in their gallery.

The Search and Moving Forward

 

Featured image: Arizona Landscape

About a year ago, I traveled to the southwest. I found there was something magical there. I wrote this today recalling that trip and its magical aura.

I felt my feet touch the ground. I was peaceful. Taking a breath, I stepped forward, feeling the earth beneath me. Another breath. My body felt the pleasure of touching the earth and slowly moving forward. The connection to the earth was magical. I was grounded, to the air and to the world around me. It was just the earth and me. I took another step, another breath, moved forward again. 

It’s the journey and the search that is so magical. Without the search ….. well, for me, what is left is despair, which is why I love the beginning of the painting, the beginning of creating something, and the search and the pleasure of moving the paint, helping it find its home and its content.

The Arts in Our Culture

 Featured image: Dancing with The Wind and The Trees

I received very sad news on Friday when I was down at New Visions making a videotape of my exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.  The Marshfield Clinic is going to close the gallery as of the end of my exhibition! It so confirms my gut feeling about the arts in our culture.

Space - The Last Frontier

 

Featured image: Space The Last Frontier

Space the Final Frontier. Science like art explores strange new worlds, it seeks out . And boldly goes where no man/woman has gone before.

My work, Space The Last Frontier, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

Venue: New Visions Gallery

Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI

Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Fields of Energy

 Featured image: Whispering Winds

A sense of wonder is about living with the majestic forces of nature.  Wind, rain, water, fire, frost. All are a source of energy. 

A powerful source of an energy field is to be explored with a sense of wonder.  Becoming part of their energy field is nothing short of divine. When you surround yourself with these energy fields from the earth, letting them surround you, quietly they create a space of peace; for me it is a holy place.

My work, Whispering Winds, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

Venue: New Visions Gallery

Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI

Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Inner Compass

 Featured image: Inner Compass

I think reason is important for the formation of a community. However, reason isn't the all-important end all of questioning and should never be absolute.It should never exclude the imaginary and wonder of the self which is always filled with possibility.

Follow your inner compass - feed your inner soul - always allow yourself to imagine and wonder.

My work, Inner Compass, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

Venue: New Visions Gallery

Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI

Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

An Individual's Life

 

Featured image: Migration Trail

Supreme value

An individual's life

Anything else confuses

Soul, spirit, self

Empty Spaces

 

Featured image: Engineered Spaces

Are there any empty
spaces, vacant spaces neutral
spaces. Indifferent spaces,
blank spaces? A kind
of space void of energy?
No, no, there are not.

My work, Engineered Spaces, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

Venue: New Visions Gallery

Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI

Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Copper in the Sun

 

Featured image: Green Dress

she knew her

     green dress

made her

     red hair

     shine like

     cooper in the

     sun

My work, Green Dress, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

Venue: New Visions Gallery

Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI

Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Affectionate Earth

 

Featured image: Earth IV

deeply affectionate

earth

precious stones and

rocks

red, orange, clay,

steel rounded

granite

deeply affectionate

earth

Little Birds

 Featured image: June Flicker

treasures

little birds 

                 bring

constant songs 

                 and chattering

greeting 

the day

My work,  June Flicker,  along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition,  Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

A Seed

 Featured image: Scattering Seeds

      a seed vibrant
      becomes a seed voluptuous
becomes a tree
becomes a major player
in the
     miraculous
     creation
earth
sun, water, prayers
     earth sweet earth

My work, Scattering Seeds,  along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition,  Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Sense of Wonder

 

Featured image: We Are What We Wonder 

once again

when

the sun glistens

thru

the woods

my heart is

pierced

once again a

moment

of golden light

returns

my sense of 

wonder

a line a

simple 

line

a sphere

simple

golden sphere

returns

my sense of

wonder

My work, We Are What We Wonder, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition,  Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Her Song

 

Featured image: Your Mind Sings - Listen

she sang

how the trees 

     lasted forever

how the birds 

     sang at the feeder

how the stars 

     came out at night

and the air was so 

     fresh

how water 

     quenched

and rocks were so

     grounding

she sang

she sang

earth so 

wonderful

My work, Your Mind Sings - Listen, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition,  Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Earth’s Jamboree

 

Featured image: Earth's Jamboree

Every living thing contributes to the beauty of all life. You are beautiful and a part of the magnificent jamboree of beauty that encompasses all things.

My work, Earth's Jamboree, along with many others will be featured during my solo exhibition, Allegories from the Earth.

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

Trails of Wonder

Step into a world of limitless imagination and artistic expression at my upcoming solo art exhibition! Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in an extraordinary experience. 

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

My work, Trails of Wonder, along with many others will be featured during the event.

Featured image: Trails of Wonder

Trails of Wonder

trails of wonder

melodies of

turquoise, jasper, cooper

wine, jasmine, cinnamon

tangerine, rose

the earth 

trails of wonder

A Flower

 

Immerse yourself in a realm of artistic expression and boundless imagination at my upcoming solo art exhibition! Join me at the New Visions Gallery, in the Marshfield Clinic Marshfield in beautiful Marshfield, WI. I am beyond thrilled to showcase my artistic journey and invite you to be a part of this remarkable experience.

Exhibition Details:

• Venue: New Visions Gallery
• Address: Marshfield Clinic Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
• Dates: January 14 - March 15, 2024

My work, A Flower, along with many others will be featured during the event.

Featured image: A Flower

a flower 

    in

my window

satisfies me 

    more

than any 

    book

can

Art of Life

 

Featured image: The Key

Art of life can only be discovered through confrontation of the threatening and unknown. 

The threatening and the unknown draw our attention to anything challenging and fills us with wonder.