Season 9 Artwork All that belongs
Each year, we partner with a local artist who is as inspired by the natural beauty of Jackson Hole as we are to serve as the visual theme for the season.
From the artist:
“My need to create flows from the privilege of participating in the miraculous nature of the creative process, rather than rendering some notion of a perfect product..”
– Kathryn Mapes Turner, artist
By Kathryn mapes turner
Kathryn Mapes Turner
Artist
Kathryn Mapes Turner
Artist
The artwork of Kathryn Mapes Turner has unfolded from the mountain valley of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Here she was born as the fourth generation to be raised on the Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. Here her consciousness of the natural world began. She grew up riding the trails of the valley, learning wilderness lore and gaining an eye for landscape. The happy synergy of a receptive spirit and a place of magnificent beauty, set the course for her life.
Turner began studying art in her teens from noted local painters. She then left Wyoming to attend the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Studio Arts. She spent an influential semester in Rome, Italy and then studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. Turner now has a Master's degree from the University of Virginia.
Having been passionate about painting since childhood, Turner is now nationally recognized with top honors from the American Impressionist Society and the National Academy of Equine Art and the Southeast Wildlife Exposition as the 2017 Featured Artist. Her work has been showcased in the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Charlie Russell Museum, the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, The Phippen Museum, the Brinton Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Turner has been recognized as Wyoming Best Watercolor Artist in 2001 by the Wyoming Watercolor Society and was included in SouthwestArt Magazine's "Annual Profile of Young Artists with Promising Careers.”
Turner believes that growing up in Grand Teton National Park, a place with such dramatic light and natural composition, gave her an intimate appreciation for art. "I believe the valley of Jackson Hole evokes expression," says Turner. She now travels all over the world to paint. With watercolors and oil paints, Turner responds with visual contemplations of beauty in hopes of sharing this love of the sublime with others through her work.
Turner also owns and features her work at Turner Fine Art Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming - a simple and uplifting space where she shares her own work as well as hosting that of other top artists from around the world.
“‘The Sanctuary‘, 36″ x 24″ oil, was created from a view near Shadow Mountain overlooking Grand Teton National Park. The focus was to exaggerate the fine shiftings of color among the aspen trunks and fall foliage, while remaining color harmony throughout the piece. The intense warm hue’s compete with the cool temperatures of the mountain in a bold fashion, while the subtle temperature shifts within the foliage holds this peaceful experience together. Much like a musical composition, there are high notes and low notes, minor keys among the major keys, and softer places of rest throughout the entire composition. However, it is always less technical and much larger than any of those analytical points of view: To render the sense of place found in the aspen grove, all the while translating my spiritual experience there is truly what this oil painting is all about.”