Embark

The Art of Charmagne Coe

'Empheral and Turning'

'Embark' - The Art of Charmagne Coe
January 25 - February 25, 2011

Coconino Center for the Arts
Jewel Gallery

Opening Reception: January 22, 2011
6-9pm
Opening with Interruption: A Joe Sorren Retrospective, with music, refreshments, and artists, Charmagne Coe, Joe Sorren, and Jud Bergeron, in attendance.

Charmagne Coe creates a fantastical menagerie of characters and setttings using the mixed medias of watercolor, ink and pastel. The "Embark" Show features a large collection of her newest surrealistic paintings and drawings. Her work has most recently appeared in Utne Reader and Carpaccio, a Spanish contemporary art journal. Says Coe: "I try to keep my process, heart and mind very open when creating a work... the story unfolds while painting or drawing, and even well after it is finished."

The Darkness & Light of Charmage Coe
by John 'JT' Tannous

"Two lovers embrace. They move forward together, with flowers and color bursting all around them. Above them, sticky pink circles float like giant bubblegum balloons bounding upwards. A fireworks explosion of confetti seems to celebrate the magic of their love. At first glance, this is a joyous scene of two lovers who are reveling in the beauty of their path together.

"But there is something dark in the center of the work. Read full article.

'Findings'