The simple elegance of one of nature’s most graceful forms, the branch of a tree, is celebrated in, Branches, the joint exhibition of glass sculpture by renowned Japanese artist Hiroshi Yamano, and oil on canvas paintings by Pedro Surroca, opening August 8, with a reception for the two artists at LewAllen Galleries in the Santa Fe Railyard. Yamano blends multiple glass art techniques such as blowing, cutting, silver and copper plating, engraving and etching into zen-like sculptural still lifes comprised of branch, bird, flower and fish forms. Surroca uses sumptuous light, color and shadow combinations to render the unadorned branch as an iconic image of the peace and grace resident within nature in a group of striking, nearly minimalist, paintings.
