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What better way to start the new month than with local art? Take a stroll along Main Avenue for First Thursdays Art Walk. And while you\u2019re at it, stop at Sorrel Sky Gallery to see its most recent show, \u201cDoggone Gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gallery is featuring two female artists, Patsy Davis, a sculptor from Mancos, and Peggy Immel, a plein-air artist from Taos, New Mexico.<\/p>\n
Shanan Campbell Wells, owner of Sorrel Sky, says the two artists\u2019 unique work complements each other well and that the show is a celebration of females.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe art world is fairly dominated by males,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n
Both artists are accomplished in their own right. Davis\u2019 work has been shown all over, including a K-9 sculpture that was installed last year in front of the Durango Police Station, which she gifted to the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s impressive how she brings out the natural in the bronze. Lots of artists add different chemicals to achieve colors in the patina,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n
Her speciality is four-legged animals, and she has designed My Little Ponies for Hasbro.<\/p>\n
Five of Davis\u2019 sculptures will be shown, and some of them show dogs interacting with mirrors.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s bringing a work-in-progress clay piece, as well as some examples to show the bronze process.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople so often don\u2019t have even the vaguest idea of how bronze is made,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n
She says she\u2019s excited to show that, and that people are often intrigued by the archaic manufacturing process.<\/p>\n
Immel drove to Durango from Taos to drop off a few pieces Monday.<\/p>\n
The paintings show the beautiful landscapes of Colorado and New Mexico through Immel\u2019s keen eye.<\/p>\n
She said she loves working outside in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe experience of painting on-site really feeds that passion. If I could paint really large pieces outside, I would do it all outside,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
An opening for the show will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, it will remain on display through March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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