The Orange Dragon Art Gallery presents the first show of the 2016 spring season
The exhibit features the work of Cliff Moen, a nationally known artist from the Hastings/Prescott confluence area. His passing this January was a great loss to the community. Cliff was educated at the Minneapolis School of Art and the University of Minnesota in painting and art history. After traveling extensively in the US and Western Europe, he settled in the woods along the Mississippi in Nininger near Hastings. There, he and wife Barbara raised their three boys while he dispatched works from his studio to exhibits all over the country.
The 2016 spring exhibit highlights the exquisite art generated locally and demonstrate how the natural beauty of the area inspires painting. “To filter nature through one’s own sensibilities, to transmit one’s feelings and impressions of life to canvas, is at once a challenge and a great joy,” Cliff Moen.
Aaron Moen, Cliff’s son and the curator of his father’s work, is also an artist. His work is also on display. Aaron has travelled extensively through national and state parks and these experiences are reflected in his work. Both men excel at transforming the beauty of nature onto canvass.
The Gallery is part of the non-profit Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council (HPAAC). Sale proceeds go to the exhibiting artists and to local arts activities. Details of the exhibit are available at Orange Dragon Art Gallery
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday from 11:00 to 5:00
Location: 122 Orange St, Prescott WI