Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine

July 15th - November 2nd, 2023

Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art | Nebraska

The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art presents a solo exhibition by Erin Hanson. Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine will offer a selection of viticultural landscapes in Erin Hanson's iconic Open Impressionism style.

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Original Artwork / VIEW
Prints + 3D Replicas / VIEW

Dates:
July 15th - November 2nd, 2023
Artist's Reception: Saturday, July 29th 
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location:
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art
575 "E" Street
David City, NE 68632

About Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art:
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David City, NE, is the nation’s only exclusively agrarian art museum presenting art that connects people to the land. Exhibitions and related events such as artist talks, panel discussions, art workshops, poetry readings, humanities presentations, and musical performances celebrate the heritage and current themes of rural and farm life.

Press Release

Amy Hanson        
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Erin Hanson Gallery
(503) 334-3670
amy@erinhanson.com

Introducing Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine
Impressionism meets Wine Lovers

Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David City, Nebraska, will exhibit Erin Hanson’s impressionist paintings in the exhibition Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine. This showing features Hanson’s colorful interpretations of viticultural landscapes in her iconic Open Impressionism style. The exhibition will be on display from July 15th through November 5th, 2023.

To gather inspiration for this show, Hanson explored wine country landscapes across America, from Virginia and Texas to California and Oregon. She takes reference photos when out in the field, and then comes home to paint in her 18,000-square-foot studio in Oregon’s own wine country, the Willamette Valley. Hanson paints with pure pigments and a limited palette, emphasizing the pastoral beauty of wine country, especially during the golden hour. Her oil paintings in this collection evoke the emotion one feels while standing outdoors, gazing over rows of vines, and sipping a glass of liquid sunshine.

Hanson’s Open Impressionism technique emphasizes the vibrant colors, textures, and rhythms of light and shadow found in the outdoors. Each brush stroke is placed side by side, without layering, allowing some of the underpainting to peek through, resulting in a mosaic, stained-glass appearance. She tries to get each brush stroke “right the first time,” which gives her pieces a loose, expressive feeling. Every painting emphasizes the ephemeral beauty one sees from one moment to the next, capturing a glimpse of light and color that will never recur but will live on in memory - much like the first taste of a perfectly aged wine.

The Bone Creek Museum previously displayed Erin Hanson’s works as part of their 2014 exhibition A Feeling of Humanity: Western Art from the Ken Ratner Collection. The collection exhibited 74 pieces from the New York-based collector’s private collection. The museum also houses the original work Green Frost [2012], by Erin Hanson, in their permanent collection.


Where:
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art
575 "E" Street
David City, NE 68632

When:
July 15th - November 5th, 2023

Admission is free.

Link to exhibition paintings:
https://www.erinhanson.com/Portfolio?col0=Color_on_the_Vine_2023 

About Erin Hanson: A lifelong painter, Hanson began her study of oils as a child. Her passion for natural beauty can be seen in her work as she transforms vistas familiar and rare into stunning interpretations of bold color, playful rhythms, and raw emotional impact. Her frequent forays into National Parks and other recesses of nature include backpacking expeditions, rock climbing, and photo safaris. Hanson's unique painting style has become known as Open Impressionism, with hundreds of collectors eagerly anticipating her work. As an iconic driving force in the rebirth of contemporary impressionism, Hanson is recognized as a prolific, modern master.

Our mission is to connect people to the land through art.
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David City, Nebraska, is the nation’s only exclusively agrarian art museum presenting art that connects people to the land. Exhibitions and related events such as artist talks, panel discussions, art workshops, poetry readings, humanities presentations, and musical performances celebrate rural and farm life themes, both past and present. David City is the hometown of nationally recognized Regionalist artist Dale Nichols whose work is the heart of the permanent collection.