About the Photographer

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |  <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U> </U></A><A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>About the Photographer</B></div> <div> <A HREF="ruthbutler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ruth Butler"><U><B>Ruth Butler</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Residence:</B><B>  </B><B>Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="20" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="418" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#BBBBBB > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 2754 WIDTH="360"><div> <B>Ruth Buler</B></div> <bR> <div> I grew up in Western New York and had the priveleged company of instructors who were part of the craft and art movement in the 70's. Design, color, texture, form, line, balance, and senses were topics of discussion and learning. Atlhough technique was important it was only the means of expresing ourselves in the art. I get lost and found in the art. </div> <bR> <div> I moved to southern California in the mid 80's and by the late 90's was swept up by the the emerging technology which allowed the spontaneity from camera to printed work or cyberspace. I was lucky to learn from people in the industry as well as artists using keystrokes. </div> <bR> <div> My move to New Mexico five years ago brought me the canvas to work on and that brings me to: </div> <bR> <div> <B>ARTIST STATEMENT </B></div> <bR> <div> Admittedly, I like to use real life images to jolt the viewer’s eyes into believing the composite really exists somewhere. Since moving to New Mexico four years ago the big clear skies are ripe canvasses for my imagination. </div> <bR> <div> And while my images may appear to be watercolors or oil paintings the viewer soon realizes that the special light from within my work is derived through my creative layering of skylight. </div> <bR> <div> The photographs I use are selected from my past collection (i.e. the angel is me from a school play at 5 years old) coupled with my contemporary photos to present a jarring visual escape. The place and time are hauntingly familiar southwest skies which set the stage and a new dimension for mystic peppers, flying doors, angels, abandoned ranches and gossamer clouds to coalesce. </div> <bR> <div> I photograph the New Mexican sky and blend it with, for example, a photo of a whimsical structure. (Okay, it can be a deadbeat structure, but that changes when the two are melded together). Then I alter an image semi-transparent so the viewer can look through it first and see the other behind it. I erase pieces of land and let the sky peek through and add pieces of fruit that you may think are stone. That somewhat suburban house appears surrealistic in this old west setting. Sometimes the change or magic happens almost instantly and sometimes slowly, but it is always there if I look for it. </div> <bR> <div> This process helps me to relay my sense of the southwest: the color, the feel, the mystic nature and the expansiveness of the land. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>RESUME</B></div> <div> Upcoming: September 8 - October 1 2005 - Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts. Second Annual 'Snap to Grid' Four of my photographs are in this show. </div> <bR> <div> Recent: "abqARTS Magazine" July 2005 Special Photography issue. </div> <bR> <div> Selected works can be seen June 26 through August 7th at:The Petroleum Club, 500 Marquette NW 15th floor, Albuquerque (505.247.0525) </div> <bR> <div> <B>GALLERIES </B></div> <div> 2004 Fine Art Show “3 Multi Media Artists” Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM </div> <bR> <div> 2003 “BRAVO” Art Auction benefiting the Women’s Health Clinic, Santa Fe, NM </div> <bR> <div> 1987 Astra Gallery, El Paseo, Studio 36, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> Kirvan-Bartoszewicz Gallery, Palm Springs, CA </div> <div> 1986 Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJ </div> <bR> <div> American Institute of Architects Associate Members Show, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> Townley Room, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> Arts Festival ‘86 Las Ayes, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> 1985 Santa Barbara Arts Council Show, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> 1984 Faulkner Gallery East, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> 1983 The Sibley Gallery, Old South Wharf, Nantucket Island, MA </div> <bR> <div> “Art Petite,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 1982 Wilmington, DE </div> <div> Sonoma Mission, Sonoma, CA </div> <bR> <div> Arts Festival ‘82, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> 1981 “Shup,” Cabrillo Art Center, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> "Maximum Coverage: Wearables by Contemporary Artists” </div> <bR> <div> 1980 John Michael Kohler Art Gallery, Sheboygan, WI </div> <bR> <div> The Sibley Gallery, Old South Wharf, Nantucket Island, MA </div> <bR> <div> “Works in Miniature”, The Elements, NY, NY </div> <div> 1979 American Craftsmen, Philadelphia Civic Center, PA </div> <bR> <div> “Fibers and Glass”, Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <bR> <div> “Photography and Fibers”, ARTLINK, Fort Wayne, IN </div> <bR> <div> Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina </div> <div> 1978 Summer Market of American Crafts, Rhinebeck, NY </div> <bR> <div> “Fantasy ‘78”, Niagara College, Sanborn, NY </div> <bR> <div> “Five Artists”, Daeman College, Amherst, NY </div> <bR> <div> “A Private Show of 13 Artists”, Benefit exhibit for 1976 Brandeis University, Buffalo, NY </div> <bR> <div> Visiting Artist, ARTPARK, Lewiston, NY </div> <bR> <div> 1975 Roycroft Campus Center, East Aurora, NY </div> <div> “With Their Hands”, Erie County Bank, Buffalo, NY </div> <div> “Contemporary Crafts”, Carborundum Museum of Crafts, Niagara Falls, NY </div> <bR> <div> <B>PRODUCTIONS ETC. </B></div> <div> 2005 Multi Media presentation Quarterly Board meeting for Wells Fargo Bank, Santa Fe, NM </div> <div> “The project pulled together all reports, photographs and news in a unified visual package. We are extremely pleased with the powerful impact it had on our board members and the time it saved us. We plan to repeat the process for our Q2 board meeting,” Michelle Coons, President Wells Fargo Bank, Santa Fe, NM </div> <bR> <div> 2004-5 Multimedia Project, “The Allure of Santa Fe through Color in Advertising” is now a presetnation tool on color for Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM </div> <bR> <div> <B>EDUCATION</B></div> <div> State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY </div> <div> Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC </div> <div> Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <div> Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM</div> <bR> <div> <B>AWARDS </B></div> <div> 1977 MERIT AWARD Summer Market of American Crafts, Rhinebeck, NY, </div> <div> “100 American Craftsmen”, Lockport, NY </div> <div> 1974 BEST OF SHOW Erie County Parks’ “First Annual Outdoor Show,” Orchard Park, NY </div> <div> GRANTS </div> <div> 1986 FINALIST in the “Santa Barbara Sites” competition for the Visual Arts in Public Places in Santa Barbara </div> <div> 1982 Grant Recipient for Artist-in-Residence in the California Historical Parks and the California Arts System, Sonoma/Napa Valley, CA </div> <bR> <div> <B>PRIVATE COLLECTIONS </B></div> <div> Mrs. William Lowery lll, Philadelphia, PA </div> <div> Theodore Roosevelt Gardner ll, Santa Barbara, CA </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Please visit my website:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ruthbutler.30art.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ruthbutler.30art.com"><U><B>www.ruthbutler.30art.com</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>