Artists

A prominent Utah artist and educator, Harold Petersen has won many art awards, including a recent “Best of Show” for the troubador shown on this page. His academic training includes a BA from Utah State University and an MFA at the University of Utah. His own philosophy of art and the artist is indicated by the words and works presented here. ” “… to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God’. D&C 46:11. To those creatively endowed is given a special responsibility to develop their gift, use it and share it with others. Art is merely one form of creative expression . . . the one best suited to me. “The stimuli that set my mind in motion come first from a deep need within me to express myself as a painter. Beyond that point that need is implimented primarily by things I see. The eyes are the avenue but the mind that directs them is very selective. “I personally believe that the great artist does not set out to be different. Whether it be in a real ‘beatnik’ world or in the world of his mind, he projects into his art a depth that no amount of ‘stamped on’ atmosphere can produce. An artist’s way of life is not a reliable way of determining whether or not he is going to be great. What is important is that he be himself.”

V. Douglas Snow, currently affiliated with the Feingarten Gallery in New York City, is a modern painter whose work often reflects the mountain and desert forms of Utah and the southwest. His painting is characterized by a sense of mood, rich color, and strong design. He took his B.F.A. and M.F.A. at Cranbrook Acad￾emy of Art after first studying at the University of Utah, American Art School, and Columbia University. Later he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome during a Fulbright year in Italy. He received national recognition in Life magazine as one of four artists who make “skillful use of modern styles to embody their own vital response to the world of nature in the West.” Exhibitions include one-man shows in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in addition to numerous group shows, and his work is represented in many permanent and private collections. He is presently Professor of Art at the University of Utah.

RACHEL STALLINGS THOMANDER is a Colombian American multidisciplinary artist. She lives and works in Santa Cruz, California, with her husband and two sons. She works in painting, photography, and sculpture. Her work aims to activate multigenerational connection through objects that invoke play and dialogue. She received a BFA in studio art from Brigham Young University and an MFA in art practice from UC Berkeley. She was an artist in residence at Facebook and the Elizabeth Murray Residency. www.rachelthomander.com @rachelthomand

CHARLOTTE CONDIE’s {[email protected]} work focuses on life and love against the backdrop of Latter-Day Saint community and culture, its triumphs, and its challenges. My personal wrestle with the Divine and life with scrupulosity informs my spiritual lens and creative expression. My art explores the Divine, the personal, the community, and the interplay and communion of all three. Finding God in the intimate and the communal is both my spiritual and creative practice.

Dale Bryner, the founder of Earth Arts, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2011 in the company of family and friends. Dale was a beloved mother, sister, friend, environmental educator, teacher, and member of the community. Dale came to Ithaca in 1999 and founded Earth Arts, a wilderness education and mentoring program. Prior to coming to Ithaca, Dale earned her M.F.A. at Carnegie Mellon University in ceramic art, painting, and design. She began her teaching career in Valley City, North Dakota, and later moved to the Southwest, where she taught at a variety of colleges and art centers, becoming a respected expert in traditional American Indian primitive pottery, techniques, and firings. Dale taught Art Education in Iowa before moving to upstate New York, to combine her love for the outdoors, teaching, and art to create Earth Arts. Dale’s passion was connecting youth and adults to the land, to each other, and to their community through earth-based arts. Dale’s love and devotion is remembered by her children Phoebe and Ben, her brother and sisters Rachel, Andy, and Donna, and by the many families and friends here in the community that she loved

From a very young age, Larry was a dedicated and talented artist and loved to paint original pieces as well as posters for activities at Granite High School. He also excelled at track; after becoming a high hurdler as a junior, he won nearly every race he entered and eventually earned a track scholarship to the University of Utah.

Dale Thompson Fletcher was born on February 21, 1929 in Utah. Fletcher was a painter and a teacher of studio, art history, and elementary education courses. He died May 21, 1990.

Fletcher earned a bachelor of science from Utah State University in 1953, and a Masters of Arts from the University of California in Berkeley in 1956. He joined the art faculty at BYU in 1965 and taught there until he unexpectedly resigned to pursue a cult of pyramidology.

Fletcher’s works were shown at a number of galleries, he even won the purchase prize at the Institute of Fine Arts exhibit of 1961. In the late 1970s Fletcher was appointed to the directorship of BYU’s art gallery.

Biography adapted from Artists of Utah.

Albert Christensen was a native Utahan, whose love for art, and especially sculpture, not only defined his passion but ultimately broke his heart. In the 1930s, his family moved 40 miles north from Monticello, to a parcel of land the family had purchased years earlier, near Cane Springs. Iit was here that the Christensens made their home.