From February 12 to March 4, Stremmel Gallery will present an exhibition of new works by two California artists, Danäe Anderson and Catherine Courtenaye. The two-woman exhibition will feature recent paintings by the two artists.

Danäe Anderson draws upon images from her own life, narrating in an iconographic style that is playful, dreamlike, and intuitive. Her work is a visual journal, an improvisational choreography that reflects her engagement of the conscious and unconscious to "document and honor daily life, loved ones, the self, the ordinary, memory, objects, language, ritual and play." She received her BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1978, and her MFA from San Jose State in 1988. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant and a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Arts. Her work can be found in a number of collections, such as the Nevada Museum of Art, Adobe Systems, Nordstroms, and the Banff Centre.

Catherine Courtenaye's work is based on her exploration of 19th century penmanship. Penmanship manuals at the time were very popular, and a large part of the self-improvement movement that was sweeping America. She states that "vestiges of elementary mark-making (alphabets, animals, equations) serve as counterpoints to my looser treatment of line, edge and space. These paintings navigate between the rigors of perfect lines from the past and my own imperfect brushes, loaded with sensuous color." Like Anderson, Courtenaye has also received numerous honors, including an Individual Artist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989, and Ford Foundation Grants in 1982, 1983, and 1984. She received her M.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, in painting and drawing, in 1983 and 1984, respectively. Her work is found in numerous large collections, such as Bank of America, Hyatt Hotels, and Matsushita Investment & Development Co., of Osaka, Japan.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, February 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The public is invited to attend the reception, and view the exhibition. The show will continue through March 4. Stremmel Gallery is located at 1400 S. Virginia Street. Hours are Monday through Friday 9 am to 6 pm, and Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm.

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Danäe Anderson + Catherine Courtenaye