Artist Statement

 

Miniature red-hot embers dance crazily up, up, upward into the night sky, becoming lost in blue star points of light. Another cedar log is tossed into the campfire, sending countless more red-hots upwards. The fire warms, as only a campfire can, and stories from grandfathers, uncles, and father continue well into the night; stories of elk bugling, antelope grazing, pheasants flushing, and bird dogs pointing. As a child, Candra could hardly wait to become part of that camaraderie and tell stories around campfires. Now as an adult, she is painting stories of my own outdoor experiences.

Candra's passion for the outdoors burns with a certain consistency in her life. Continuously, it influences her creative directions; paint or film. Perceptively, it represents something deeper than a visual; it paints a story of love and respect for the wilderness. Thematically, it is a deep emotional connection to the natural environment.

There is so much that the wilderness has to offer and as a wildlife artist, Candra wishes to execute that intensity and delicacy of the natural environment. It provides the audience a brief glimpse of a place that remains hidden from the industrialized world. There are some that will never be able to feel the warmth of campfires nor the wonderful experience of the great outdoors. Hopefully Candra's work draws them into an unharnessed wilderness, perhaps enough so they too will seek the serenity or raging raw nature for themselves. It’s this fundamentality that inspires Candra's creations; her stories that have now since earned a place around the campfire ring.

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Awards

§  Viola Awards Attendee, 2014

 §  Western Whitetail publication, 2013

§  Best of Show 2010, 8^th Annual Recycled Art Exhibition, Flagstaff, Arizona

 

§  Arizona Game and Fish Magazine publication, September 2010

 

§  Harold & Marion Elliott Art Award

 

§  Arizona Elk Society Artist

 

§  Arizona Mule Deer Foundation Artist

 

§  Awarded into juried show, "It’s Elemental Exhibition",  Flagstaff, Arizona, 2010

 

§  Three pieces archived in Northern Arizona University’s permanent art collection

 

§  Honorable Mention 2012, 10^th Annual Recycled Art Exhibition, Flagstaff, Arizona

 

 

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 Upcoming Exhibitions

 

 ♦  Live Auction - March 2014  ♦

 

 ♦  Live Auction - April 2014  ♦

 

 ♦  Live Auction - June 2014  ♦

 

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Past Exhibitions

 

♦  Arizona Mule Deer Society Banquet - June 1, 2013

 

♦  Arizona Game & Fish Expo, Phoenix, Arizona - March 21, 22, 23

 

♦  Live Auction at the Arizona Elk Society Banquet - March 23, 2013

 

♦  Wildlife Exhibition, April 2013

 

♦  Northern Arizona University Recycled Art Exhibition, November2009

 

♦  8^th Annual Northern Arizona Recycled Art Exhibition, April 2010

 

♦  "It’s Elemental" Exhibition, October 2010

 

♦  Film/stop-motion animation exhibition, March 2012

 

♦  Exhibition in Beasley Gallery, April 2012

 

♦ 10th Annual Northern Arizona Recycled Art Exhibition, April 2012

 

♦  Exhibition in Shane Knight Gallery, May 2012

 

♦  Film exhibition, February 2013

 

 

 

 

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