in the American Southwest

An Exhibit Proposal

Three Indiana Artists

Watercolor painting by Terry Lacy Photography by Alan McConnell Color drawingS by Don Nelson

Paintings, photography & color drawings

with video presentations of our explorations

Three Indiana Artists explore the American SouthwestTerry Lacy, Blue Mound, Arches National Park

WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS BY TERRY LACY

Terry Lacy, Temple of the Sun

Capital Reef National Park

Accompanying video

presentations by Alan

McConnell document our

travels in the American

Southwest. A list of the

nine videos appears with

Alan McConnell’s

statement and are

available to view online.

We have traveled from Indiana to explore the American Southwest early

each spring for more than 15 years. The canyons, mountains and

deserts of the Colorado Plateau and surrounding area continue to draw

us back to create images based on these unique western landscapes, and enjoy the

spiritual enrichment and inspiration that we acknowledge in our artwork.

  We are following a tradition of American artists

going to the American Southwest to paint and create

images. Artists like Indiana’s modernist painter, Victor

Higgins, Indianapolis born printmaker Garo Antreasian,

and many non-Hoosiers like Georgia O’keefe, Ernest

Blumenschein, Maynard Dixon and Ed Mell, who paints

landscapes in the style of Dixon today.

Our exhibit consists of watercolors, large format

photographs and color drawings. The watercolors were

painted “plein air”. The drawings and of course the

photographs are done on site too, and like the paintings

refined after returning home.

Sometimes long hikes over rough terrain at the edge

of day bring us to amazing places we can only find in Utah,

Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.

We hope you enjoy our work and find it suitable for

exhibiting.

—Terry Lacy, Alan McConnell, DonNelson

TERR Y LACY

Terry Lacy, Arches National Park Terry Lacy, Totem Pole Butte

Terry Lacy, Cathedral Butte, Canyonlands backcountry Terry Lacy, view from North window Arch, Arches National Park

TERR Y LACY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN MCCONNELL

Sunset at the Great Sand Dunes The Castle at Capitol Reef

Doorway to the Ancient Ones The Four Wise Men

ALAN MCCONNELL

ALAN MCCONNELL Metate Arch

DRAWINGS BY DON NELSON

Don Nelson, New Mexico Discovery

Don Nelson, Before Columbus

Don Nelson, Before ColumbusDon Nelson, Gratitude for Canyons Don Nelson, Before Columbus

DON NELSON

Don Nelson, Untitled

Don Nelson, Road to Escalante

DON NELSON

Artwork by Terry Lacy in

these collections: Indianapolis

Museum of Art, Lafayette Museum

of Art, Indiana State University,

Sheldon Swope Museum Purdue

University, IBM, Indianapolis, IN

Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazooo, MI Radis-

son Hotel, Indianapolis and Orlando

Proctor & amp; Gamble, Cincinnati,

OH, Walker Research, Indianapolis,

Beatrice Consumer Durables, Oak

Brook, IL Headquarters, Inc., Kan-

sas City, MO, Eli Lilly, Indiananpolis

Ivy Tech, Lafayette Anderson Fine

Arts Center, Anderson, IN

Gallery Representation, Past

and Present. Editions Limited,

Indianapolis and San Francisco,

Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL,

Boody Fine Arts, Inc., St. Louis,

Tamarack Gallery, Omena, MI,

Moyer Gallery, Green Bay, WI, Ft.

Wayne Museum of Art, New Har-

mony Gallery of Art, South Bend

Museum of Art, Opera House

Gallery, Delphi, IN, Scott Gallery,

Atlanta, GA.

Selected Exhibitiions The Artists

of Ivy Tech, Lafayette Museum

of Art, IU Kokomo, The Art of

Handmade Paper, New Harmony

Artist Guild, Handmade Paper Art

Indiana Now, Lafayette Musuem

of Art, Open Space-Art About

the Land, Minnetrista Center.

Muncie, IN

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. BFA degree from Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis.

MFA degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Taught graphic design at Purdue University, Lafayette In for eight years.

Established Lacy Design

With wife Fran Lacy. Capabilities include design and production

of traditional print media, illustration and hand papermaking to

produce unique solutions to visual communication needs for clients.

Established Rural Indiana Studio

Developed a studio for both graphic design and fine art.

Rehabilitated a barn near Delphi Indiana into a multi-level studio

with a dedicated wet pulp room for the production of one of a kind

pieces of handmade paper fine art.

Exhibits

Terry Lacy has exhibited widely and also accepts commision work in

handmade paper landscapes as well as watercolor and oil.

Historical Murals

His large scale oil paintings which comprise a large mural at the Car-

roll County Wabash Erie Canal Interpretive Center represent a unique

direction in his work.

Plein Air Painting

Over the past several years he has developed an inventory of

watercolor paintings produced on site in the red rock canyon

country of the American Southwest.

Terry Lacy / Watercolors

Online http://www.lacydesignstudio.com / Ph 574-686-2922 / email lacydesign@tds.net / Address 8569 North, 275 West, Delphi, In 46923

Delphi Indiana

Alan McConnell / Photography

Online http://www.alanmcconnellphotography.com / Ph 765-564-3912 / email mcconnellffni@gmail,com / Address 8094 West, 200 South, Delphi, In 46923

Delphi Indiana

Born in Covington, Indiana BS degree Purdue University MS degree Purdue University

1970s, Began photographic studies Taught science at Delphi Middle School, Delphi Indiana A 38 year teaching career

2003 Established Alan McConnell photography website to have continous on-line presence

Became an associate member of the Lafayette RenaissanceAcademy & Gallery in Lafayette, Indiana By using an abundance of books and periodicals, I have strived to maximize my potential in both the technical and creative aspects of my art.

Photographic Studies at Maine Media Workshop Studied with Jim Stone, University of New Mexico Became a resident artist the Opera House Gallery of Contemporary Art in Delphi, Indiana In 2009 I became one of three resident artists there at the newly formed gallery.

2008, Acquired large format film camera By using an abundance of books and periodicals, I have strived to maximize my potential in both the technical and creative aspects of my art.

2014 Retired from 38 year teaching career

More time for my creative endeavors

The first time I encountered the

American Southwest, specifically

the Colorado Plateau in the four

corners region, I was knocked

out by the scale, space, light,

color and the fantastic stone

formations that dotted the

horizon. This ever changing

desert landscape along with its

red rock canyons and geologic

monuments has a mystical quality

that is truly beyond imagination.

As an artist and designer I became

obsessed with transferring these

impressions into the medium

of watercolor. Working on site

(plein air) utilizing my skill in

watercolor and drawing from

my background as a graphic

designer I have focused my energy

on producing work somewhere

between documentation and

personal expression. As my

work in the Southwest evolves I

see more expressive watercolor

images surfacing within my

imagination to match the eternal

imagination I see out there across

the shimmering red desert and the

cobalt blue sky.

Photographers Statement

Scenes of the Natural World

My interest in photography started in high school. My first en-

counter with the camera and the associated darkroom procedures

occurred with a two week-long mini-course at my small Midwest-

ern school in the early 70’s. Since then I have gradually refined

my skills and interest. Over time, it became obvious to me that

I loved scenes of the natural world, as well as subjects of histori-

cal significance. If you browse through the collection on my web

site, you will notice that I do not mass-produce a large amount of

images. I prefer a slower, more methodical approach to achieve a

fine art photograph. I place my images into gallery themes that

emulate my way of thinking about the world around us. More

than 80% of my large format images are black and white. I

feel that color can sometimes be a distraction if used in a scene.

Another large format photographer that I admire once said that

black and white brings together a sort of “oneness” of all the

objects in an image. If an individual has a predisposition for a

particular color, it could draw their attention away from what was

intended. The only time I’ll use color is if the color itself is the

main subject.

Online Video Presentations of our travels and explorations in the Southwest

Artists StatementWatercolor on the Run

Exhibits; Delphi Opera House Gallery of Contemporary Art,

Delphi Art Show, Monticello Library, Frankfort Library, Clark

Gallery in Wabash, Art on the Wabash, Lafayette Renaissance

Gallery, Wabash & Erie Canal,, Illinois Street Emporium

Ch. 5. Spooky Slot Canyon, Escalante N.M.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wXOSXLtrQ

Ch. 6. The Moon House, Cedar Mesa, Utahhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSBwZbJNSpw

Ch. 7. Canyonlands N.P.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KK6kk2B8Ec

Ch. 8. Natural Bridges N.M.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Af9YFLTAP0

Ch. 9. Bisti Wilderness & Hovenweep N.M.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Vyy5gk1fs .

Ch. 1 Introductionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bypi2TaYtjkCh. 2 Arches N.P.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXmT-lNN-Cc

Ch. 3. Chaco N.H.P.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyi9a6GyMU4

Ch. 4. Grand Staircase, Escalante N.M.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efX_C_5I0r4

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Born in South Bend, Indiana. BFA degree from Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapoplis. M.A. degree in Communication Arts from University of Notre Dame

Self Employed Graphic Designer mostly for educational clients

Graphic Designer for University of Notre Dame Designing illustrated publications, magazines, books and other print communication pieces.

Magazine Art Director and Designer for University of Notre Dame Designed the university’s primary print communication vehicle, Notre Dame Magazine, a 96 page idea quarterly, a continuing education periodical for alumni. Utilization and integration of original art and design with editorial content sometimes using my images and often commissioning and art directing other illustrators.

Free-lance Graphic Designer for book publishers designing and illustrating book covers

Publishing Consultant and book designer for authors Working with authors who need to self-publish their books, and also with higher education magazine editors who need magazine cover design.

Plein Air Drawing Color drawings done on location in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.

Exhibits Monon Depot in Lafayette, Indiana, Public Library in Frankfort, Indiana, Rensselaer, Indiana, Delphi Opera House Gallery in Delphi, Indiana, Monticello Public Library in Monticello, Indiana.

My color landscape drawings are explorations; making authentic and expressive images on paper that are informed by real land-scapes in the American West. I translate what I see and experi-ence there, and make images that express what I feel about land-scapes of the Colorado Plateau; the canyons, rock formations and deserts. I celebrate these western places because of their unique and spiritual qualities. I utilize a visual vocabulary learned when studying design and fine arts with William Crutchfield, Harry Davis, Sarah Burns, Art Weber and other fine teachers at the Herron School of Art and Design in In-dianapolis, a traditional studio art school. Both my graphic design and fine art work require consideration of the two dimensional space, the scale, color, and ar-rangement of elements. Developing my visual language and shaping a personal content is a primary motivation. I explore technique and work for original-ity in both my design and my fine art work. I want to create images that are unique and memorable.

Online issuu.com/donnelson/docs / Ph 574-289-3781 or 208-5518 / email nelson1210@yahoo.com / Address 1210 East South Street, South Bend, Indiana 46615

Don Nelson / DrawingSouth Bend Indiana

Artists Statement Landscape in translation

Pictographs done by ancient people of the southwestern U.S. remain asource of inspiration to me.

Poster design: Don NelsonImage: Ancient rock art on a sandstone wall at the remote Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Utah

Don Nelson Color Drawings

on white charcoal paper (framed size)

1 Gratitude for Canyons, 2014 20”x 16”

2 New Mexico Discovery, 2002 5”x 12”

3 Before Columbus, 2002 15”x 12”

4 Road to Escalante, 2014 24”x 18”

5 Untitled, 2011 5”x12”

6 Cloud Mesa, 2015 24”x 18”

7 Many Blues, 2015 13”x13”

8 Calf Creek, 2013 24”x 18”

9 Capital Reef, 2015 24”x 18”

Alan McConnell Large Format Photographs

Title Cat # Year Description Print size Matt size

1 Sunset at the Great Sand Dunes (LF) G5019 2015 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

2 An Evening at Cliff Palace (LF) 2015 Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

3 Spruce Tree House (LF) G4803 2015 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

4 The Castle at Capitol Reef National Park (LF) G4333 2015 Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

5 Storm Over the Henry Mountains (LF) G4409 2015 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

6 Metate Arch (LF) G0511 2014 B&W Silver Rag Ink Jet print11 x 14” 19 x 22”

7 Oasis in the Desert (LF) G0228 2014 Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

8 The Four Wise Men (LF) G0512 2014 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

9 Wall and Pillar (LF) G0904 2014 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

10 Broken Arch F8315 2013 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

11 Skyline Arch and the Moon (LF) F1720 2012 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

12 Dark Angel (LF) F1915 2011 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

13 Doors of Pueblo Bonito (LF) F1017 2011 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

14 Moon House (LF) F1608 2011 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

15 Sun Setting on Pueblo Bonito (LF) F1125 2011 Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

16 Morning at Landscape Arch (LF) E105664 2010 Chromira print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

17 Lower Calf Creek Falls (LF) E2103 2009 Chromira print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

18 Sunbeam on Upper Calf Creek Falls (LF) E2714 2009 B & W Chromira Print 11 x 14” 19 x 22”

19 Gifford Homestead D1132 2008 Chromira print 8 x 11” 12 x 16”

20 Turret Arch Morning D1535 2008 Chromira print 8 x 12” 14 x 18”

22 An Evening With Delicate Arch D1532 2008 Chromira print 8 x 12 “ 14 x 18”

8 Mesa, Canyonlands National Park, 27”x 12”

9 The Grand Wash, Capital Reef, 20”x 15”

10 Looking North, Arches, 20”x 14”

11 Blue Mound, Arches, 22.5”x 15”

12 Capitol Reef National Park, 24”x 18”

13 Great Sand Dunes National Park, 30”x 22”

14 Cathedral Valley, Capital Reef, 20”x 20”

15 Capitol Reef, Fremont RIver, 30” x 22”

16 Arches National Park, 22”x 15”

Image List / 47 images / More images available on request.

1 Owachomo Natural Bridge,

Natural Bridges National Monument, 22”x 15”

2 Arches National Park - Looking East from

North Window Arch, 22” x 15”

3 Totem Pole Butte, 21.5” x 17”

4 Cliff Dwelling, White Canyon, Natural Bridges, 22” x 16”

5 Kirk’s Arch, 28”x 22”

6 Natural Bridges, 22”x 17”

7 Park Avenue, Arches, 28”x 20”

Terry Lacy Watercolor Paintingson Twinrocker handmade watercolor paper, sizes do not include frames

Alan McConnell / Photographs

Terry Lacy / Watercolor Paintings

Don Nelsonhttp://www.issuu.com/donnelson/docsph 574-289-3781 nelson1210@yahoo.com 1210 E. South Street, South Bend Indiana 46615

More artwork images available on request

Publication Design / Don Nelson

Terry Lacyhttp://www. lacydesignstudio.com ph 574-686-2922 lacydesign@tds.net 8569 North, 275 West, Delphi, In 46923

Alan McConnellhttp://www.alanmcconnellphotography.com ph 765-564-3912 mcconnellffni@gmail,com 8094 West ,200South, Delphi, in 46923

Three Indiana Artists

in the American Southwest