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California Arborescence
The California Arborescence series taps the beauty of the distinct and varied trees that define our forests and describe our California landscapes. Our wonderful native trees are the bones from which shrubs, lichens, groundcovers, and even wildlife, hang. As a landscape architect used to selecting tree species for their ability to “behave” properly in a given constructed setting, I admire our natives’ evolved ability to perfectly serve and thrive in their distinct ecosystems.
The title of each piece in this series is a play on the botanical name for the tree that is represented. The first, capitalized, word is the tree’s genus. The second word, which is not capitalized, is the species of the tree. The third word, capitalized and surrounded by single quotation marks, is a fictitious cultivar (cultivated variety) name that I made up to imply or reinforce the concept of the painting.
Paintings within this series that are sold framed feature handmade one-of-a-kind frames that I paint and adorn using bark, leaves, cones, seeds and other natural items gleaned from beneath the subject tree.
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Eve Werner is an award-winning acrylic and multi-media painter whose work explores natural subjects that have personal significance. She is known for her vivid use of color and values in expressively painted figurative work. Werner says:
“Although my pieces begin with planning and forethought, they really come to life as paint, colors , and values interact. Acrylic paints allow me to work quickly, building several layers in each session. This continuity encourages the interplay between opposites - conscious/subconscious, planned/spontaneous, physical/emotional and real/abstract - that gives the final piece its drama.”
Werner is influenced by a variety of modernist and expressive artists, including the Bay Area Society of Six. Werner has studied painting in the Lake Tahoe and Mendocino coast areas of California since 1995, favoring subjects with underlying personal symbolism. When not painting, Werner relishes life in the Sierra Nevada with her family and practices landscape architecture. Her art is found in private collections throughout the United States.
Education
1995-2006 Sierra College, Truckee, California and College of the Redwoods, Mendocino, California; ongoing courses towards Associates of Arts in Fine Arts.
1990 Certificate in Landscape Architecture. University of California, Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, California.
1982 Bachelor of Arts, Chinese Studies. California State University, Chico.
Selected Galleries and Exhibits
2008 Vista Gallery, Tahoe Vista, California
2008 Made In Tahoe, Crystal Bay, Nevada
2007 Federal District Court, Reno, Nevada. Solo exhibit.
2007 Catherine Bouwer Fine Art, Reno, Nevada
2007 Truckee-Tahoe: Modern Regional Art, Carole Sesko Contemporary Art,
Truckee, California. Group exhibit.
2006 Collaboration by Party of 3, Carole Sesko Contemporary Art, Truckee, California.
2005-08 North Tahoe Arts ARTour open studio tour. Juried event.
2005 Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, Inc, Sacramento, California. 50th Annual Open International Exhibition. Juried exhibit.
2005 North Tahoe Arts, Tahoe City, California. Three person juried exhibit.
2004 North Tahoe Arts, Tahoe City, California, “Members Show” juried exhibit.
2004 North Tahoe Arts, Tahoe City, California, “Emerging Artists.
1997 Sierra College, Rocklin, California, student exhibit and competition.
Awards
2005 Award of Excellence for Quercus lobata ‘Serpentine’, Northern California Arts, Inc. 50th Annual Open
International Exhibition, “Bold Expressions.”
1997 First place award, collage, for Stars in my Eyes, Sierra College, Rocklin, California, student exhibit and competition.
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