Recent Works 2024

Art Exhibition by Sara Spohnheimer was on display at Green Hills Retirement Community, Ames, from May 13th until June 29th 2023.

Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-6:30p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.

Reception May 29, 3:00p.m. in the Community Room

Artist's Statement:

This exhibition featured my latest paintings inspired by the beauty of Story County, Iowa, and my Germanic heritage. There were the night scenes I am known for as well as colorful daytime vignettes. The show also included a series of collaborative paintings based on the four elements, which I produced with my long-time and dear friend, Wendy Bickelhaupt Williams. Three vitrine display cases were filled with materials used in the creation of the paintings and an Imbolc holiday assemblage including two of my sketchbooks.

The selections of European smoking and smudging herbs I shared during my Artist's Talk at the reception were as follows:

Smoking:
Waldmeister (Sweet Woodruff)
Schafgarbe (Yarrow)
Beifuß (Mugwort)
Klettenlabkraut (Cleavers)

Smudging:
Tanne (Fir) saved from my celebration of Yule
Engelwurz (Angelica)

- Exhibition References -
Selected Bibliography:
Eisler, Riane. The Chalice and the Blade. 1987. San Francisco, Harper & Row.
Pinkola Estes, Clarissa. Women Who Run with the Wolves. 1992. Ballantine.
Rätsch, Christian and Müller-Ebeling, Claudia. Pagan Christmas. 2006. Rochester, Inner Traditions.
Storl, Wolf-Dieter. Die Alte Göttin und Ihre Pflanzen. 2014. Kailash.

The wooden picture frame mouldings on the artwork are available at
The Frame Shop, 210 Main Street in Ames.