Schupp Enamels Exhibited
During December 2005

Daylight is brief during the month of December, the vibrant Autumn foliage begins to drop and the Winter solstice approaches. It's a good thing that in December, 2005, our visitor center art gallery featured a colorful exhibit of flowers, hummingbirds, landscapes and Southwestern scenes by Arboretum volunteers and enamel artists Carole and Don Schupp. These self-taught East Valley artists create Limoges (artworks in enamel) with colored, powdered glass that is fired on copper at their Apache Junction home and studio.
Enamel art has been Don's full-time profession since 1974 and Carole's since 1985. They owned The Coppery Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico until 1983 and for the past two decades made their living showing and selling works at juried art shows throughout the country.

"Don works primarily with southwest images including petroglyphs, the shadows of adobe buildings and seventeenth century northern New Mexico icons called Santos," explains Carole. "I recreate Victorian houses with flower gardens, vases of flowers, fish and scenes of our travels. Both of us have begun to experiment with abstract Limoges; enamel really lends itself to this vibrant use of color."

Don and Carole belong to the National Enamel Society and they are juried members of Arizona Designer Craftsmen. They have also been commissioned for works including a depiction of the Holy Trinity done in cloisonné enamel, a piece that hangs over the Baptistry in the Church of the Master in Denver, Colorado. They created the altar cross, processional cross and stations of the cross in the penitente style for Sangre de Cristo Catholic Community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Additional clerical commissions include pieces for St. Stephen Church in Sun Lakes, Arizona and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Pojoaque, New Mexico. To see more of their work visit the web site www.enamelsetc.com or correspond with the artists via email at cndschupp@usermail.com   

From December through May admission is taken from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and the Arboretum closes promptly at 5 p.m. This show continues through December 30. Admission must be paid to enter the Visitor Center where our gallery is located. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $35, and include a year's access, guest passes for your friends and family, along with many other benefits. To review other recent gallery shows from...

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