PAS-Vangie Dunmire

Vangie Dunmire

"Rhythm in Blue"
16 x 20" $200

As a resident of Placitas New Mexico for twenty-two years Vangie Dunmire has been privileged to pursue her love of painting as well as volunteer work in non-profit arts oriented organizations. While working on a degree in Art History at the University of New Mexico, she included courses in marketing and management for non-profit arts organizations like the local arts councils in many communities around the country. She had facilitated the organization of such council while living in Coulee Dam, Washington, in the late 1970's and found the experience very rewarding. After earning a BAFA degree in 1988 realized this interest by joining the Arts in the School program in Albuquerque and served first as a volunteer teacher in the Placitas Elementary School and then also as a Board member.

In the late 1990's she was invited to become a member of the Board for the Placitas Artists Series and served for seven years as their school outreach coordinator responsible for scheduling educational musical, theater and dance assembly programs in the head start, elementary and secondary level schools in Sandoval County. As a member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society, she's maintained contact with others who paint with watercolors. Her interest in classical music as continued her involvement with a local church choir and travel whenever possible.

While working on her art history degree Dunmire studied drawing, design, painting and printmaking and continued her education with local instructors and painting workshops focusing on watercolor. She paints mostly in her studio and feels fortunate to have excellent landscape painting material right from her home on the north slopes of the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico and thinks the best painting opportunities come when outdoors enjoying a special location. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Albuquerque, NM, and numerous shows locally.

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	Contact her at: 12 Camino a las Estrellas, Placitas NM 87043 505 867-3474 vangie@nm.net All sizes include frame. ©Vangie Dunmire-All rights reserved
"Homestead" 20 x 25" $350		"Cosmic Carousel" 16 x 20" $250

"Evening Light" 16 x 20" $250	"Zia" 18 x 24" $350	"Feeling of Fall" 16 x 20" $250
Dunmire says: "Watercolor is a challenging medium to work in for it requires the painter to reverse the application of color value on the work surface. When working with oils or acrylics one can start with forming a composition in either light or dark color values, say painting in a background, middle ground and foreground in dark colors and finally adding all additional subject matter in a light or dark color of choice. Light paint can be applied over dark paint at the discretion of the artist. This allows the painter to concentrate on the painting and desired result rather than the necessary steps in applying first the lightest color values, then the medium and finally the darkest colors as in watercolor painting. Yes, watercolor application can be fast, but the paint may find its own design field on the surface by flowing into the wet paper and creating its own pattern. This is often exciting, like allowing another force to start your work. One stops often to analyze the progress of the color. When working with watercolor on dry paper, precise details can be achieved. However, the rule of starting with the lightest colors and working into the darkest values still applies. This can present a difficulty in many compositions as in painting detailed vegetation with the accent of very dark background. I enjoy this challenge!!"