<center><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>SOCORRO ARTIST FETED IN 'SPRING BREAK' SHOW</b></font></font></center>
<font face="Georgia"><center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The watercolors displayed in the exhibit combine a few of her "rural" paintings with a selection of floral portraits and inviting landscapes. (Shown above:
Picking Flowers by G.E. Grey)</font></caption><img src='http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/gegrey_picking_flowers_400x268_970805.jpg' border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The watercolors displayed in the exhibit combine a few of her rural paintings with a
selection of floral portraits and inviting landscapes. (Picking Flowers by G.E. Grey)"></td></tr></table></center></font>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><b>Socorro, NM: </b>Georgette Evans Grey's current exhibit at the Manzanares Street Coffee House is all about the change of the season. Fields are greening, flowers are blooming, and we all awaken from the Winter doldrums to say, "Ahhh, finally, Spring is here." The watercolors displayed in the exhibit combine a few of her "rural" paintings with a selection of floral portraits and inviting landscapes.</font></font>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>While Grey never wanted to be a painter, life experiences and moves presented opportunities... (Shown above: Cactus Blossoms by G.E. Grey)</font></caption><img src='http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/gegrey_cactus_blossoms_400x332_960401.jpg' border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt='While Grey never wanted to be a painter, life experiences and moves presented opportunities... (Cactus Blossoms by G.E. Grey)'></td></tr></table>While Grey never wanted to be a painter, life experiences and moves to various parts of the country presented opportunities for experience and observation that contributed to the excitement and wonder she finds in the natural world. Watercolor presented itself as a way to create something tangible from those experiences. Her mother, she says, who grew up on a farm in rural North Carolina, ...had a green thumb up to both elbows... and this continual and close-up experience with growing things greatly influenced the subject choices Grey has made. She has honed her ability to translate to paper the natural images she finds so magical by continual practice of the art of painting with transparent watercolor and by participating in workshops around the nation. Grey has lived and studied in many areas of the country, having yet to visit the Northwest. Working almost exclusively now in watercolor, Grey's love of nature and her skill with watercolor combine to create works enhanced by observation and knowledge. The seeming realism of her work reflects an inner emotional view that the artist refers to as interpretive realism, a style that offers more than the mirror of a photograph or the technical mastery of a draftsman. Grey edits the reference material she uses to design the particular and recognizable style of her paintings no matter the subject. "It is very much like creating anything else: a recipe, a sewing project, or a garden," she says. "The artist is seeking a balance of light and dark, crisp and soft, textures and shapes, color and value; and when you get it just right you know it and the viewers will know."</font></font>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Having been active in the local art scene wherever she has lived, from San Clemente, CA to Salisbury, MA to Socorro County, New Mexico, Grey has contributed to bolstering and strengthening the art groups with which she has been involved. She was a founding member of the Socorro County Arts group, serving as their first treasurer, frequently found teaching Watercolor and Color Theory at home as well as at Tech's Community College, and is the past President of the Magdalena Arts Gallery. Interested readers and visitors may find more information and images at Grey's website: </font></font><a href=http://www.vertuarts.com target="_blank"><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><font color="#810081">www.vertuarts.com</font></font></font></a>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Grey's exhibit at the Manzanares Street Coffee House, 110 Manzanares Street on the Plaza, will be on display through mid-June; an Artist's Reception was held on Sunday, April 26th.</font></font>
<font face="Georgia"><center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The watercolors displayed in the exhibit combine a few of her "rural" paintings with a selection of floral portraits and inviting landscapes. (Shown above:
Picking Flowers by G.E. Grey)</font></caption><img src='http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/gegrey_picking_flowers_400x268_970805.jpg' border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The watercolors displayed in the exhibit combine a few of her rural paintings with a
selection of floral portraits and inviting landscapes. (Picking Flowers by G.E. Grey)"></td></tr></table></center></font>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><b>Socorro, NM: </b>Georgette Evans Grey's current exhibit at the Manzanares Street Coffee House is all about the change of the season. Fields are greening, flowers are blooming, and we all awaken from the Winter doldrums to say, "Ahhh, finally, Spring is here." The watercolors displayed in the exhibit combine a few of her "rural" paintings with a selection of floral portraits and inviting landscapes.</font></font>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>While Grey never wanted to be a painter, life experiences and moves presented opportunities... (Shown above: Cactus Blossoms by G.E. Grey)</font></caption><img src='http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/gegrey_cactus_blossoms_400x332_960401.jpg' border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt='While Grey never wanted to be a painter, life experiences and moves presented opportunities... (Cactus Blossoms by G.E. Grey)'></td></tr></table>While Grey never wanted to be a painter, life experiences and moves to various parts of the country presented opportunities for experience and observation that contributed to the excitement and wonder she finds in the natural world. Watercolor presented itself as a way to create something tangible from those experiences. Her mother, she says, who grew up on a farm in rural North Carolina, ...had a green thumb up to both elbows... and this continual and close-up experience with growing things greatly influenced the subject choices Grey has made. She has honed her ability to translate to paper the natural images she finds so magical by continual practice of the art of painting with transparent watercolor and by participating in workshops around the nation. Grey has lived and studied in many areas of the country, having yet to visit the Northwest. Working almost exclusively now in watercolor, Grey's love of nature and her skill with watercolor combine to create works enhanced by observation and knowledge. The seeming realism of her work reflects an inner emotional view that the artist refers to as interpretive realism, a style that offers more than the mirror of a photograph or the technical mastery of a draftsman. Grey edits the reference material she uses to design the particular and recognizable style of her paintings no matter the subject. "It is very much like creating anything else: a recipe, a sewing project, or a garden," she says. "The artist is seeking a balance of light and dark, crisp and soft, textures and shapes, color and value; and when you get it just right you know it and the viewers will know."</font></font>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Having been active in the local art scene wherever she has lived, from San Clemente, CA to Salisbury, MA to Socorro County, New Mexico, Grey has contributed to bolstering and strengthening the art groups with which she has been involved. She was a founding member of the Socorro County Arts group, serving as their first treasurer, frequently found teaching Watercolor and Color Theory at home as well as at Tech's Community College, and is the past President of the Magdalena Arts Gallery. Interested readers and visitors may find more information and images at Grey's website: </font></font><a href=http://www.vertuarts.com target="_blank"><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><font color="#810081">www.vertuarts.com</font></font></font></a>
<font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Grey's exhibit at the Manzanares Street Coffee House, 110 Manzanares Street on the Plaza, will be on display through mid-June; an Artist's Reception was held on Sunday, April 26th.</font></font>