High Desert Gallery Features Oregon Artist Sue Favinger Smith September 28, 2009

High Desert Gallery, Redmond Oregon, announces "Perception and Imagination," an exhibit and sale of selected work by Oregon artist Sue Favinger Smith.

Smith's paintings range from abstract to realism and are inspired by the landscape, but each painting evolves through the artists' intuitive process where texture and color function as the subject matter. The result is a balance between recognition and mystery, color and light, blending the visual/emotional experience to invite contemplation.

What: "Perception and Imagination," an exhibit and sale of selected work by Oregon artist Sue Favinger Smith.

When: September 25 through October 30, 2009.

Gallery Hours: Open 10am to 5pm Tuesday - Saturday

Where: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, 453 SW 6th Street at Evergreen, Downtown Redmond Oregon

Contact: High Desert Gallery, 541-548-1811 or 866-549-6250, www.highdesertgallery.com

More information: 541-388-8964 and www.highdesertgallery.com

About Sue Favinger Smith: Sue Favinger Smith began her award-winning career at the age of 50, earning an art degree from Oregon State University and graduating with the Distinguished Student - Department of Art Award. Since then she has focused on oil painting, exploring the techniques and color used by painters who inspire her. She is best known for her poured oil "Elements" paintings, luminous landscapes and the semi-abstract Mesa Series...but she has recently added still life and the figurative Ancestor Series to her painting oeuvre.

Residing in Central Oregon, Sue has participated in national and regional exhibitions, solo and three-person shows, and is a juried member in Oil Painters of America and the prestigious National Association of Women Artists, the oldest professional arts organization for women in the country. Recent exhibits include the 25th National Show - National Society of Artists, in TX, the Edmonds Arts Festival in WA, and the National Association of Women Artists 120th Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. Her work is in private collections across the country.