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2024 Season

Visit this page often for updates on events at the gallery and in Tubac.
The Galley is closed for the summer, opeing September 1. In season the gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, 11 AM to 4 PM. 

September 2024

Welcome to a new season at the Feminine Mystique Art Gallery. The summer has been brutal, but we are finally seeing an end to 100 degree days. The gallery will be having several sales throughout the year and the special events in town will be inviting and beautiful. Pat, Josette and Joanie will be here to help you with your art needs.

Hope everyone is well and happy, Pat

 


Art by these Patron Favorites is available in the gallery everyday.

 

Gretchen LimaWood

Empowered Images in cloth.

Gretchen LimaWood

I have combined natural fibers in the hair as well as the hand Knit or hand dyed clothing. I individually sculpt and paint each face using Sculpey inlaid with beads, pearls or pieces of turquoise. 

Each design is conceived and executed by me. I first make a sketch from an idea, then a rough prototype.
A final pattern for a piece is then cut from muslin. Each individual doll is different depending on the fabrics used to decorate it.

My work is not only an expression of what I see, but of what I feel. I create the messages and give a voice to a girl inside who has patiently waited to be heard.



 

Arlene Zaloznik

Basket and gourd artistry

Arlene Zaloznik

Basketry is my passion. Weaving brings me an inner peace that I hope you will find as well as you look at my baskets. It all began with a class in 1996. Other than that one class, I am mostly self taught. I now work out of my home in Green Valley, AZ.

The more traditional baskets are hand woven from rattan reed have either a solid weave or wood base. These baskets are very sturdy and are easy to care for - a spray of water will remove any dust.
The gourds are woven with pine needles and waxed linen thread. The gourds are left in their natural state and sealed with a furniture polish to maintain and enhance the natural finish of the gourd. Once the weaving is complete, they are sprayed with a protective acrylic spray. The gourds are embellished with natural gemstones, botanicals pods, feathers, fossils, and/or antlers. I look at the gourd - letting it speak to me - and then I select the botanicals, feathers and beads, often spending several hours until I find that “right” combination. No two gourds are alike.

Waxed linen baskets are the most time intensive baskets, often taking days to complete. They are woven from waxed linen thread, embellished with beads and are very colorful reflecting the desert southwest with its colorful rocks and brilliant blue skies. The baskets are hand shaped with the beads creating interesting design elements. No two of these baskets are alike.


 

Brenda Peo

Animal portraits with personality

Brenda Peo

Self taught oil artist.. born in Chicago.. but grew up in the desert SW. I have had my own line of SW style jewelry for the past 25 years.. using Copper.. Red Brass and Sterling Silver.. successfully selling at art fairs throughout the SW states.. however.. it turned into a job and was not satisfying my creative spirit..

I started painting in 2008.. focusing on painting animals.. trying to capture their curious personalities.. and quirky traits..
I find the expression the most important element.. while infusing the subject with personality.. There is never a shortage of volunteers.. I like to call my style.. a bit of realism/impressionism.. with a dash of humor..



 

Peg Wilmore

Urban Life Illustrated

Peg Wilmore

Peggy Wilmore began her artistic journey in Denver, Colorado, where her emerging talent was recognized with a full scholarship to The Cooper Union in New York City. As a student she found employment in the East Village theatre community, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Peg departed NYC to explore landscape painting in oils in Latin America. She developed her impressionistic style depicting local people and places while traveling through Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Returning to Denver, she exhibited this work at Pirate: Contemporary Oasis and found further opportunities in theatre set design.
In 1997 Peg moved to Tucson and enrolled at the University of Arizona. To support her family she worked as a custom decorative painter, and with entrepreneurial success launched Arizona Faux & Mural, collaborating with award-winning designers Sandra Keeney of Aesthetics Interiors and Tom and Susan Lujan. Peg completed her MFA and taught at the University of Arizona. She shows her work at the Feminine Mystique Gallery in Tubac and curates exhibits for Sky Bar and Brooklyn Pizza in Tucson. She enjoys entering her work into Juried exhibitions such as the recent Arizona Weather at Sky Harbor Airport and solo exhibition opportunity at the Burton-Barr Library also in Phoenix, Arizona



 

Pat Aguilar

Hand Built Clay Sculptures

Pat Aguilar

(Patricia Jean Druener) was born in New York City in 1949. Her father came as a boy from Germany and her mother was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. Growing up in the military exposed Pat to different cultures, both in the United States and Germany.

Being a child in the 1950’s was very confusing for a girl. We were told we didn’t need higher education (think about a career), “You’ll just get married anyway.” Also, it was so very important to be attractive, “How else will you get a man?” Being yourself didn’t do it.

By the time she was forming her own opinion, Pat had strong feelings against inequality, whether it was Black/White, Jew/Gentile, Male/Female.

Betty Friedan made a big difference in Pat’s life. She knew by reading The Feminine Mystique, she could do anything she wanted to do, career-wise, family, etc. Ms. Friedan had a gentle and educative touch, a more sensible approach at being all, as a woman.

Pat tried to help other women by becoming active in NOW and other less known women’s conscience raising groups.

While attending college for accounting, Pat was encouraged to use the other half of her brain, so she took up pottery. Ms. Aguilar has been a potter for over 35 years now, specializing in miniature houses, masks, boxes, etc. (slab work mostly). In 1973, Pat married Ed Aguilar and moved west. They now have three children and seven grandchildren.


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