The July 15 through August 24 exhibition at the Canyon Community Center in Springdale is of stone compositions meant to represent what artist Tom Wheeler calls “Stone Spirit” figures. These are wall-piece constructions done in stone and wood on textured, painted backgrounds that are either abstract or representational.

The abstract pieces play with the color, shape and texture of the materials while the representational spirits are inspired by petroglyph images of ancient southwest cliff dwellers and by the katsinas (mythical beings) found in today’s Native American Hopi culture. Central to these pieces are the stone figures, dressed in ceremonial robes with large fancy collars and masked faces whose ancient eyes peer out into today’s world.

This project is supported by Utah Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts .

 

Support for this event provided by The National Endowment for the Arts - Art Works