The Art of Charles Muench Newsletter 

 Fall 2014 

 


 

Lamoille Canyon
36" x 28" Oil on Linen
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV.
 

 

  

 

"I'll park by some rivers, cook up some rice and beans...
drink cold whiskey from a tin cup, sit in a lawn chair
and fiddle with my memories, close my eyes and see.
Sometimes you gotta go not look for nothin'...
This looks like a good spot up here. You can try me on the cell,
but most places I wanna be it doesn't work.
Sometimes you got to listen hard to the sounds old
Mother Earth still makes -- all on her own.
"

-Greg Brown, Eugene

Those lyrics resonate with me as I sit comfortably in my office, the winds of the first winter storm rattling the window panes. I just returned from two weeks of being off the grid and camping in the canyons of the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. I am still recovering from the trip, but grateful for the experience. The east side of that range is imbued with a combination of stark isolation and grandeur. I can see these mountains becoming a companion to my Sierra travels. The same emotions I look for in the Sierra I feel in the Ruby Mountains.

 

This has been the theme of my summer and fall travels- listening to the emotions of the landscape. While in these remote places, I am sometimes hit with a slight gnawing guilt- knowing that there is the business of art that I have neglected in order to make time for my journeys. But, this is what I have to do. This is what truly makes me happy and will result in original work.

The incessant din of marketing and promoting can leave one deaf to the whispers of inspiration.

 

Now, back at home and full of ideas, I can devote time to the business of art.

I have set up a Facebook Page to share my work and travels. If you are interested in Facebook, please take the time to like my page: 

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Paintings from my recent travels will be exhibited at the:

 

STREMMEL GALLERY

Painting the West 

November 20th - December 20th, in Reno, NV.
Reception: November 20th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Visit my website to see all my works in the show!

 

Thank you for your continued interest in my art.

 

Charles 

text
24" x 30" 
Oil on Linen
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV.


Summer Storm
30" x 40" Oil on Linen
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV.


18" x 24" Oil on Linen
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV.


12" x 20" Oil on Linen
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV.

 
RECENT SALES 
"Sage Flats and Sierra"
12" x 16" Oil on Linen
SOLD
"Desert Guardian"
20" x 30" Oil on Linen
SOLD
 

 

To see a complete selection of available paintings, please visit my website:

WWW.CHARLESMUENCH.COM

775 265 4454

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