This exhibit consists of fifty signature paintings including landscapes, portraits, still-life images, wildlife, and other subjects by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist. The exhibition is accompanied by a book of the same title about Wes and Rachelle Siegrist and their art, with an introduction by David J. Wagner.
Gallery Director Dave Barnes said the exhibit consists of very tiny masterpieces sure to create a sense of awe in all who see them.
“Let’s work a cliché here,” he said. “Sometimes, really big things do come in small packages. The ‘Exquisite Miniatures’ Exhibit features amazingly big vistas and ideas on the smallest canvasses. I once saw an exhibit in China of monochromatic paintings done on single grains of rice. You had to use a magnifying glass to be sure something was there. However, that was more of a parlor trick, like a flea circus. The paintings in this exhibit are fully realized and traditionally rendered watercolor paintings and need to be seen to be believed. The scale does more than signal preciousness; it asks the viewer for an intense, focused kind of looking that is fully rewarded.”
