Beauty Preserved: Venus Auxier
Venus Auxier
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Blue Valley Library
9000 W. 151st
Overland Park, KS
913.495-3850
Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday
Runs through: Aug. 3.
Art in the Stacks site: http://www.jocolibrary.org/templates/JCL_InfoPage.aspx?id=2740
Not everything from summer is worth preserving. The heat, the humidity, the mosquitoes ... when those go by the wayside with the onset of fall, there are few who mourn the losses all that deeply.
But the flowers? Those are definitely worth keeping — and while Venus Auxier's preserved botanical art is on display during the hottest, muggiest part of the year, it still serves as an advance reminder of what we'll be missing this winter.
Auxier's works, which close a two-month run at the Johnson County Library's Blue Valley branch on Tuesday, are not merely sterile scientific samples. As Orchid # 1 (above) shows, Auxier has a knack for composing her leaves and petals, stamens and pistils.
This particular piece evokes another summer staple — fireworks bursting against a dark July sky — while also exerting a calming effect. It's a different sort of Oooh and Ahhh ... but no less real for that.
Nature has the power to invoke many memories, Auxier writes. The peace, beauty and serenity it provides remind us that we are part of the nature that surrounds us. So please enjoy a stroll through my garden.
The second-best part about accepting that invitation (Auxier's art being first, of course)? Air conditioning ...
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Thank you for stopping and enjoying the flowers! (and yes, the air conditioning as well!) My goal for my artwork is to bring about a higher level of awareness and appreciation for the natural world around us. In our fast-paced lives of technology, we tend not to see that which is there to help ground us in our day-to-day living. The Universe has bound man together with the nature that surrounds him. The two will forever be entwined.
Botanically, Venus