Porter Hall Gallery

     

Open daily 8:30am – 4:30pm (except for holidays)    

     

NOW SHOWING

 

  

An Arizona native, Tracy Ledbetter has been creating since childhood and gives credit to the quality and longevity of her artistic pursuits to an amazing instructor who let her reach but also guided her with respect to compositional boundaries.  

The indigenous images shown in this exhibit come from years of exploring the desert; especially on her bicycle, as Tracy has been an avid cyclist for fifteen years. Building on composite references, she brings out the beauty in her subjects through detailed renderings of the flora and fauna of the Sonoran desert.  Her technique involves first painting soft watercolors of her subjects – the detail and depth is then implied through a top vellum of stippled ink, reminiscent of the nineteenth century Pointillist artist, Georges Seurat and his fellow neo-Impressionists.   Her subtle yet strong compositions beckon you to examine more closely.  

You can view these nature illustrations at a free public reception on Friday, Jan. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. 

   

Coming Soon

  

Mar. 1 – April 8 – Barbara Smith 

Apr. 11 – May 28– Adam Block 

  

And as part of our Twilight Third Thursdays Visual & Vocal Brew Series in the summer: 

May 31 - June 28 – Susannah Castro 

July 1 – July 29– Valerie Galloway 

Aug. 1 – Sept. 3 – Patricia Katchur 

    

About the Gardens   

Tucson Botanical Gardens, designated as America’s Best Secret Garden by Reader’s Digest, is an urban oasis in the heart of Tucson featuring a 5 ½ acre collection of 17 specialty gardens. It is located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way. For more information, call (520) 326-9686, Ext. 10, email info@tucsonbotanical.org or visit www.tucsonbotanical.org.

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