Candida Webb
I grew up in Reno, NV, as a third generation Nevadan, and have always been an explorer of the great basin and eastern sierra range. I depict beautiful, remote, and iconic landscapes by painting oils in a saturated and expressionistic style. Starting with numerous phone photos for reference, I build layer upon layer, working on contrast, color, pattern, and texture in a technique artist Makoto Fujimura calls "slow art". Focusing on the process of each piece, I consider how to solve this puzzle of a painting, growing in my understanding of the complex beauty of nature.
I have taught various art disciplines through the Nevada Museum of Art, Very Special Arts-NV, Wilbur D. May Museum, school programs, most recently in the Tahoe region with Arts for the Schools, located in Truckee California. I have facilitated workshops through Nevada Basin to Range Exchange, sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council, and a weeklong painting workshop in Yosemite Valley with the Yosemite Nature Conservancy. I was honored to be the 2021, Artist-in-Residence, at Great Basin National Park, and was recently a featured artist along with other regional artists in the 2022 summer edition of Tahoe Quarterly.
Selected exhibits include the Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Wilbur D. May Museum, Mono Lake Committee Information Center, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Nevada Artist Association Gallery, numerous Washoe County libraries, Doors to Recovery, North Tahoe Arts, Bristlecone Gallery at Western Nevada College, Nevada Fine Arts, CCAI Courthouse Gallery, Bob Cowell Gallery, and the Yosemite Museum Gallery traveling group exhibit-Yosemite Renaissance 34. My painting" Juxtaposition", was selected by NV Humanities for their 2020 Nevada Day card, distributed throughout Nevada.
I have taught various art disciplines through the Nevada Museum of Art, Very Special Arts-NV, Wilbur D. May Museum, school programs, most recently in the Tahoe region with Arts for the Schools, located in Truckee California. I have facilitated workshops through Nevada Basin to Range Exchange, sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council, and a weeklong painting workshop in Yosemite Valley with the Yosemite Nature Conservancy. I was honored to be the 2021, Artist-in-Residence, at Great Basin National Park, and was recently a featured artist along with other regional artists in the 2022 summer edition of Tahoe Quarterly.
Selected exhibits include the Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Wilbur D. May Museum, Mono Lake Committee Information Center, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Nevada Artist Association Gallery, numerous Washoe County libraries, Doors to Recovery, North Tahoe Arts, Bristlecone Gallery at Western Nevada College, Nevada Fine Arts, CCAI Courthouse Gallery, Bob Cowell Gallery, and the Yosemite Museum Gallery traveling group exhibit-Yosemite Renaissance 34. My painting" Juxtaposition", was selected by NV Humanities for their 2020 Nevada Day card, distributed throughout Nevada.