Las Cruces Artist Presents Retrospective

As a brief retrospective spanning the years of the late 60's through 2009, a survey of Wayne Carl Huber's art will be on exhibit during the month of June at the Blue Gate Fine Art Gallery, 3111 N. Main St. on the Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. The opening celebration will be held on the First Friday Ramble: June 5, 5-7:00PM at which Wayne will meet and greet visitors and patrons. He will also give a gallery talk the next day from 11:00AM until noon, when he will share information about the thirty plus pieces representing over forty years of diversity, all of which are priced for purchase.

Besides being a creative artist, he has had an equally long profession as an instructor. He holds a Bachelor of Art Education from the Eastern Michigan University and Masters of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Arizona. Wayne has also studied architecture and liberal arts.

Huber's works embrace a variety of media, subject matter, and styles. They have been accepted in many juried shows. Notable judges who have designated his works as prize worthy are artist, Elaine De Kooning and Dr. John A. Richardson, author of Art: The Way It Is. His paintings are in many private and permanent collections. Locally he had been represented at the JME Gallery.

Flo Hosa Dougherty's overview is that Wayne has been perpetually on the contemporary edge regardless of the date on the calendar. He is as timely a painter for today as he was yesteryear. His individuality sets the mood, his inventive nature synchronizes and his daring controls the compositional factors. His canvases offer strong direct statements which seem to broaden and intensify the impact for the viewer.

Presently Wayne has adopted Las Cruces as his hometown with an exuberance. He is active as an art educator for the Las Cruces Museum of Art and will be teaching summer classes at the EI Paso Museum of Art. He pours energy into the community as a board member of the Downtown Las Cruces Partnership and serves on its Design Committee. He belongs to the NEA, is vice president of the Alameda Depot Civic Assoc. and is a member of The Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society.