Approaching Waterton: Waterton Lakes National Park, $800

Waterton Lake: Waterton Lakes National Park, $600

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River and Rocks : Jasper National Park, $800  SOLD

Evening Shadows: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, $800

Lake Louise, Banff National Park, SOLD

McDonald Creek I, Glacier National Park

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Marcia Wegman exhibition pastels

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Iowa City artist Marcia Wegman knows what she did on her vacation last summer, a journey that took her through five little known National Parks in the US and Canada. Now we get a taste of this experience in her rich, strong pastel paintings, on view for the first time at Iowa Artisans Gallery June 2 – July 17.

Wegman’s interest is in the more unusual views found while hiking, which she first “sketches” through photography. These pastels focus on images from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in southwestern North Dakota, and Glacier National Park in Montana. In Canada, the parks include Waterton Lakes National Park, which is across the border from Glacier, Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, which is the area furthest in the Canadian Rockies. 

Wegman is locally revered for photo-realistic pastels of Johnson County. Recently, Wegman was also selected to create six pastel paintings for duplication and use in guest rooms in the new Marriot Conference Center in Coralville. "The immediacy and directness of pastel is the quality I most value in this medium. I feel I am able to best approximate and express the ephemeral and very magical essence of light as it moves across the land through pastel painting."

Iowa Artisans Gallery is open daily at 207 E. Washington, downtown Iowa City. Hours are Monday: 10-8pm; Tuesday-Friday 10-7pm; Saturday 10-5:30pm; and Sunday 12-4pm.

Athabasca River:

Jasper National Park, $800

Buffalo Preseve: Waterton Lakes

National Park, $400