Willis F. Lee
20 Arroyo Calabasas
Santa Fe, NM 87506
Phone: 505-982-1115
and 505-984-0993
By Appointment
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willisflee@msn.com |
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 Image: © Willis F. Lee
"Site:1221"
Photogravure, Ed 18
Plate size: 6 5/8" x 5/8"
Paper size: 15" x 11" |
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"Willis Lee's photogravures inspire a sense tranquility, and the complexity of his work lies in his flare for intentional and simple composition that beckons the viewer to look again and again. His use of contemporary photographs in an antique and rare medium is an innovative concept. The unique medium and macro proportions of the subject require the attention of the beholder, as if the subject were alien. Willis Lee's role as an artist is to "witness the intention of nature." His work is about the exploration of form, tone and content. The exaggerated softness of crisp, definitive photographic lines, the myriad of subtle tonalities and the varying ink hues are part of the alluring effect of Willis Lee's photogravures."
--Sara Martsen I. Wolk Gallery |
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Image: © Willis F. Lee
"Coyote Caves I"
Photogravure triptych, Ed 30
Plate size: 5" x 21.75"
Paper size: 14" x 30" |
Image: © Willis F. Lee
"Subjacent II ", 41" x 31", Toned Silver Print
Click image to enlarge (43K) |
"Willis
Lee's prints join a rich tradition in the arts, which has for centuries
explored the vitality and sensuousness of floral objects. From elegant,
stylized carvings of lotus blossoms in ancient Egypt and Persia,
to twentieth century artists like Edward Steichen, Imogen Cunningham
and Georgia O'Keeffe, floral subjects form a continuum of aesthetic
expression. Like those before him, Willis Lee has allowed his chosen
medium to make its special imprint on that tradition."
--James L. Enyeart
Anne & John Marion Professor of Photographic arts
and Director
of Marion Center
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2004 "Subjacent" , Verve Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
2002 Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX.
2001 "New Work," Pure Land Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 "Observations," Hand Graphics Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
1996 Dutch Phillips & Co., Dallas, TX
1995 I.Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
1994 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 CAFÉ, Albuquerque, NM
1991 Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988 The Squash Blossom Gallery, Aspen, CO
1987 "Romantic Visions of the American West,"
Elaine Horwitch
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1985 "Solitario: A Desert Portrait,"
Dallas Museum of Natural
History, Dallas, TX |
Image: © Willis F. Lee
"Amaryllis III", Photogravure, Ed 50
Plate size: 14.25" x 11.5"
Paper size: 28" x 22.25" |
 Image: © Willis F. Lee
"Allegory of the Cave: Plate II ", Photogravure, Ed 30
Plate size: 10" x 8.25", Paper size: 17" x 14.5" |
2005 Masterworks of American Photography, Amon Carter Museum,
Ft. Worth, TX
2003 "Three Photographers," Poissant/O'Neal Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 "Ephemeral," Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 "Feral Photographers," Willis Lee Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Lee & Shapiro, Willis Lee Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2003 New Mexico Print Makers, Santa Fe Art Institute
2002 Wrapped, Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Lee & Shapiro, Willis Lee Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2002 "Bouquet," Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk CT
2001 Two-person show, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2001 "Contemporary Photogravure," Kala Art Institute, Berkeley,
CA
2000 "Santa Fe Contingent," Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn,
NJ
2000 Two-person show, "Permanent Impressions,"
Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 "1999 Acquisitions," The Hallmark Fine Art Collection,
Kansas City, MO
1998 "Black & White Show 1998," Forrest Scott Gallery,
Millburn, NJ
1998 "Recent Acquisitions 97-98," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
TX
1997 "Flowers," The Platinum Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995 "CAFÉ in Retrospect," CAFÉ, Albuquerque,
NM
1994 "New Prints," Hand Graphics Gallery & Atelier, Santa
Fe, NM
1993 Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 "Lerner and Lee - Forms in Nature," Taos Inn, Taos,
NM
1992 "A Sense of Place," Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe,
NM
1991 "1991 Acquisitions," The Hallmark Fine Art Collection,
Kansas City, MO
1990 "Black and White Works by Important Contemporary Artists,"
Marlboro Art Gallery, Prince George's Community College,
Largo,
MD
1988 "Photographic Works," Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM
1984 "Perspectives," Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, TX
1983 "Down South," Old Opry House Gallery, Lajitas, TX
1973 Paseo Del Rio Photography Show, San Antonio, TX |
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Pulkka, Wesley. "Minimal" at Mariposa. Albuquerque Journal.
January 21, 2001: F-6
Lane, Megan. Photographers Market. 1999: 499.
The Taos News. "The New Mexico Landscape in Three Parts,"
March 7, 1996: C-10.
Ayres, Julia. "Looking at Prints," Southwest Art, December
1996: 50-54.
Brown, Margaret L. "Looking at Prints," Southwest Art,
December 1996: 40.
Hemp, Christine. "Sandra Lerner/Willis F. Lee," THE magazine,
April 1993: 36.
Southwest Art. "Photo Finish," October 1993: 234-236.
Ayres, Julia. "Photographic Process," Printmaking Techniques,
1993.
Collins, Tom. "About Art," Albuquerque Journal North, March
18, 1993.
Bell, David. "Ordinary Objects Come to Life," Albuquerque Journal
North, June 27, 1991.
Allison, Lesli. "Close Up," Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican,
June 21, 1991.
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Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth TX
Museum of Printing History, Houston
Sprint
Museum of Fine Art, Houston
Harwood Museum
Santa Fe Community College
Private Capital
Presbyterian Medical Services
Hale and Dorr
NASDAQ
Banana Republic
Saint Barnabas Health Care Systems
Museum of Natural History, Dallas
Museum of the Big Bend
Lajitas Museum
Hallmark Fine Art Collection
Hewlett Packard
United Parcel Service
Mount Sinai Medical Service
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Susan Conway Gallery, Washington DC
William Shearburn Fine Art, St. Louis, MO
I.Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
evo
Gallery 
Santa Fe, NM 505-982-4610
Hand
Graphics Gallery
Santa Fe, NM 505-988-1241
Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ
John
Stevenson Gallery ,
NY, NY
Verve Fine Arts
Santa Fe, NM 505-982-5009
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