Indestructible Wonder, April 18, 2016 - January 29, 2017, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.

Collection Highlights, November 2, 2002 - September 12, 2004, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, March 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Material Issues: Recent Gifts from the Katherine and James Gentry Collection, February 28, 1999 - May 2, 1999, Second floor, New Wing, Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Indestructible Wonder (2016-2017)

Anne Appleby uses the spare visual language of minimalism to record the subtle beauty of nature—primarily trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers that grow in Montana and coastal California. Appleby (who has some Native American ancestry) apprenticed for fifteen years with an Ojibwe elder who taught her the virtue of patience and value of observation. Comprising as many as sixty layers of paint, her seemingly monochromatic canvases illustrate points of transition in the natural world that mark the journey from germination to fruition to decay. For example, this depiction of the life cycle of a sage plant alludes poetically to the perennial succession of life, death, and renewal. “The world is constantly moving and changing, reinventing itself,” the artist remarked. “These are the moments I try to express through painting."

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection , 3/2/2002 - 6/2/2002

• Image (each) Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (60.33 x 60.33 cm)

This object is a member of the following portfolios: