Joe Schafer is a local Durango, Colorado painter whose contemporary interpretations of wild landscapes draw from the elegance and beauty he sees all around him. He summons the drama of a rugged mountain ridge or desert horizon while unveiling the magic of a glowing sky. Joe builds layer upon layer, etches slivers of light and shadow to infuse an element of realism into his abstract, contemporary works. The result invites the viewer to feel a sense of their own connection to place and time in these spaces.
