Frontier Homestead State Park Museum will host an exhibit featuring painters Tiffany Marchant and Travis Humphreys Oct. 2–Nov. 30. An artist’s reception will be held Oct. 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. Following the reception, the regular entrance fee applies.
Marchant is doing her first art show at Frontier Homestead State Park. Her love of art at an early age was noticed by her mother who supplied her with reams of paper and after moving to Sydney, Australia provided an art tutor for her. In college Tiffany studied art at Brigham Young University and then transferred to Southern Utah University to study art under Hongyu Ji, who passed along his classical Chinese training in art. Marchant graduated from SUU with a degree in art education and moved to Phoenix, Arizona where she taught art at Willis Jr. High School. Marchant has lived in Cedar City the past 20 years, during which time her pursuit of art was mostly put on hold as she devoted her time to raising six children. About two years ago, she had a stirring to paint again and pulled out her paints and brushes. She joined the local plein-air art group and began painting outdoors in addition to studio painting.
“Painting is a very humbling experience, but one that brings so much joy,” Marchant said.
Humphreys and his family have lived in Cedar City for 18 years. He graduated from BYU with a bachelor’s degree in illustration. He has been involved in art from age 13, winning scholarships and talent awards at two major universities while in high school. He started selling his artwork in high school and has sold hundreds of paintings since then. Humphreys has been a gallery artist in several states since 1988. He has been juried into many prominent shows and auctions. Humphreys works in almost every medium but prefers oils. His work is often small in scale, but he has done very large pieces and mural work. He is also a master frame maker and frames on a national scale for many top-tier artists and dealers. Humphreys has a great love for the land and spends as much time as he can in the mountains. He truly enjoys the creative process, especially painting, because it is so direct and challenging.
“I hope my philosophies about life and art come out in my work,” Humphreys said.
Frontier Homestead State Park Museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 635 N. Main St. in Cedar City. More information is available by calling the museum at (435) 586-9290.
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