Gordon Huether (b. 1959) American, Original 1991 Abstract Watercolor. Signed, dated 1991, and inscribed "To Ann" bottom right. 

Overall: 32 X 25 in. 

Sight: 24 X 17 in. 

#3851 . 

Gordon Huether was born in 1959 in Rochester, New York. He studied stained glass techniques at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. He further developed his style during a collaborative project with the German contemporary stained glass artist Johannes Schreiter. Huether specializes in the creation of public and privately commissioned artwork, although he also creates fine art. His large-scale and commissioned work is always site-specific. During his conceptual phase Huether conducts extensive research in order to deliver an artwork design that is unique to the location and connects to historical, geographical, social, economic, ethical, and religious characteristics. The artist founded his professional business and art studio in 1987, and received his first public art commission from the University of Alaska in 1989. The studio was initially located on Coombs Street in Napa, California. After elaborate renovations of a former hay barn on Monticello Road the artist opened the doors to his new studio space in 2008. Gordon Huether Studio houses a gallery space, offices, and a large production facility where other artists can come together to collaborate. The team at Gordon Huether Studio consists of the artist Gordon Huether, the Studio Director, a Marketing Team, a Project Development team, a Project Manager, a Public Art Administrator, a Design Team, Finance and HR, a Studio Manager and a team of artisans in charge of production. Huether has been the permanent artist in residence at Artesa Vineyards & Winery since 1997, and in 2021 he was selected to be on the Napa Planning Commission. His Studio is open on weekdays to the public, and as of today he has designed and fabricated over 165 private commissions and over 70 public art commissions worldwide, including the Lady Bird Mural at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, the Aluminum Yucca in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Globussphäre in Loßburg, Germany.