Grace Wever

Grace Wever

Grace Harbin Wever is a self-taught mixed media artist whose studio and home are near Westcliffe, Colorado. Her collages incorporate brilliantly-colored layers of silk, hand-dyed cotton, metallic and synthetic fabrics, paper and thread. Iridescence and transparency bring additional light and airiness to her work, while stitching embellishes the design and adds texture and three-dimensionality. Most of her works are mounted, glazed and framed. Grace’s works are both abstract and representational; the latter include mountain-, desert- and seascapes. Spiritual themes are also depicted in two recent collections. “On Wings of the Wind” is a 13-part series illustrating poetry from King David’s Song of Deliverance from Second Samuel. The Striking Stone is based on a dream sequence from the Book of Daniel.

Galleries representing her work include Vargas & Harbin Studio Gallery in Norcross/Atlanta, GA, Hunter Wolff Gallery in Colorado Springs, Michael’s on Main in Canon City, CO, Gallery 150 in Salida, CO and the Third Street Gallery in Westcliffe, CO. Her work is found in private collections throughout the US, and at institutions including Exempla Medical Center in Lafayette, the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the Anschutz Medical Center in Denver, and Alabama Psychological Services Center. She is a past president and Board member of the Arkansas Valley Art Center at Colorado Mountain College.

Prior to her retirement to the world of art, Grace worked in science, business and public policy. She earned a Ph.D. From Temple University, and was a research fellow at Baylor Medical and at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She was a research faculty member at the Institute of Optics, a manager and laboratory director at Eastman Kodak, and a senior manager with KPMG Peat Marwick. Wever chaired the Department of Commerce’s National Sea Grant Panel, which advises NOAA on coastal and marine research.

Grace was a founder and the first president of the Council of Great Lakes Industries, a binational public policy organization. Her book, “Strategic Environmental Management,” published by John Wiley & Sons, has received international recognition. Grace also earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is married to Albrecht Wever, a physicist, engineer and innovator.

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