James Koehler’s tapestries are, at first glance, serene, quiet, orderly, and beautiful -- picture planes in which one can become immersed. After carefully allowing the eye and mind to study the image, discovery begins. There are subtle color shifts, magnetic layers of movement, and simple yet complex geometry. Each vibrant color is from Koehler’s dye bath. He spends 10-12 hours a day at the loom or in the dye studio. “The process of passing the shuttle through the warp and filling design areas with color has a meditative, hypnotic quality for me.”

Selected Permanent Collections:

California State University Foundation,
Longbeach, California

Church of Gabriel the Archangel,
Port Allegany, Pennsylvania

Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Smithsonian Museum of American Art,
Renwick Gallery, Washington, D. C.

Southwest Bank, St. Louis, Missouri

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Koan: Silences Between Darkness I
72" x 38"
$4800

Las Cruces Negras
77" x 47"
$4200