 Showing Feb 7th to April 3rd, 2018
::: Paintings & Sculpture ::: TRAVELS THROUGH TIME TO FIND YOU by Carolyn Hitt & ::: Ceramic Sculpture ::: CALM IN THE WILD MESS by Adrien Miller :: Music :: DJ Thad Wenatchee :: "8 o'clock moment" :: freestyle dance by TAQUEET$! & back up rap by Julie-C Carolyn Hitt Here you will find explorations of relationship, time, and the depth of information coursing through our DNA. I think about reincarnation, karma, and lifetimes of connections playing out day to day. I think about love, inexplicable familiarity and pods of community. I think of the cosmic and the anatomic, the cellular and the solar. I think of all our similarities distracted by and distanced through nuanced and targeted programming. I think of where we all come from. And when. And the hundreds of millions of lives that have been lived since then. Adrien Miller Seeing the body in clay reconnects me to a vast, geological earth time. Water is constantly changing our bodies and our landscape. Relentless vicissitudes of personal, natural, and cultural experiences weather us and our world. It is often visible on the surface of a persons face and posture, how one is being shaped by their unique experience. With undesirable and desirable things happening regularly and unpredictably, how do we respond? I am determined to cultivate equanimity through all the pleasant and painful experiences, and my work is seeking to visualize that inner process. Experimenting curiously with stained clay slips and the ways they transition from liquid to solid, I consider these colors as illustrating and eliciting a spectrum of flowing and crude sensations. I make in a way that often leads to surprising, and unpredictable results. I am striving to convey a sense of wonder and acceptance of the unruly human predicament, weather things are flowing favorably, or falling apart.
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 ::: Paintings & Illustrations by :: Uyen Tran Gjerde & Karl Trewhela Jan 3rd to March 7th, 2018 :: Music & "8 o'clock moment":: Nic Lefebvre Uyen Tran Gjerde My inspiration comes from everywhere and sometimes out of nowhere. I mostly find human connections and the relationships people with their environments they create fascinating. The moments I capture are often in between the main events. What’s hidden and not in plain view. Karl Trewhela London based artist, Karl Trewhela’s use of the finest details in his pen and ink work search for the beauty within the dark, exploring the authenticity of the dimmest light, the slimmest hope. An ethereal world intertwining elements of nature, death, the human psyche and the power and fragility of sensitivity.  The Siren's Call and The Face of Water
December 6th to February 6th, 2018 ::: Paintings & Sculpture by :: Andie Trosper DeRoux ::: Paintings by :: Morgan Sobel ~ The Face of Water ::"8 o'clock moment":: Lisa Marie Couture Fashion Presentation :: Music By :: Kylmyys ::: Andie Trosper DeRoux ::: Mystical artwork inspired by the waters of the Cascade Mountains & the Salish Sea. ::: Morgan Sobel ~ The Face of Water ::: In the past two years, interconnection has become paramount in my work as an oil painter. Using small amounts of pigment and teeny tiny brushes, I strive to weave a gossamer, organic web between foreground, midground, and background, between the deep places and the emerging light. I am seeking the vision within form and color of what is emerging, tuning the frequency where this complex world can sing in subtle harmony.  November 1st – Jan 4th, 2018 ::: Paintings by :: BethAnn Lawson & Alan Rushing ::"8 o'clock moment":: Candice Rose BethAnn Lawson is a modern-impressionist painter who lives and works in Seattle, Washington. Her bold, striking work is heavily influenced from her long 30+ year career as a graphic designer and illustrator. Fascinated by people and design, her paintings capture candid glimpses of everyday life and buried secrets of strangers, surrounded by the architecture of both nature and man. Alan Rushing I’ve been painting for a long time, longer than I’ve done most anything else in my life. It’s evolved along the way, I’m not sure I’m where I thought I would be when I started. I thought eventually I would arrive at some magical place where you found out where you were going next. A place you mapped out a good portion of the rest of your life. I didn’t happen though, time flew by fast, and I haven’t a clue what is coming next. What I have found along the way is an appreciation for the craft of painting, and I’m willing to spend more time with the work than I was used to. I look for inspiration in everyday life, figures, interiors, still life, or landscape, anything having to do with the world I occupy. Regardless of the subject matter, I find myself trying to be more observant of the world around me, looking for those little details that separate one moment from another. I tend to think of myself as a counter-puncher, responding to what is thrown at me, acting on what I take in. I look for that catalyst that will take me on that next tangent of inspiration. A counter puncher chooses the appropriate response, waiting for the other person to make a move and then turning it to their advantage. In this way I let the subject matter speak to me, and influence how I would paint it. There is a definite give take to this process, trading blows if you will, before finding the final outcome, but that’s what makes the process interesting.  Distant Realities October 4 – December 6, 2018 ::: Paintings by :: Kimberly Balla ::: Installations ::: David Lee Drake ::: Loft Hosted by ::: Relevant Unknown Yearbook ::"8 o'clock moment":: Group performance featurning LoLo Ramone, Natalie Luma & the costumes of Elijah Strongheart Evenson ::: Music ::: Recess ::: SPECIAL ::: Corner Gallery Featuring City Arts Magazine Fall Art Walk Awards Kimberly Balla Cilia-like protrusions radiate outwards into an ocean of liquid glazes. Swirling patterns of flowing paint and metallic pigment settle into a loosely controlled composition. Layers of glazed oil and sediment simulate a depth which reaches beyond the surface. A discovery and manipulation of a technique which captures a chemical process freezing it in time. My work is about a chemical process of approaching paint. I use the paint and viscous oil mediums in a way which is similar to an eroding natural process. I focus on how the paint can move and change itself and how I can manipulate that change. I am interested in experimentation in order to get patterns and textures which are unusual to me. Thinking about paint in a chemical way allows me to create these unfamiliar textures. The process of trial and error granted way for the discovery of an exciting technique which creates iridescent atmospheric designs. By mixing various painting mediums I have developed a blend of liquids which chemically react with each other to create unique patterns and contours. I carefully mix oozing liquids into one another and watch as the forms magically appear and change before my eyes. I observe as my brush moves through the liquid surface signaling a reaction,which I have come to know, and harness as my own. I become mesmerized by the twinkling sediments as they emerge and submerge in the pooling liquids.This process of glazing and manipulating the watery chemical layers assists in creating a deep other worldly surface.  Nature: A Visual Dialogue
::: Paintings by :: Cheryl H. Hahn and Donal Murphy September 6 – November 2, 2018 ::"8 o'clock moment":: Whitney Wanderlust Cheryl H. Hahn Presented here are organic, biomorphic shapes enfolded within dynamic, colorful compositions that allude to landscape, botanical growth, and abundance. The mixed media-on-wood paintings depict forms that appear to be tumbling, rolling, swirling, and clustering together, while at the same time releasing an animating energy. I have selected paintings from several bodies of work over the past few years, thus stylistic variations emerge. My goal is not to imitate nature, but to connect with it in a more spiritual way; thus capturing the alchemy of light, color, form and pattern of intangible life forces that transcend what we see as the “real” world. The end result is a series of paintings that illustrate a complex “organic surrealism” that I hope viewers will find mystifying, engaging, and celebratory. Donal Murphy In recent paintings, which are acrylic paint on photographs, I am departing from a sci-fi narrative in which matter is summoned by environmental forces. The idea of a twister is a good starting point. Moisture in the air compelled by wind, creating an unexpected moving object. We can call that weather. People interpret the weather, people can read it. This series imagines literal communication from our environment........an alphabet. Aside from the narrative, the objects in these paintings could be seen as sculptures, they are just painted instead of built. In terms of painting, the painted objects are a response to the photograph of the environment, their creation can be dealt with in terms of the dynamics of mark making on a canvas.  ::: Paintings by :: Amanda Szopinski ::"8 o'clock moment":: Performing Ladies of Valtesse :: Music by :: Sonic Shiva It is in her organic approach of painting from the colors of our waters and coastlines that brings attention to the beauty and nourishment that nature provides for our existence. With thin washes of paint staining the canvas and creating the depths of the sea, she urges us to look through the layers of convenience & ignorance in our daily lives in order to make choices that will protect our sea, our land, our nature, & our lives. The plastic in the oceans not only destroys the wildlife, but continues to cause devastation to our health. 90% of the US coastlines have been opened up for oil drilling and this beauty, this nourishment we need, will cease to exist. This is a time for change, awareness, and action to clean up the oceans and keep them alive. How deep is your love?  ::: Paintings by :: Alex Achaval & Brooke Westlund ::"8 o'clock moment":: By Jack Fool :: Music by :: 6:30 Live Music by Olivia De La Cruz Alex Achaval My work can be described in many different categories but I would simply define it as contemporary portraiture. An added uncharacteristic element or found object can also be seen throughout my work such as the “paintbrush girl” series where I take classic wooden brushes and apply them onto the canvas or wood panel before I begin. This series of 3d painting was adapted after seeing an old truck that someone had painted to blend in with the wall behind it in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. I like to incorporate these objects into my work to represent the obstacles we have to overcome in life. You have to either paint over it like it was never there or embrace it. Not to mention it challenges me, it works well and it’s fun! You can see me at goodwill or Value Village with my hands full of the weirdest combination of objects. I try to develop forms that do not follow logical criteria, but are based only on subjective associations and formal parallels, which incite the viewer to make new personal associations. I believe that is what art is all about. Your own associations. "I simply love to paint and create something that will live forever, and that something is usually pretty bizarre." Brooke Westlund Exploring her love of life and all that it encompasses: texture, simplicity, complexity, movement, color, spontaneity, awareness. Brooke’s mixed media abstract paintings show her world through each moment she spends on the studio creating. Brooke Westlund uses many different techniques and materials to create her abstract paintings. Different typed of paints, transparent photographs, dry pigment powders, stamps, encyclopedia cut outs, ribbon, etc. She blends them with big brushstrokes, splatters, drips, bold colors. The result of her time spent in the studio, the paintings, are her way of sharing her love of life with the world. The outcome of Brooke’s time spent in her studio in Pike Place Market with her many eclectic materials, her music, and ideas are the mixed media abstract paintings that share her love of life and practice of being in the moment. On the paintings..... "they are composed of many different moments of their own layered upon one another, there is a certain point where the painting seems finished but really it is just time to move onto a different stage in its life, in fact each painting continues to change each moment as more and more people experience it, it is ever evolving. It changes depending on where it is hung at the time and who walks by. Even if you see the painting in a bar for a second as you walk by you had a moment with it and so you and the painting each contributed to each others lives even in a tiny way. This process of being in the moment is how we should view our lives, not being attached to any one moment but just moving along. Not worrying about the future or the past."  :: Featuring Art by :: Mario, PaTan, Geraldine Le Calvez, Juju Dang, Elijah Strongheart Evenson, Tyler Ung, Dave Piexoto*, JaJasGarden*, Michelle Anderst* *One night show only ~ Art Work will be donated to Seattle Rainforest Gala Auction Sept 20th, 2018 :: Featuring Interactive Art & Conversation :: Loft hosted by Center for Creative Conservation Video Game for Conservation : people choice winners :: Key note presentation by Fashion for Conversation :: ::"8 o'clock moment":: Jase Creations  /// Featuring Atelier Artists: Aleksandra Saronjic, Andrew Fricke, Cynthia Wessling, Ellen Cooper, Kathy Roseth, Katy Foruria,Kavita Subramanian, KT Eisler, Lisa Goldstein, Martha Rogers, Nathan Brutzman, Nick Riesland, Salti Sothi, Sherry Krivosheev, Sydney Lewis, Taylor Seamount, Victoria Weber, Yudi Guo /// Teaching Artists: Lowell Poisson, Marina Montes, Leva Ansaberga, Ethan Lind & Jethaniel Peterka /// Atelier Instructor: Mark Kang-O'Higgins ::"8 o'clock moment":: Lydia Taterz :: Schedule of Sound :: Live Music By singer songwriter Joseph Dane May will be featuring the annual show of drawings, paintings and sculpture created by the members of the Mark Kang-O'Higgins Drawing and Painting Atelier. With open aesthetic, the Atelier is based on two pillars of study. Members are given the opportunity to work in a strong observational tradition whilst also working on their personal imaginative studies. The fusion of observation skills with imaginative practice gives the members a vocabulary with which they can express themselves, how they do this and what they create is entirely up to them. Come see what has been created. |
