 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.
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 ::: 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.  Art by Casey Scalf of Sensebellum & Sienna Dawn ::"8 o'clock moment":: Performance by Taj Jamil ::: Schedule of Sound ::: 5-6:30 ~ Kristen Lound SPECIAL Art Walk After Party hosted by City Arts Magazine. 9-12am ~ RSVP required to Cast your Vote & Join the Late night Fun. 21+ www.facebook.com/events/287910698408770/ ::: Casey Scalf ::: "Starting with a life long fascination in electronics, a love for the wilderness, and a keen eye towards the future I have felt compelled to explore these areas of digital and natural. Always curious to combine them into unique, yet useful forms. It is my pleasure to take on these new ideas and bring the fruit to bear for the rest of the world to see in beautiful, interesting, and thought-provoking ways. This is Sensebellum." ::: Sienna Dawn ::: Throughout the days of doing, amusements come along the way. With various tools of inspiration, my Future Eye lens invites a new perspective. Being a Creative is living art ... Paint is a meditation, breathing color into the simplicity that we are all nature.  Artist Reception ~ March 1, 2018, 5-9 PM "An exhibition of fantastic art from the perspective of cyclical time, where an infinite loop of disintegration and re-creation defines the perpetually flourishing plexus of all life, and conscious connection with this amalgam of vitality inspires fearless and loving participation in its glorious evolution." ::: Original artworks by ::: Alfredo Arreguin, Carrie Ann Baade, Kim Evans, William Fahey, Don Farrell, Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015), Andrew Gonzalez, Mark Henson, David Heskin, Martina Hoffmann, Patrick McGrath Muñiz, Brigid Marlin, Otto Rapp, Amanda Sage, Roku Sasaki, Marlene Seven Bremner, Autumn Skye, Carol Spicuzza, Liba WS, Miguel Tio and Aloria Weaver. Sculptures by Elijah Strongheart Evenson Fashions by Mark Zappone of Zstudio "8 o'clock moment" ~ Mental Tronde de Jambe Schedule of Sound ~ Kylmyys Co-Curated by Don Farrell & Gallery AXIS "The notion that time is a rigid line that can be measured, from creation to apocalypse, has been etched so profoundly into our perspective that, despite the cyclical nature of everything around us, we fixate on the inevitable and permanent end toward which we believe we are marching. Our ego eschews the ever-unfolding obsolescence of what "I" thought "I" was, overlooking the promise of what We will become. But the withered flower swells into fruit, which turns to seed that falls into the decomposed remains of all that has lived before it. Nurtured through the long, dark winter until coaxed forth from this fertile underworld by the warmth of vernal awakening, it reaches toward the sun to flourish again. Creation and re-creation are reflected in all the ancient calendars, whose authors perceived time as an infinite repetition of cycles within cycles. At the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012, many people projected apocalyptic implications upon its meaning, though a new calendar had already begun. The serpent devours its tail. Now, at the beginning of time, we find our way back, from fear to love, before the insatiable, unsustainable "I", to reconnect with and participate in the perpetual glory of all creation."  Winner Conference Thursday Feb 1st, 2018 from 5-9pm Crick Lont (Dozer Art), Perry Paints, "A.CODD", HeraWon, Sarah Nack, Charms, They Drift, Cady Bogart, Leo Shallat, HOA HONG, Kate Tesch, Jose Camarillo, 179, Desmond Hansen, Afro, Henry, Rhodora Jacob, & Katie Kurkjy . Gallery AXIS features A collective of artists brought together by Dozer Art (Crick Lont), A bulk of the talent came together fall 2017 while painting murals in the 6,000sqft warehouse, housed by Beacon Arts Community Center (Dozer's Warehouse). From warehouse to gallery this local group of creatives showcase their expressive style. Each of the artist will offer various sized works including one piece for $100. Come Support the Arts! Schedule of Sound ~ Ronnie Rain 6:45 to 7:50 "8 o'clock moment" The Indigo ~ Spoken word & Freestyle movement   Pixels & Projections : Portals into Digital Art Thursday Jan 4th, 2018 from 5-9pm Digital Creations & other inspired Art work. Dave Peixoto, J Lonnee, Jeremiah Hammer, Kelsey Martin, Louisa Firethorne Interactive, Art, light installations & VR: Marcell Marias, Everette Keithcart, CNDY Factory VR loft, JonBeaux DeForrest Art Canvas Projection WORKSHOP 3D (Ray Freeman, Jeff Mihalyo and J. Shagam) I AM HALO (Ilen Halogram, Audrey Lane, Blair Lyons, Nathan DiPietro, Olivia Claire) :Axis 8’oclock Moment: Showcase of Light & Sound by I AM HALO : Schedule of Sound : Rowan Firethorne, & more TBA Gallery AXIS January Art Walk will enter the new year with an exploration of Digital artwork. Through Pixels, Projections, fabric and sculpture ... each artist welcomes you into a their Portal of future lands.  APOTHEOSIS A collection of contemporary work by Shift Gallery artists. Artists: Eric Day Chamberlain Dawn P. Endean Stephanie Hargrave Cynthia Hibbard Rachel Holloway Karen Klee-Atlin Anna Macrae Colleen Maloney Craig van den Bosch Robin Walker Jodi Waltier Carmi Weingrod Thursday Dec 7th, 2017 from 5-9pm Artwork up through Feb 1st, 2018 :Axis 8’oclock Moment: Kiymbah Tatiana Primal Mystic Presents A live Oracular Divination : Schedule of Sound : Frenchy Toast ~ Authentic French music with vocals and piano 7-8 Kristen Lound ~ Curious Sounds Curation ~ 8-9pm “I could occupy myself for months without changing place, by turning now more to the right, now more to the left.” - Paul Cézanne This collection of contemporary work, created by Shift artists is organized as an homage to Paul Cézanne. Cézanne, one of the great Modern painters sought to continually disintegrate one’s point of view into a series of relationships – one brushstroke in relation to the next, and the relationships between objects in space. In doing this, Cézanne evolved the definition of art to include abstraction. Today, Shift Curator and Cézanne Scholar, Liz Patterson, asks that you discover the relationships between the works shown here, using Cézanne’s methods as a determining link. Four methods are presented: figure and ground inversion, realism & materiality, color modulation, and facets. Shift Gallery is a Contemporary artist-run gallery located in Seattle, and theartists of this venue are unique in that they operate with full autonomy. The nature of Shift Gallery allows for artists to evolve in any way that they wish and the gallery is treated as a blank canvas, as a possibility space. In this way, Shift Gallery is an ever-evolving artistic environment, the results of which can be seen here today. |
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