2010 Allied Arts Juried Artist Series

Interpretations:
with the sculptures of Francie Allen
and the paintings of Sharon Kingston
July 2-31st at Allied Arts of Whatcom County
Opening Reception July 2 6pm to 10pm

On Tuesday I am delivering 16 paintings to Allied Arts for an exhibit titled "Interpretations". I'm so excited to be showing my reading rilke paintings as a group along with the fabulous wire sculptures of Francie Allen. Francie and I both have studios in the Bay Street Village Building, but this is the first time our work will be shown together. All my unpeopled spaces enveloping and surrounding her life size figures, wow! Her works an interpretation of modern dance, mine of poetry. The wire making Francie's figures transparent and ethereal: the layering of transparent paint and undefined edges and atmospheres suggesting the same in my pieces. I hope you all get a chance to see this exhibit and would love it if you made it to the opening.

Merging

Merging I and II
Oil on Gessobord
8x10 inches
framed in walnut floater frame

I have been operating in two stylistic camps for over a year now. I create these atmospheric, emotive paintings suggestive of landscape in which the surface is very precious and rubbed and nary a mark is discernible. And then there are my looking inward abstracts which are heavily pigmented worked surfaces, many times paintings over paintings. It is here I play with the paint and rub with my fingers instead of rags. My recent sky studies have been an interim way for me to get more paint on the support and explore another surface (gessobord) that could provide me a way to bring these innerscapes and landscapes together. Last week (see below) I touched briefly on what might be a way to merge my worlds, but it was on an itty canvas board (but a great study). The paintings above (Merging I and II) are closer to what I imagined the combination of my paint applications to be. I'm not calling it a breakthrough, but I'm pretty excited about the possibilities. Yeah!

Organ of Sentiment

Sky Study 5
12x12, oil on canvas board
SOLD

I'm still approaching my sky studies every week. There is a nugget of a concept developing and gestating and awaiting my understanding. Until then, working on these small works, which are largely finger painted, is enough.

Summer Art Classes

2009 Summer Art Class
Animals in Art, ages 6-8

I've been getting requests for summer studio art classes. Although I'm not doing anything formal as in advertising a camp schedule, I'll gladly orchestrate a 3 day, 1/2 day camp for any group that's interested (minimum 4, maximum 6). There are some August dates open. If your children and a few of their friends are interested in doing some art this summer, let me know. $75 for 3, three hour sessions, materials and snacks included. (younger students, 2 1/2 hrs per day, $60 for three day camp) And, word on the street is that I serve really yummy snacks (sometimes, it is just about the food).