Second Saturday ArtWalk December 12, 2016

We welcome four new venues to Artwalk - St Luke's Episcopal Church, Jax Joon, Giddy Up Burgers and Greens, and opening on December 12 Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop. There are many group shows happening at Monster Art and Clothing, Push/Pull, Annie's Art and Frame, BallardWorks, and a plethora of artists at Blowing Sands Glass Studio. Remember, BuildingC is back on the ArtWalk and lots of artists will have their studios open for holiday shopping. Check them out and pick up a gift for yourself!

Annual Employee Holiday Show at Annie's Art

Annie' Art and Frame is proud to show off it's talented employees for our annual employee show. Features are prints, paintings and glass art by Dillon Benett, Rachel Heller, Demian Johnston, Holly Pharis, Eden Rivers, Jasmine Eerie, Karl Twomey and Jose Tapia.

2212 NW Market Street 

Local Artist Heidi Somes At Inaugural Jax Joon ArtWalk December 12

The Second Saturday ArtWalk welcomes Jax Joon as a new venue, featuring local artist Heidi Somes.
Heidi specializes in photography and painting.
Jax Joon has new owners as of November, so stop by and welcome them.
5338 Ballard Avenue NW

Pyrographer Rachel Wirfs December 12 at Market Street Shoes

Rachel Wirfs will be demonstrating the art of Pyrography at an Artist Reception from 6-9 pm at Market Street Shoes.
Pyrography or pyrogravure is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. The term means "writing with fire", from the Greek pur (fire) and graphos (writing).
Market Street Shoes
2232 NW Market Street

Regrets: Tattoo Themed Art at Push/Pull Gallery December 12


December's show features the tattoo style work of thirteen local artists including Push/Pull members:
Krissy Downing
Seth Goodkind
Rhodora Jacob
Maxx

And nine guest artists:
Megan Noel
Erick Lingbloom
Maranda Cromwell
Kassandra Davis
Phill Tuma
Amelia Campbell
Corianna Garrels
Rob Bellm
Aaron Morgan

Opening reception at 6pm December 12th, Show runs through January 8th, 2016.

Push/Pull Gallery
5484 Shilshole Avenue NW

Satoko Pettersson Featured at Venue with Handarbete Textiles in December

10 years ago Satoko started her textile journey with a 3 year advanced handicraft degree from HV School in Stockholm Sweden. She believes that weaving, being one of the oldest fabric techniques, should be honored with high quality natural materials. Simple and classic designs with good natural materials is the foundation of all her works.

5408 22nd Avenue NW

Happytime Apocalypse Art Collective Shows At Monster Art & Clothing in December




HappyTime Apocalypse is an art collective that celebrates the humor in the many ways our world may end. The goal of HappyTime is to create an artistic escape from the horrors of the world that surround us. We want to infiltrate your mind with a balance of dark and light, happy and evil, illuminating the opposing forces of humanity within us all. We create our own reality and as a group, we hope to create an inspiring and thought-provoking display for everyone to enjoy. When we go down, we will go down reveling in our experience until the end, and deeply appreciating the beautiful, humorous, macabre and awe-inspiring fragments of life floating all around us!

5000 20th Avenue (corner of 20th and Ballard Avenue)

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio Open For Printmaking For December ArtWalk

Karen Klee-Atlin will be working on her prints at Blue House and Yellow Dog Studio this Saturday. Come and see her latest prints and watch as she demonstrates the woodcut and collagraph process on her press. Karen will have framed and un-framed prints for sale and there will also be a great selection of book bags, purses and napkins made by designer Sara Kelley.

Karen will be offering art classes at her studio in drawing, painting and printmaking for children, teens and adults this fall. You can contact her at Karen Klee-Atlin for more information.

Yellow House Blue Dog Studio
5406 6th Avenue NW

Welcome New Venue Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop for December ArtWalk

Join Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop on the Grand Opening day & the Ballard ArtWalk this Saturday, December 12th!

You know that one person on your Christmas list who's always extremely hard to shop for? Ballyhoo's got you covered! Endless unique, obscure and fun gifts that your friends and family will seriously love.

For the ArtWalk, Brandon Vosika is this months featured artist with 29 pieces priced to sell right off the wall. The ArtWalk reception will be from 6 to 9 PM - Come say hello!

Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop
5445 Ballard Avenue NW (next to the Smoke Shop at the top of Ballard Avenue)
Brandon Vosika

Rebekah Slavin Benefit Show at St Luke's for December ArtWalk

St. Luke's Epicopal Church joins the Second Saturday ArtWalk with art by Rebekah Slavin. All proceeds will benefit LIHI, the Low Income Housing Institute.
There will be music in the historic Chapel, and refreshments in the Undercroft.

St Luke's Episcopal Church
5710 22nd Avenue NW (1/2 block north of the Ballard Public Library
Rebekah Slavin

BallardWorks Exhibits "Self Portraits - Original Selfies" for December ArtWalk

Self Portraits--Original Selfies is the theme of our December show featuring artwork by our Tenants and Friends. This promises to be an amusing and amazing exhibit with all portraiture styles represented from cubist to realist. How do we picture ourselves? After all, that face looking back at us in the mirror is not how we appear to others. The mirror reverses our image, so if the artist paints his/her self portrait while looking in a mirror, it is not the face his/her friends are viewing. If the artist paints from a photo, it might or might not be the same view as others see. Come and consider the likeness of these personal works presented for your enjoyment.

Three floors of art studios and exhibition spaces open for the Art Walk Saturday, December 12, 2015. Open 6:00-9:00 pm.
Families with kids welcome. Enter through the 1st or 2nd floor doors on 30th Avenue. Includes painting, wood working, sculpture, wearable fiber art, encaustics, print making and more, all under one roof.

BallardWorks
2856 NW Market Street

New Venue Giddy Up Burgers and Greens Hosts Karen Testa Photography


Images of horses and the people who work, play and exist with them that are meant to recall images, memories & emotions when viewed by anyone who is familiar with horses or not.
Be sure to check out some of the beautiful images on Karen's website.
The show runs through the end of December.
4600 Leary Way

Artist Reception at Blowing Sands December 12



This month the building is full of art from these local artists:

Sooze bloom deLeon grossman--scarves, jewelry, fused glass, garden art, and more
Julie deRouche--pottery and jewelry
Linda Thorson--concrete art, birdhouses, bird baths
Karen Sutherland--glass, encaustic collage art
David Smith--glass art, glass drinkware
Larry Halvorsen--pottery
Lon Clark--glass and metalwork

The exhibition runs from December 12th - January 6th
An artists’ opening reception will be part of Ballard Art Walk, Saturday, December 12th 6pm to 9pm.

5805 14th Avenue NW



Second Saturday ArtWalk in Ballard November 14, 2015

It's looking to be a great ArtWalk on Saturday, November 14. Ballard welcomes a new gallery, Push Pull (they don't really open until November 22, but we get a sneak peek Saturday), Building C, longtime home to many studios, is back on board with a chance to visit many artists. There are the original selfies at BallardWorks, also known as self portraits, and beautiful cats done with ink at Market Street Shoes. So get your boots and raincoat and visit the venues.

BuildingC is Back on the Second Saturday ArtWalk



The person who was the contact for the Second Saturday ArtWalk from BuildingC left, and they fell by the wayside. They recently got back in touch, and BuidingC is alive and well, full of numerous artists of different media, many of them there to greet you during the ArtWalk, November 14, 2015.
Enter the side door (behind the dark car in the center of the picture) at 4857 14th Avenue NW.

Building C
1/4 Block North of Leary on 14th Avenue NW



Multi Artist Extravaganza at Blowing Sands November 14 ArtWalk

Adorned
Art and jewelry, local and whimsical, in fabric, photo, paper, paint and fine metals.  Featuring the work of Laurette Chasse, George Estrella, Bill Kaeter, Nahom Tedros, Jacki Lamont, Heather Swain, and Rachel Chasse.  

5805 14th Avenue NW

New Gallery in Ballard Opens For November 14 ArtWalk

Beautiful Trash: An Art Tribute to Budget Cinema

Our first night in Ballard! We won't be officially open until the 22nd, but we are open for the November art walk. Come see Beautiful Trash: An Art Tribute to Budget Cinema and get a preview of our new space. It's right around the corner from Ocho and Hotel Albatross where 24th & Shilshole meet at Market.

Featured artists are: Phill Tuma, Tiffany Toland-Scott, Heath Cecere, Megan Noel, Eli Wolff
Seth Goodkind, Corianna Garrels, Kassandra Davis, Aaron Morgan, Maranda Cromwell, Neil Devlin
Scott Faulkner and Marty Gordon.

5484 Shilshole Avenue NW

Karen Klee-Atlin Opens Blue House and Yellow Dog Studio for November 14 ArtWalk

Karen Klee-Atlin will be working on her prints at Blue House and Yellow Dog Studio this Saturday. Come and see her latest prints and watch as she demonstrates the woodcut and collagraph process on her press. Karen will have framed and un-framed prints for sale and there will also be a great selection of book bags, purses and napkins made by designer Sara Kelley.

Karen will be offering art classes at her studio in drawing, painting and printmaking for children, teens and adults this fall. You can contact her at Karen Klee-Atlin for more information.

Yellow House Blue Dog Studio
5406 6th Avenue NW



Terry Reed Photographs at The Scoop At Walter's November 14

Terry Reed, a commercial and fine art photographer in Seattle’s vibrant photography scene, will exhibit a series of new photographs this November. The group of 18 images is selected from a larger body of work created during the past year.

All 18 photographs seen in the show were first published on Instagram. Reed was one of 12 photographers from around the world who contributed to Stories and Pictures, a recent Instagram - Tumblr project that married storytelling with photographs. Nine pieces in the current show come from that project and showcase Reed’s writing and image-making talent.

Reed, who lives in Ballard, joined Instagram in 2013. He’s connected with far flung photographer friends. And, he’s found a passionate community of shooters from around the world who are struck by the quality of his images. “Instagram has been a nice surprise,” he said. “It’s been invigorating, there’s a lot of interesting people doing great work.

The Scoop at Walter's
6408 32nd Avenue NW
Terry Reed

Monster Art and Clothing Shares Ryan Henry Ward for November 14 ArtWalk

Ryan Henry Ward's vision of creating primitive images with a dream-like, surreal quality is awake with life in this show.The natural rawness of the painting process  shows through his balanced, bright, and whimsical work.

His work has a combined feeling of neo pop and neo primitivism yet somehow lands in a genre of its own. He has been a muralist in Seattle since 2008 and has created  the largest public body of work in the history of the city.

Monster Art and Clothing
5000 20th Avenue NW
Ryan Henry Ward

Agnes Bodor at Market Street Shoes November 14


Agnes Bodor was born in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. After finishing Secondary School of Visual Arts she went to the Eotvos Lorand Science University and graduated as a biologist. She completed her Phd at the  Semmelweis University School of Doctoral Studies. Currently she is working as neurobiologist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and painting is her hobby. Her favorite materials are the ink and the watercolor.


Market Street Shoes
2232 NW Market Street
Agnes Bodor

BallardWorks Exhibits "Self Portraits--Original Selfies" in November


BallardWorks Exhibits "Self Portraits--Original Selfies"

Self Portraits--Original Selfies is the theme of our November show featuring artwork by our Tenants. This promises to be an amusing and amazing exhibit with all portraiture styles represented from cubist to realist. How do we picture ourselves? After all, that face looking back at us in the mirror is not how we appear to others. The mirror reverses our image, so if the artist paints his/her self portrait while looking in a mirror, it is not the face his/her friends are viewing. If the artist paints from a photo, it might or might not be the same view as others see. Come and consider the likeness of these personal works presented for your enjoyment.

Three floors of art studios and exhibition spaces open for the Art Walk Saturday, November 14, 2015. Open 6:00-9:00 pm.

Families with kids welcome. Enter through the 1st or 2nd floor doors on 30th Avenue. Includes painting, wood working, sculpture, wearable fiber art, encaustics, print making and more, all under one roof. 

2856 NW Market Street

Horseshoe Features Abstract Artist Tara Flores in November


Abstraction gets me. There’s an immediacy to it. You don’t know what it is, what it “means” or what it is trying to convey for sure, but you feel it. It works outside the bounds of language. It cuts through the struggles entangled inside the modern human condition by bringing you back to your soul. Reminding you of you. Steeping you in emotion, knowing and connection.

Even if you don’t “get it,” it gets you.

I tried for a long time to figure out abstract art before I realized that to understand it is to feel it. Emotion understands it, not intellect.

Making these connections, to how we feel, what we want, what brings us joy. Well, its the whole point.
For me, a lot of these connections are made through the process of painting.

If you’d like to learn more about me, my art or experience along the creative path, visit my blog at Tara Flores or find me on social media (@tarafloresart).

Horseshoe
5344 Ballard Avenue NW

October 10 is The Second Saturday ArtWalk in Ballard

Lina Raymond                                                    The Holdout II
October is a great ArtWalk month. The darkness outside makes coming in to see art all the more special. The Bergschrund has another great mountain photographer, Mark Orr, on display.
Lina Raymond continues at Horseshoe, and Market Street Shoes is showcasing photography from Bulgaria, plus a full assortment of new fall shoes. Enjoy!

Photography from Bulgaria Featured at Market Street Shoes October 10
















Saturday evening October 10th, Ballard Art Walk will feature photos at Market Street Shoes taken in Bulgaria by Tom Deering. Come enjoy food and drink while viewing a spectacular collection of photos showcasing the culture and faces of Bulgaria - costumes, dancers, musicians, and architecture. The photos will be on display and for sale throughout the entire month of October.

Market Street Shoes
2232 NW Market Street

Ballard's Own Lina Raymond at Horseshoe for October

Underpainting of "Housekeeping on Seaview Avenue"

Lina Raymon   "Completed Housekeeping on Seaview Avenue"
Fresh out of a Southern California high school, I made my living as a window display artist, floral designer, and wig stylist before doing a 12-year stint as an actress on primetime television. While my son was in high school, I left acting and remodeled houses. When my son left the nest, I dove in with all that was in me as the inventor and founder of a non-dairy ice cream product line. When my popular product and busy, happy little company were confronted with an unavoidable corporate struggle, we won the battle but lost the war (that my company did not survive).

Unfortunately, my struggle to cope with that loss was only the first in a series of events and challenges that led to a lost decade. As I began to heal, I began painting again, and it was through art that I finally recovered.  I now keep my life as simple as possible and  I’ve never been more at peace.


Horseshoe
5344 Ballard Avenue NW
Lina Raymond

Multi - Artist Show at Blowing Sands Studio


Adorned                                    Bill Kaeter


Adorned
Art and jewelry, local and whimsical, in fabric, photo, paper, paint and fine metals.  Featuring the work of Laurette Chasse, George Estrella, Bill Kaeter, Nahom Tedros, Jacki Lamont, Heather Swain, and Rachel Chasse.  
Join us for the opening night reception for a special performance by guitarist Dave Harmonson.

5805 14th Avenue NW

Blue House Yellow Dog Demonstrates Woodcut in October





Karen Klee-Atlin will be working on her prints at Blue House and Yellow Dog Studio this Saturday. Come and see her latest prints and watch as she demonstrates the woodcut and collagraph process on her press. Karen will have framed and un-framed prints for sale and there will also be a great selection of book bags, purses and napkins made by designer Sara Kelley.

Karen will be offering art classes at her studio in drawing, painting and printmaking for children, teens and adults this fall. You can contact her at Karen Klee-Atlin for more information.

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio

5406 6th Avenue NW

Monster Art and Clothing Features Joseph Brooks in October


Joseph Brooks is a Pacific Northwest fine artist and illustrator residing in Seattle. He has lived and shown work in and around Seattle for the past 9 years. Joseph is a member of TSIO in The Greenwood Collective. He has displayed work during West Seattle Artwalk, Rat City Art City, Phinneywood ArtUp, Georgetown's Art Attack, Blitz Capitol Hill, Fremont First Friday, SDC 2nd Thursday, and at various Coffee Shops, Music venues, and Galleries in the Seattle Metropolitan area.


5000 20th Avenue NW 

Mark Orr Photography at The Bergschrund in October

Rainbow and clouds - Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
First snowfall - Zermatt, Switzerland
Mountain landscapes from the US, Canada, Chile, Argentina, and Switzerland as seen through Mark Orr's camera.

The Bergschrund/NW Peaks Brewing
4818 17th Avenue NW

BallardWorks Exhibits "2 Viewpoints" For October ArtWalk




















Two Viewpoints comprises the works of Russel Coxen and Craig Dunstan-McGrail. Coxen presents his current series of encaustic paintings "Exploring Hidden Landscapes". Dunstan-McGrail presents "Sequences and Motion", two groups of pigmented ink prints, the EMP Series and the Elemental Series. These artists share a love of color and use of photography as inspiration. Yet like every artist, they observe the world from each his own unique point of view, resulting in very different images. Come and enjoy seeing our world through these engaging viewpoints at the opening reception Saturday, October 10, 6-9 pm.

Three floors of art studios and exhibition spaces open for the Art Walk Saturday, October 10, 2015. Open 6:00-9:00 pm.
Families with kids welcome. Enter through the 1st or 2nd floor doors on 30th Avenue. Includes painting, wood working/sculpture, wearable fiber art, encaustics, print making and more, all under one roof.


BallardWorks
2856 NW Market Street

Mixed Media Drawings & Paintings by Juliet Tada at Venue in October


Juliet Tada is a practicing artist in Seattle, Washington creating drawings, paintings, installation, and mixed media works. She enjoys experimenting with chance medium, texture, and three-dimensional components while painting on a horizontal plane. As a result, a viewer gets to interact with a bird’s eye perspective at eye-level.

Charcoal, ink, and graphite make up the main media for her work. She enjoys using charcoal for its ability to be multifaceted in texture and gradient. She uses a chromatic scale, which simulates a timeless elegance. The gesture, thickness, and structure of a line encompass the overall expression of her artwork.  Each piece of art manifests itself through the process in which it is created.

Downward momentum - in the form of splatter or winding pathways shaped by water droplets - becomes the starting point for most of her creations. Allowing a material to organically move or react to its environment causes an image of fluidity that is gentle to the eye. Using water and wet solvents demonstrates the power an element has over a composition. Water transforms and reshapes a medium within a piece, echoing its effect on the earth.

Also included in her show will be abstract renderings of the human figure. A trending beauty appears among her female representations. The eccentric use of hair acts as a staple characteristic within each drawing. Gold appears as an accent in her current body of work. A touch of sparkle against a black and white contour mimics the moon kissing the darkened sky. 

5408 22nd Avenue NW


Second Saturday ArtWalk September 12


It promises to be beautiful weather for the Second Saturday ArtWalk September 12, 2015. As the day turns to dusk, and the memories of light until 10pm fades, wander Ballard and visit the venues.

His Word Found Here Showcasing Brennon Knott for September 12 ArtWalk


Brennon is a Northwest native who has a love for the area.

His pieces are a reflection of the various images, shapes, icons etc that you may see in the PNW.

His Word Found Here
5404 22nd Avenue NW
Brennon Knott

Shauna Tuey Featured at Monster Art for September ArtWalk


Shauna Tuey is a self taught visual artist born and raised in Seattle, Washington.

She uses a wide variety of mediums for her paintings including melted crayons, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, and color pencils. She is constantly exploring new creative outlets and integrating new techniques into her work.

Her designs are inspired by the world around her as well as by other artists in the community. In the early stages of her work, she explored abstract designs which eventually evolved into more concrete ideas. It's been enjoyable to watch her style develop as she began to research mythological stories and sacred geometry. It became her goal to not only capture the images in her head but to breathe life back into the stories that she reads.  

Her focus is never on one technique for too long as she finds the exploration of the unknown too appealing to settle down in a particular medium; this gives her work a sense of blooming as she changes and grows as an individual. Although she can't commit to a medium, there is an unchanging tone to her work which enhances the organic beauty she perceives with a whimsical lightness. She is truly an adaptable artist looking to bring the best out in her creations. Whether it's painting, silk screening, dance or baking she always finds a way to put her heart and soul into what she's making.

Monster Art and Clothing
5000 20th Avenue NW
Shauna Tuey

Leslie Ulrich Featured at Blowing Sands Gallery in September



“Patch Worked Series”

The act of sewing colors of fabric together to create pattern is an old and worthy act traditionally done by women out of necessity- some say a “labor of love” to keep families warm when they sleep.  I have always been attracted to patch work maybe because my mother is a quilter and I grew up surrounded by color and pattern.  As a child I remember making projects of 9-square patch work pillows and I also took needlepoint lessons.  The act of arranging color into patterns is my passion.  I am most influenced by the African-American tradition of multiple pattern quilts.  The quilts are usually divided into blocks of a repeat pattern; however each block is uniquely interpreted and rarely contains straight lines.  These quilts exemplify the West African principle of protective multiple patterning.  Evil spirits would have to decode the complex mixture of many patterns before they could do any harm to the user.  The idea of a physical quilt used for spiritual protection has influenced me greatly. 

 “Patch Worked”  is an ongoing series of work that explores and celebrates color and pattern created from an everyday object.  I paint brown paper, cut it and sew it back together in interpretive unique patterns.   I use recycled paper bags because it is a way to recycle the paper and “make something from nothing” a theme that has inspired my art making.   This work is a contemporary look at the traditional craft of patchwork.
My paper balls are a reflection and influence of Japanese culture and an appreciation of a simple object made beautiful.   In Japan paper is a national treasure.  Many objects, especially those for children, are made from paper like kites, fans, and even paper balloons.   Paper is temporary material that brings play and beauty to one’s life.  

 Leslie Ulrich's work will be shown along with pieces by glass artists Scott Darlington and Patricia Davidson August 8th - October 7th.


Lina Raymond at Horseshoe for September 12 ArtWalk

Housekeeping Off Seaview Avenue
If you went to Horseshoe in August to see "Salmon Bay from Fremont Peak", return this month
for Lina Raymond's newest painting, "Housekeeping Off Seaview Avenue". Also on display are paintings from her Ballard Avenue series.

Horseshoe
5344 Ballard Avenue
Lina Raymond

BallardWorks Presents "Home Is ..." for September ArtWalk


A wide variety of visual art by 11 artists and the work of one author are presented at BallardWorks with an opening reception during the Ballard ArtWalk Saturday September 12, 2015, 6:00-9:00 pm. Visual artists include Katherine L Wright, William Hook, Joanne Shellan, Dionne Haroutunian, Vicki Platts-Brown, Marilee Dicks, Patricia Tuton, Sandy Bricel Miller, Signe Davis, Lisa Snow Lady, and Garrett Sweany. The author is Rebecca Ross who has written "Being Home: The Art of Belonging Wherever You Are".

The theme of this exhibit is that home is more than the house we live in, it's a state of mind and of being.These creative expressions portray the emotion of feeling at home as each artist experiences it.

How do their experiences compare with your own interpretations? Are you at home in your skin? In your office? In your garden? In your home? Is home truly where the heart is or is it any place you hang your hat?

Three floors of art studios and exhibition spaces open for the Art Walk Saturday, September 12, 2015. Open 6:00-9:00 pm.
Families with kids welcome. Enter through the 1st or 2nd floor doors on 30th Avenue. Includes painting, wood working/sculpture, wearable fiber art, encaustics, print making and more, all under one roof.

BallardWorks
2856 NW Market Street

Venue Hosts Jerry Kaufman for September 12 ArtWalk

Ballard Locks

Jerry Kaufman is a third generation photographer.The theme of his work is renewal - new beginnings designed to create a sense of healing and well-being in the viewer.

He makes photographs in the spirit of the Impressionists working with light, color and emotion. Jerry strives to create a painterly feel in his images - whether in nature or urban settings. His vivid black and white "reversals" printed on metal spark near universal curiosity.

Venue
5408 22nd Avenue NW

BJ Douglas Featured at The Scoop at Walter's for September 12 ArtWalk

Bluebird Collage                                               BJ Douglas

Paper, Scissors……………and Glue.

Last fall I came across some collages I made many years ago and thought them pretty cool. So I picked up a magazine and started to look for interesting images.  At first the pieces were therapeutic in theme as I was (and still am, of course) dealing with the loss of my Most Wonderful Husband the year before.  But to my surprise, what emerged were not all images of darkness and grief, but rather images of healing, of moving on, even images laughing at sorrow.  It seems my unconscious mind was way ahead of me.

And it’s that spontaneous, intuitive, aspect of collage that has fascinated me ever since.  As a painter I always know what image I want to capture on canvas (and sometimes struggle mightily to make that happen.)  As a writer I know the basic story before I begin.  But as  a collage artist I am always surprised---and often delighted----by what emerges.

All the elements of these pieces are cut from magazines and books I find at thrift stores.  Each usually begins with a single image I find intriguing.  I then look for its “home”--- a landscape or skyscape or other objects that seem to work with it--- and somewhere in that process a “meaning” of some sort emerges.  Some pieces come together very quickly.  The bits and pieces of others may hang around on my work table for a week or two (or more) as I try this, that, and the other before finding whatever it is that’s needed to complete the idea of the final piece.

I hope some of these will make you smile.  Some may make you sad.  Whatever, I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I (and my subconscious) enjoyed making them!

The Scoop At Walter's

Two Exhibits at BallardWorks for August Including Artist's Reception

Two Exhibits, Get to Work & Art Works, are up at BallardWorks with an opening reception during the Ballard ArtWalk Saturday August 8, 2015, 6:00-9:00 pm.

The exhibit will run through August 28.

Get to Work features new prints by Phil Stoiber filling the 3rd floor exhibition areas. Art Works, Fifty pieces by Family and Friends, fills the second floor exhibition areas. It is especially interesting to see works that are inspired by another artist's work and a sampling of work collected by that same artist. What inspires, the products of inspiration and what that artist values in others' works is all part of the mystery of creativity.

Three floors of art studios and exhibition spaces open for the Art Walk Saturday, August 8, 2015. Open 6:00-9:00 pm.
Families with kids welcome. Enter through the 1st or 2nd floor doors on 30th Avenue. Includes painting, wood working/sculpture, wearable fiber art, encaustics, print making and more, all under one roof.
BallardWorks
2856 NW Market Street
Phil Stoiber
Robert Hardgraves

Lina Raymond Featured at Horseshoe for August 8 ArtWalk

Housekeeping Off Seaview Avenue
If you saw Lina Raymond's "Salmon Bay from Fremont Peak" last month at Horseshoe, you'll want to return this month for "Housekeeping Off Seaview Avenue". Also on display are some of her Ballard Avenue series.

Horseshoe
5344 Ballard Avenue NW
Lina Raymond
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