Marilyn Batt's Seattle Sketches Featured In Umpqua Bank Lobby

In the Umpqua Bank lobby this month, the 54th St. Atelier is showing various Seattle sketches by Marilyn Batt.

Entertainment in the Lobby will be provided by the bluegrass band Right as Rain, with performances starting at 6:30 pm.

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Lynn Hogan's Beloved Companions Gallery Show At Umpqua Bank

For June in the gallery at Umpqua Bank, the 54th St. Atelier is showing the work of pet portraitist Lynn Hogan.

"Beloved Companions"
Lynn Hogan's beautiful and expressive pet portraits deftly capture the fuzzy appeal of animal companionship. These paintings of cats, dogs and rabbits display an intensity of character that show how they earn their keep.

Lynn Hogan is a Seattle artist and member of the 54th St Atelier.

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Birds By Wendy Wees Shows At Umpqua Bank's Gallery For May Artwalk

"Birds",  this month's show of oil paintings by Wendy Wees at the Umpqua Bank Gallery, is a charming collection of avian characters that are fascinating and beautifully whimsical.

Wendy Wees is a Seattle artist whose work has been featured in the Seattle Art Museum's quarterly publication.

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H2O Shows In Umpqua Bank's Lobby For May Artwalk

In the Umpqua Bank Lobby for May, the 54th St Atelier presents "H2O", diverse painted views and reflections of water in Seattle, on earth and other places by atelier members.  

Entertainment this month will be provided by the bluegrass band Right as Rain, performing at 6:30pm and 8:00pm.  Check them out on Facebook:  Right as Rain with the guitar and boots icon.

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54th St Atelier Presents Urban In Umpqua Bank Lobby For April Artwalk

The 54th St Atelier Presents: "URBAN"

Atelier members show diverse views of city life.

A transplant and a true Seattle original, Sasha Malinsky entertains with songs of serious whimsy at 6:30pm and 8:00pm.

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Ray Pelley Showing at Umpqua Bank Gallery For April Artwalk

The artists of 54th St Atelier will be curating two shows every month for the Ballard branch of Umpqua Bank. For the month of April, the Gallery show will be "City Seens and Country Seens" by Ray Pelley (he intends the spelling "seens").  A series of paintings juxtaposing scenes from the natural and urban environments: exposing the complexity of the human condition in contrast to the complexity of the natural environment.

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Step Into Milo Duke's Surreal World At Umpqua Bank

Umpqua Bank has partnered with the 54th St Atelier, a group of artists, artist-instructors and students to curate monthly shows in the Ballard branch from March through September. Group shows will be hung in the bank lobby for one night only, on the 2nd Saturday of the month. There will also be a solo show hung in the gallery for the entire month. 

"Tales of the Third Creation", showing in the Umpqua Bank gallery through March, are beautiful and sweetly surreal oil paintings by Milo Duke that were inspired by the Popul Vuh of the ancient Maya. 

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Travel To Japan With Dan Chairs at Umpqua Bank in February

For the month of February, Umpqua Bank is hosting the work of Dan MacDonald, a Seattle based photographer. Utilizing a mix of analog and digital photography he enjoys documenting the world around him and loves to seek out the overlooked.  

This series of photos is from his trip to Japan summer of 2013 where he roamed around the southern part of the country for a couple weeks.

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Umpqua Bank Presents Misleading Maxims For December Artwalk

In the month of December, Umpqua Bank is showing the work of photographer Laura Gehring. This show is titled "Misleading Maxims", exploring caricatures of the 1930’s, inviting comparison to times of loss, distrust, tumult, and uncertainty.  Each character’s story of loss, gain, or greed brings forth a projection of history onto today’s ideologies, unearthing contemporary affects in the process. The melting pot that is America is able to obtain a rendering of the highly sought after “American Dream,” yet within the realities of past and present it proves to be fleeting.

Growing up in rural Idaho with the urge to document the small town culture, beauty of the prairie, and mountain life, Laura followed in her grandfather's footsteps as a photojournalist. After moving to Seattle 4 years ago, she needed to find her own voice in storytelling. Moving into the fashion industry, she was able to tell any story through light, set, and mood. Now she uses that same aesthetic to work closely with clients to learn their story and produce imagery that clearly defines their business as a whole.

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Illustrated Collage By Dan Voelker Featured at Umpqua Bank for November Artwalk

Dan Voelker explores relationships in tone, line, shape and depth using collage. The layering effect of collage allows his drawings to become paintings. The collages begin with several “automatic” charcoal drawings on paper. All of the material found in each collage comes from these drawings, which are sliced up and reassembled in a new way. The cutting up process is an extension of drawing, as Voelker is able to create new and unique forms. When assembling the pieces, he does not begin with a plan or sketch. His process is improvisational, immediate and organic; slowly building each piece into a balanced composition.

Though his work is abstract, it often references figurative elements. A portrait, landscape, or still-life will often emerge, sometimes in the same composition. Voelker is deeply fascinated by sculpture and often sees his work referencing 3 dimensional forms. He attempts to engage the viewer by shifting perspectives and/or subjects, creating movement with dramatic events while leaving the piece open to interpretation. 

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Day of the Dead as Photographed by Charles Moses Showing at Umpqua Bank in October

Charles Moses has been a portrait photographer for over 25 years with Yuen Lui Studio.  

These images are from his 5th trip to document Tucson AZ “Day of the Dead Celebration”. The event has a long tradition involving the Tucson community acknowledging their deceased loved ones.

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Photographer Karen Hyams At Umpqua Bank During September Artwalk

As a former painter, photography is very interesting to Karen Hyams, as there are so many opportunities for distortion between her brain and the camera sensor. This bending and distorting makes photography plastic, surprisingly like painting, which feels very natural.

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For the Month of August, Umpqua Bank Presents Several Artists from Hourglass Footwear

 Hourglass Footwear is a women-owned and operated company of ten Seattle-area artists and designers who create bold, edgy, high-fashion shoes that are one-of-a-kind and 100% original: each pair is custom hand-painted to order. 

The company was founded by Kira Bundlie and Lisa Ström in response to what they saw as a growing need for self-expression and customization in fashion. 

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