Waiting To Be Rescued by Michael Bristow At Interfaith Community Sanctuary in April and May

Compositions of harmonious color and form are to be found everywhere around us. In the work of Michael Bristow, scraps of throwaway printed ephemera and discarded objects are redeemed and ennobled, given new meaning as elements of form and color. Patterns of synchronicity, significance, and even mysticism are sometimes revealed, perhaps differently to the individual viewer. Each piece, however, is initially inspired by an “accidental” juxtaposition - not created but rather noticed by the artist.

In our age of digitally-created art, Michael Bristow prefers to work with paint, glue, wood, cardboard, and bits of paper and metal scavenged from the streets, beaches, and second-hand stores. He believes that exciting colors and shapes are always surrounding us, waiting to be rescued and made into art that costs little to the environment or to his own wallet."  To reach Michael Bristow, email: mbristow@seanet.com

Every two months ICS features a guest artist in the Fellowship Hall (downstairs). Ongoing in the Sanctuary (upstairs) congregant’s communal art, created during spiritual retreats, is featured. Each unique piece has been designed by artist Linda Stern, who guides congregants in the art experience.

Interfaith Community Sanctuary
1763 NW 62nd St

Internal Navigation at Habitude For March Artwalk

For the March Artwalk, Habitude presents Internal Navigation, a show of mixed media work by Salyna Gracie. 

Salyna's mixed-media collage works explore her interest in the layering of consciousness, the surreal nature of reality and the universal experience inherent in the deeply personal terrain of inner truth. 

"My collages evoke dreamscapes that are at once mystical and confessional, exploring questions of identity, memory, legacy and inheritance. The symbols of a personal mythology, a legend, that navigates internal landscapes and unlocks sensual treasures of light and shadow. 

To see more of Salyna's work, visit www.facebook.com/SoulBirdCollageArt

Habitude Salons and Spa
2801 NW Market St

Three Artists Exhibit at Blowing Sands for January Artwalk

Three fine artists share the gallery this month: Julie deRouche with her nature inspired pottery, Sooze bloom deLeon grossman, whose brightly dyed scarves, collage art prints and cards, and fused glass trays and house numbers exhibit her wide range of interests, and Linda Thorson's concrete birdhouses, wall pieces, and bird baths are harbingers of the season to come.

Blowing Sands Glass

5805 14th Ave NW

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. 

Umpqua Bank
2032 NW Market St

Dave Ryan and Carlos Valdez Debut at Full Tilt

Dave Ryan was born and bred in the wet dank forests of Washington State. He began stenciling in the spring of 2006 and started to refer to himself as the Manticore.

He had lost most of his fine motor funtions and used stenciling as both a means to regain the use of his hands and as his sole income.

The Manticore has since made a full recovery, and his unique blend of silly pop art can be found in coffee shops, wateringholes, and at Seattle's Freemont Sunday Market.

Carlos Valdez presents this series of collages, which highlights the figures from his childhood in magazines and on Saturday morning TV. 

Literally, larger than life, throughout a wrestler’s career there are ups and downs. They were role models…sometimes a villain then good, bad, or indifferent. Right and wrong, ambiguity is fluid as we age but shocking and polarizing in our youth. Carlos cuts audio in real time on each collage, all playable on your turntable.

Full Tilt 
5453 Leary Ave NW

Mixed Media Artist Jeni Nelson Showing at Venue for October Artwalk

Venue’s featured artist for October is mixed media artist Jeni Nelson. After receiving a BA in Fine Art from George Fox University in Oregon, Jeni spent four years living in France working on her art and being influenced by French design sensibilities and the lovely days spent in her the brightly-lit covered balcony that was her art studio above a boulangerie. 

Back in the Seattle area she has been pursuing wedding photography and floral design, but has also been expanding her mixed-media art. In speaking about her current collage series, Jeni says, “I love detail and pretty things, and of course I will never forget my shaping experiences in France. You will see these loves represented in my work.”

Venue
5408 22nd Ave NW

Prolekult III Mixed Media Show To Open At Blowing Sands During Artwalk

Local artists working in a variety of mediums are celebrated in this group show.  Laurette Chasse will bring in her collages, Nat Gibbons his paintings, and Carla Madrigal and Danny Mansmith their embroidery.  There are also sculptures by Jordan Miller and Alexis Ortiz, collaged contemporary cassone by Heather Swain, and a painted ukulele by Dalton Webb. 

Opening night will feature a special performance by the Ukadelics 7pm-8pm. 
The Ukadelics are Jeff Cook, Kevin Wilson, Jeff Ringer, Craig Kuehnert, Charlene Hall, Rick Araluce, Marne Cohen-Vance, Lisa Bellero and Julie Miller.  This talented group met by working together at the various theatre scene shops in the Seattle area over the years. They formed the band 7 years ago to play at the annual luau of a couple that was also part of the theatre community and we have been playing ever since. They entertain as a Tiki Band,  playing a range of songs from Martin Denny and Elvis Presley to Annette Funicello and late thirties songs like the songs of Andy Iona. 

Blowing Sands Glass Studio/Laura Frost Fine Art Gallery
5805 14th Ave NW

Monotypes and Collages of Nancy Reithaar will be Shown at Domanico Cellars Winery & Tasting Room for the August ArtWalk

"I am a printmaker with a painter’s sensibility. Monotype is a technique with allows for a painterly, colorful and spontaneous approach to creating images. Animals fascinate me and provide me with a rich source of forms, textures and expressions to work with. 

The combination of monotype and collage allows me to compose and adapt in response to the unique subject. When I let go of total control of the process, it is clear which elements should be cut away and which should be enhanced with texture, color, and light. 

The process becomes exciting as I discover the relationships between a shorebird on the beach, for instance, and the image in my mind, the paintbrushes, the press, the paper, and the combination of ink colors that faithfully express the bird’s individual characteristics and universal beauty."

Domanico Cellars Winery

825 NW 49th Street

View Collage Art by Kathy Parker at the Ballard Station Public House, Hosted by Andrew Parker of RE/MAX Metro Realty for the March ArtWalk

Kathy Parker

 

"I was raised in the artistic surroundings of San Francisco and Sausalito, CA and have been a Seattle artist since 1988. I am a Signature Member of the National Collage Society and have won national as well as local awards. My work is in various collections, including Group Health in Tacoma. WA.

In an increasingly high tech and stainless steel world, I hope to add a moment of color, texture, beauty or surprise with my art. I start a collage or fiber piece for the sheer pleasure of seeing how an idea is going to turn out. Often the forms and colors of the materials I use create an unexpected shape, rhythm or atmosphere of their own and result in a picture quite unlike my original concept.

 

In creating collages I use Asian papers which I usually color with acrylic . I also use "found" papers from published sources and interesting fabrics. I apply the materials on canvas or archival paper background using acrylic medium as the glue. "Collage" is derived from the French verb "coller" meaning to adhere, paste or glue. When the picture is finished, I use UV protective varnish." 

 Ballard Station Public House

2236 NW Market Street

Exhibition of Nine Artists on View at BallardWorks During September's Art Walk

This exhibition presents the work by the nine artists of SPA Salon No. 1 who meet monthly.

Brilliant by Kappy Trigg

In celebration of more than ten years together, they challenged themselves to create work with a central theme using various mediums: encaustic, oil, acrylic, collage and printmaking. GRID offers “the viewer the opportunity to imagine what’s said, to find what’s hiding and to enjoy what’s implied.” Nancy Worsaam, Artsstage-seattlerage.com

Tumble Toss by Joan Stuart-Ross

BallardWorks
2856 Northwest Market Street