May, 2012
Shows run concurrently May 1 - May 26
First Friday Artwalk May 4th, 5-8 p.m.
Irm Bruser
NEAR AND DEAR
Chuck Fitzgerald
DESIGNS IN WOOD FROM NATURE
I began creating designs in laminated wood about 40 years ago in college. The majority of my show atCollective Visions Gallery will consist of these designs in wood. The designs are discovered by isolating shapes found in nature. Strips of contrasting wood are ripped on a table saw and then glued together in a press to create the final piece. Most of these pieces have 6 to 7 coats of hand rubbed oil for their finish. I also create large scale out door pieces made of stainless steel and synthetic concrete.
Notable Events
CONGRATULATIONS TO ANNA HOEY
for having her painting, "Red Hottie"
chosen as "People's Choice" this First Friday
Featured Artist for June at CVG
Marilynn Gottlieb
First Friday Artwalk, June 1st, from 5PM to 8pm
WORKS IN A SERIES
Marilynn Gottlieb Marilynn's "Works in a Series" are pieces that all contain more than one image. The grouped images represent both relationships that are strictly ordered, such as the piece "1 to 100", or juxtapositions of images that share some visual, location or style element in common.
June Boardroom Show
Jim Knull & Pat Wilson
TWISTED
Jim uses all found organic
materials for his "off the wall" birds and Pat uses a synthesis of natural curves and intense colors for her "on the wall" but out of the box abstract acrylics.
Karsten Boysen
Karsten Boysen
The Gallery Without Walls exhibit sponsored by the Arts Council of Lake Oswego selected Karsten Boysen's sculpture entitled Daphne (see below) for inclusion in their two-year-long show starting the summer of 2012. One sculpture out of 17 will be selected by the People's Choice Award for purchase. The exhibit is now comprised of more than 60 permanent and loaned works. Boysen will install the sculpture during the third week of July with an artist's reception to be held mid-August in downtown Lake Oswego, just outside of Portland, Oregon; an honorarium of $850 is included.
Marilynn Gottlieb
Mary McInnis
Mary will be part of an invitational art show at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, called "Hats," which opens on May 4th and runs to May 29th.
She has had two pastel paintings juried into the Northwest Pastel Society's 26th Annual International Juried Show which opens at the American Art Company, 1126 Broadway, Tacoma on May 5th and runs 
through June 16th.
She has 20 pastel paintings at One Life Church in north Seattle till June at which time they will be moved the Seattle Athletic Club in Northgate and hang till August. See Hyak Shade at right.
She will be demonstrating her pastel technique for the Pacific Gallery Artists monthly meeting on May 8th at the South Park Community Center in Tacoma.
She won an Honorable Mention Award and Recognition Award at the Associated Arts of Ocean Shores Juried Show in April.
Wanda Garrity, Mary McInnis, Anna Hoey & Emily Porter
Paula Gill
Paula will participate in Artist's Marketplace, A Spring Art Sale, sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour, one day only, April 28, 10 to 5, at Woodward Middle School on the island. The event features studio tour artists' discontinued and/or sale items. For more information or directions, visit www.bistudiotour.com.
Sydni Sterling
The Cole Gallery in Edmonds is a recent addition to the venues showing Sydni's work. Please visit www.colegallery.net to find out more.
Susan Blackburn
Susan's work was chosen for exhibition in the National Wearable Arts show in Yakima, Adorn the Form: New Directions in Fiber and Jewelry.
The show is sponsored by the Larson Gallery and runs from April 13 - May 20th.