This unique and intricate threaded mosaic by Seattle artist Nicholas Horcher @nphdraws was a bold viewer’s favorite. When asked how he learned to do this, he said he just figured it out.
Collaged imagery in an Instagram aesthetic beautifully illustrates the artist’s friends who attended a small Catholic Mexican school, 2672 miles from Seattle. Colored pencil on toned paper by Camila Vallejo @buildgrist
The pose of this unusual diptych is referenced in the graphite writing: “I had to do it to em.” To help me get the joke, I received a lesson on the meme it references.
This sensitive piece by Alexia Giselle Gonzalez references mental illness, and a moment of self compassion.
I didn’t get this series of watercolor portraits at first glance. Then I noticed the fish, and that caused me to question what the heck was going on. After that the finger flying off the hand, the eyeball, and…. finally I saw the spider on her head. Portraits of fears by Elise L Hebert @seascribbling
The beautiful skill clearly applied to this illustration had me curious about the meaning. Jenny Peng’s artist statement illuminates it is about “the idea of waking up to the real world, and shedding childish dreams that are unattainable.”
The Slaughter of the Songbirds put voice to a horrifyingly common experience of Generation Z.
School shootings also stopped an artist from attending the reception. It saddened us all to hear that Claudia Marlenne Jasso Garcia was unable to attend the opening due to a school shooting in her area. The artist was not injured, but the shooting impacted members of her family and friends. Claudia Marlenne Jasso Garcia, we love your artwork, and we admire your strength.
Some Pretty Paintings A collection of figures and flowers in paintings and prints Show opens January 5, 2019 Show up through January 27th Artist Talk Saturday, January 5th (3:30-4:30pm) Opening Reception to follow (5-7pm) Smith & Vallee Gallery 5742 Gilkey Ave, Edison (360) 766-6230 Open Daily 11-5 www.smithandvalleegallery.com If you’d like to have one of these original drypoint prints for yourself …
Once we miss a few in a row, many of us find it more difficult to pick a goal back up again. If this is you, don’t worry about anything you missed in the past, and don’t worry about what you might not be able to do in the future. See if you can doodle …
“…What more attractive and challenging surface than the skin around a soul?” – Richard Corliss (1944-2015) Below is an overview of some of the most innovative and influential painters from figurative art history to the mid-twentieth century. Starting in Ancient Greece, through the Renaissance into Romanticism, then Modernism, these artists articulated our view of the human form. Up Next: …
Day 27 of our 30 day January Creative Challenge was inadvertently a cruel one. Komorebi is a Japanese word for sunlight filtering through the trees. In Seattle, January 27th supplied artists with neither leaves nor sun. Somehow, these innovative artists found their ways.
Pics from the Show: The Modern Youth Identity
This unique and intricate threaded mosaic by Seattle artist Nicholas Horcher @nphdraws was a bold viewer’s favorite. When asked how he learned to do this, he said he just figured it out.
Collaged imagery in an Instagram aesthetic beautifully illustrates the artist’s friends who attended a small Catholic Mexican school, 2672 miles from Seattle. Colored pencil on toned paper by Camila Vallejo @buildgrist
The pose of this unusual diptych is referenced in the graphite writing: “I had to do it to em.” To help me get the joke, I received a lesson on the meme it references.
This sensitive piece by Alexia Giselle Gonzalez references mental illness, and a moment of self compassion.
I didn’t get this series of watercolor portraits at first glance. Then I noticed the fish, and that caused me to question what the heck was going on. After that the finger flying off the hand, the eyeball, and…. finally I saw the spider on her head. Portraits of fears by Elise L Hebert @seascribbling
The beautiful skill clearly applied to this illustration had me curious about the meaning. Jenny Peng’s artist statement illuminates it is about “the idea of waking up to the real world, and shedding childish dreams that are unattainable.”
The Slaughter of the Songbirds put voice to a horrifyingly common experience of Generation Z.
School shootings also stopped an artist from attending the reception. It saddened us all to hear that Claudia Marlenne Jasso Garcia was unable to attend the opening due to a school shooting in her area. The artist was not injured, but the shooting impacted members of her family and friends. Claudia Marlenne Jasso Garcia, we love your artwork, and we admire your strength.
Claudia Marlenne Jasso Garcia
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