Juli Adams

  Michelle Anderst

  Carole Barrer

  James Caudle

  Daniel Cautrell

  Sara Everett

  Cristin Ford

  Mattie Iverson

  Lisa Jacoby

  Weston Jandacka

  Kathy Liao

  Doug Mandt

  Liz Maxfield

  Janet Nechama Miller

  Teresa Morani

  Aimee Mori

  Erik Owen

  Jim Pirie

  Kate Protage

  Grego Rachko

  Stan Raucher

  Lee Richmond

  Lanae Rivers-Woods

  Angela Scott

  Chris Sheridan

  Rick Simpson

  Jason Stauffer

  Leslie Stoner

  Brad Strain

  Ken Van der Does

  Misha Van de Veire

  Chris White

  Harry Woods

  Rebeqa Rivers

  James "Shoes"

  Walker

Images:

Artist Statement:

My mixed media collages combine historic and graphic images in textured color field environments.  Removing figures from their cast off status in thrift store books and garage sale finds I add them to my own worlds; I give them new life as the classic characters of the literary works I surround with which I myself. The figures become heroic again when they begin to interact with each other on the canvas.  One of my favorite quotes is by the Surrealist Max Ernst: “collage is two unknown elements meeting on a third unknown plane”. I begin with these unknowns and build, seeking out, with glue and paint, the reasons for the interactions I am seeing.

Two scraps of paper lying together or the random colors happened upon during the day slowly form themselves into the final work.  I often feel as if I had happened upon a scene that is elusive or impenetrable and I try to make sense of the melancholic rituals which I observe coming together.   Often, a random phrase read or lyric of a song overheard while deep in the process sheds light on the work I have been creating.   The painting forms and I find I have built a new story, new characters, to add to the lexicon.

Biography:

Selected Exhibitions

2009             La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008-2009     Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA

2008             Elysian Tangletown, Seattle, WA

2008             Veloria, Seattle, WA

2005             Café Darwin, Seattle, WA

1999             BFA Graduate Show, UWF Fine Arts Gallery, Pensacola, FL

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