BOXES

 

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 Participating artist are

SAM GARRIOTT ANTONACCI, MORGAN BRIG,  

GARRISON COVERDALE,MATTHEW CURRY, 

FRED EIDEN, ROBERT ELAN, LINDA JARVIS, 

DENISE HARRIS, CATHERINE ALICE MICHAELIS,  

SHANE MILLER,DEBBI PEEK, LORAN SCRUGGS, 

CAROLYN TERRY, and SUSAN THOMPSON.

For more information visit Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery

The BOXES show is part of two other exhibits.

REAL ESTATE
Paintings of dramatic exteriors by Sharon Carr paired with intimate interiors by Susan Walker.

POINT OF VIEW         
Photographers Cameron Bahnson, Michael Frey, Raymond Gendreau, and Kay Walsh give us their perspectives on iconic Bainbridge landmarks.

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A GIFT OF CONTINUATION

To maintain our botanical province and natural surroundings 
we carefully save our seeds from one plant generation to the 
next to preserve the quality of a species. 

A Gift of Continuation is an offering in hopes of bringing forth another generation and continue the valued tradition of seed saving. 

Detail image of 

A Gift of Continuation

This piece, as with others I have created of similarity, is made from various materials. The chair is made from metal street sweeper bristles arduously constructed twisting wire around the "slats" to hold them in place. It was a bit of a struggle keeping everything aligned while maneuvering the pliers and wire as I secured the "slats". The small 1 inch square box is made from mica and paper with red maple "whirly-gigs" inside it representing seeds gifted for the future.

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ANOTHER BRUSH WITH FATE

This is the second show I have participated in with the theme being BOXES. If you have followed my blog over the years you may remember the pieces I did back in 2007. I had a lot of pieces for that show...a busy time for me.
You can revisit a few of these pieces via these links:
Secrets in the Basement..., The Forgotten Offering, Some Are Quite Coy, The Tinder Box, Jack In The Box 

This current BOXES show opens tomorrow night, Sept. 4, 2015 at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery on Bainbridge Island with 14 artists revealing their take on BOXES. The Artists Reception is from 6-8pm. If you are in the area, stop by to see the exhibit and for a visit and perhaps a glass of wine.

The image below shows Another Brush With Fate in mid-stream progress where I contemplate what to use, such as objects I have on hand or something I need to fabricate to build the remainder of the piece. The surface of my work table, more often than not, gets pretty cluttered, but I hear it is a sign of a creative mind...we'll hope that is true and not something to the contrary.

  Again, with this piece as with many others, the sequence of assemblage is critical so as not to damage other parts as I am putting the elements together to complete it...

End result...Another Brush With Fate

 Detail image of 

Another Brush With Fate

In the artful world of nest building our feathered friends create their homes wherever their needs call them. Be it a tree limb, a rafter, a shoe, or perched on an old box, their designs, constructions and locations are quite ingenious and often precarious, therefore their future can hang in the balance.

I like to add a sense fun with the use of word-play for my pieces titles, 

thus was born Another Brush With Fate. 

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JULES VERNE'S LAND CRUISER

 - R O A D    T R I P - 
Air Streams, Tear Drops and Trucks . . .

...is a fun and diversified exhibit currently showing

 at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery, 

in Winslow, Bainbridge Island, for the month of August

The opening that took place Friday, August 7th, went well with lots of art 

appropriators in attendance with inquisitive questions and inquiries and the cherry on top, red . dots. 

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My piece, JULES VERNE’S LAND CRUISER, shown below, was one of 7 sculptures counting the 3 imaginative digital photo composites by Shane Miller that are 3D wall pieces. You must stop by and see. You'll see prints, paintings, photographs and sculptures depicting scenes from various visions from ROAD TRIPS. 

Here are a couple of the sketches I made for this piece. 

I decided that a Jules Verne vessel would be self propelled and not be towed as a trailer so I changed the construction of the mode of movement thus using 4 wheels. The final result is what you see below.

    JULES VERNE’S LAND CRUISER

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For many years I've been fascinated and attracted to the design, shape and the reflectivity of silver skinned trailers like vintage Air Streams, Silver Streaks, Tear Drops and other nostalgic land vessels.  My husband is as well. He took on the artistically creative task of reconditioning a 33 foot 1974 Silver Streak which we now use as a guesthouse on our property.

I have, in recent years, constructed small, aluminum trailer sculptures, but I wanted to do something with a bit of a twist for the Road Trip Show. I had some metal elements I’d picked up at hardware stores on my many scouting ventures for “ingredients”, as I often call them, that attracted my creative attention. Since my husband and I were off to the coast on holiday a few months ago I packed them up and took them with me so I could refer to them while making some drawings in my sketchbook for reference once I returned to my studio to begin construction.

The challenge was to piece it all together from all the components I had sketched, as well as locate the perfect objects from my collections in my studio and/or hardware stores and thrift shops to complete my vision. I managed to wrangle up what fit the need and strategically apply each one. To get the piece to completion, assembling the parts and pieces had to be done in a certain, methodical sequence so it all came together properly. It was a bit like a puzzle and I was happy with the result.

In the end, it was my fascination with the many wonderful and fanciful vessels Jules Verne envisioned from his amazing imagination that was my inspiration for this piece and it’s title. I just kept moving forward with that muse which made the process of bringing it to fruition that much more fun while exercising my own imagination.

- R O A D    T R I P - 
Air Streams, Tear Drops and Trucks . . .

Pack up and get out of town with paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and artist’s books that traverse the open road and linger on the quirky spots found between here and there. 

          Exhibit runs August 7-31, 2015    
 

Erica Applewhite, Cameron Bahnson, Morgan Brig, Damon D. Edwards, Jeannie Grisham, Denise Harris, Linda Jarvis, Chris Lehwalder, MJ Linford, Wes McClain, Shane Miller, Deborah Peek, Elizabeth VanDuine, Diane Walker, Kay Walsh, 
and Mimi Williams.
 

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery
151 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island WA 98110
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Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 - 6, Sunday 11 - 5

ART IN THE LIBRARY

For this show I will be exhibiting smaller pieces of my work in the new Charlie Moore Art Case, which is on the ground level, between the children’s section and the circulation desk, at the Port Townsend Library with the opening reception being Friday, April 24th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm.

I will be in good company, Kathy Constantaine, Julia Eastberg, Counsel Langley, Wanda Mawhinney, Mitchel Osborne and especially the two found object artists, good friends and kindred spirits, Diane Haddon and Steve Parmelee.

I hope you can make the opening. The show will be running through July 17th, so be sure to stop by and view the works within this 8 artists exhibition.

Thanks again for your ongoing interest and support of the arts.

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THE MOON AND THE STARS . . .

Opens tonight at the Gallery at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts in Winslow, WA on Bainbridge Island. The show titled THE MOON AND THE STARS features Barbara Helen Berger, Morgan Brig, Linda Costello, Diane Culhane, Jeannie Grisham, Chuck Gumpert, Denise Harris, Linda Jarvis, Suzy Kueckelhan, Christopher Mathie, Shane Miller, Deborah Peek, Lynnette Sandbloom, Carianna Schreitz, Cameron Snow, Donna Snow, and Jessica Spring.

The pieces I am exhibiting are:
                  
REFUGE WITHIN

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What you cannot see in this image is a moon painted on the dark, sky background within the window of the pages.

BEWITCHED BY THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

 

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THE MOON AND THE STARS

Artists aim high with work in all mediums inspired by astronomy, celestial navigation, lunar cycles, and the night sky.

The show runs from tonight's opening Artists’ reception 6-8 p.m. through March 2, 2015.

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WAITING FOR THE MUSE IN THE WAKE OF LOSS

Moving through the aftermath of losing my mother I feel like I am navigating into and out of molasses, thick and slow. Though time does make each day easier I still feel a bit stifled by the absence of her presence in my world. A big void has been left behind, though she is still with me, I feel her, she comes to me in my dreams. I miss getting to look into her beautiful hazel eyes and that radiant smile she so eagerly gave, but looking at her photos brings those joyous moments back to me.

Those many years of sharing a friendship with the one person who has been in my life the longest is held near and dear to my heart. This sort of life changing occurrence has triggered some sweet remembrances that come flooding into my senses and bring me solace. A daughter's special relationship with her mother is like no other.

With those memories comes another pull to remember and revisit my old works of art in hopes to seek my future muse to transport me into a new sense of creativity, at least I am holding expectancy for that. That window may take a while to show itself, but I am keeping myself open to receiving the call and cutting myself lose from the ties of grief when the moment presents itself. Time is a healer and as I move through the grief while still giving myself those moments of tears I am on my way to shifting into a new reality.

This older piece feels appropriate for a revisit at this place in time:

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This piece was one of many I created for a show a few years ago at Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend, WA. It is titled WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.

Onward... 

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REFLECTIONS

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This piece, a mirror entitled Raven Blues, will be shown in an invitational exhibition, Super Bowl and Reflections, at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery in Winslow on Bainbridge Island, WA. 

The show runs December 5-28.

An Artists’ reception is 6-8 p.m. Friday, December 5

The Artists include:

Nick Ashman, Lori Bernstein, Diana Cronin, John Ellefson, Gina Freuen, David Gray, Larry Halvorsen, Annie Hancock, Solia Hermes, Bob Hickernell, Hank Holzer, Linda Jarvis, Birgit Josenhans, Nana Kuo, Aaron Levine, Lowell Martin, Shane Miller, Merrilee Moore, Reid Ozaki, Edlee Quesnell, Ann Reynolds-Pearl, Jason Russell, Carianna Schreitz, Terry Siebert, Donna Snow, Bob Spangler, Maria Spies, Don Sprague, Rick Stafford, Raquel Stanek, Lee Stollar, Sherry Underwood, Anna VonRosenstiel, Helga Winter, and Dale Zimmerman.

I am working toward more pieces for this exhibit but as my previous post stated I am working at improving my relationship with time and finding the balance that is so needed to give myself space in time to create. 

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MOVING THROUGH TIME AND SPACE

How does one make the hands of a clock stop or at least slow down. When I am in my studio enveloped in what I am doing I have no sense of time...though when life pulls at me time seems to slip right through my hands and then vanishes and that window to be in that creative sphere is hard to slip into.

So here I am months after my last post. Life is so full and moving so fast it is a challenge to sit down to post something let alone get into the studio to release some creative energy...one foot in front of the other...taking moments for more meditation...more walks in the woods or on the beach...more time in the studio....more time with loved ones...all ways to make time expand and do all that makes one's heart happy.

STUDIO TOUR 2014 @ GREYBIRD BARN

 

Welcome to GreyBird Barn... 

Well, time has passed by weeks now since the Port Townsend Studio Tour at GreyBird Barn. So, here are some images of the event that weekend. The weather was beautiful, the Barn looked wonderful revealing a real sense of a gallery. There was a wonderful feeling of team spirit among the participating artists as we welcomed the many guests who wandered through checking out the creative works we were displaying. This open studio concept is always the perfect way to reconnect with friends and art collectors, past and potential, while making new connections. It was also a perfect time for Shane to share her almost completed loft studio space in the barn which has been a long time coming for her. She spent a lot of the weekend trooping up and down the stairs, pointing out special features in the loft and sharing her enthusiasm for this remarkable space. You can learn more about her loft in this blog post.

Every year we pull this event together with the incredible assistance from family and friends. It could not happen without their help. A big 'thank you' to Carrie Ehrhardt for always coming through with some delicious home-made cookies for our guests and to Wendy Jarvis (my ever so helpful sister) and Bob Snow (Donna's husband) for helping us on clean up days before the sale and another huge 'thank you' to Bob for parking cars for us during the 2 day event. We also want to thank Melinda Bryden and Northwind Arts Center for organizing this event - with over 30 studios on the tour this is no easy task. And last, but certainly not least, I want to thank the fellow artists of GreyBird Barn. It's always such a pleasure and a treat to spend time with all of you and to share our visions, our processes and our passions with each other...
Thank you!


GreyBird Barn's Gallery setting.


Me, Linda Jarvis with Diane Haddon ... a wonderful assemblage artist (we collect much of the same objects) and very dear friend.


Donna Snow, another dear friend, in her corner space demonstrating her process for her fabulous and very imaginative collages.


People gathered around Shirley Moss, a friend and master chain maker, showing her intricate handmade chain jewelry.


Me, again, Linda Jarvis, and friend, Steve Parmelee (another fabulous assemblage artist-he and Diane and I crave found objects and they have some wonderful collections), and GreyBird Barn owner, Shane Miller, of course friend and wonderful mixed metal jeweler and narrative box artist.


Diane Haddon and Shane.


Lynn Anju, a friend, creative jeweler, and a previous exhibitor at GreyBird Barn, looking like she got caught with her hand in the cookie jar. Loran Scruggs behind her is the artist who crafts these wonderful tin and bottle cap creations. A new participant this year and we all so enjoyed getting to know her and her work.



Me and our dear friend, Zo.


Zo and Shane


Here is Jay Haskins, an artist and friend visiting with Donna Snow. Jay is an integral part of Northwind Arts Center and display master responsible for hanging exhibits there.


Bob Snow, Donna's patient husband and a Mac guy (note his reading material) was our parking attendant. He could have very well set up shop as a consultant for Mac users and answer all kinds of Mac questions during the sale. 

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PORT TOWNSEND OPEN STUDIO TOUR 2014

This year Shane Miller and I decided to do the Port Townsend Open Studio Tour sponsored by the Northwind Arts Center and the Port Townsend Arts Commission, asking 3 other artists to participate making our group five very talented and diversified artists guised as the GreyBird Barn Group. We are Shane Miller, myself, Linda Jarvis, Donna Snow, Shirley Moss and Loran Scruggs. You can read about each artist as well as see example images of the work that will be available during the tour via our artist page here. You can click on each image to enlarge them. Also find directions as to how to find us during the weekend on the GreyBird Barn Group page or at bottom of this post.

This year, 2014, is the 16th annual Port Townsend Arts Festival and the schedule of events will include visual arts, literary events, poetry, workshops, lectures, theatre and an artist studio tour. The tour offers an opportunity to visit local artists, observe demonstrations, and discuss the creative process throughout an intensive weekend of art, August 23 – 24, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 
GreyBird Barn Group will each be demonstrating various parts of our creative process . . . such as: photo etching, 3D mixed media assemblage, mixed media collage, jewelry chain making, and tin can sculpture.
Here are some links to web-pages that will provide you more information about the tour, list of artists, and a maps.

STUDIO TOUR MAP

GOOGLE MAP

GreyBird Barn is located in the Glen Cove area at 11 Carroll Ave. 

Watch for our signs just outside of Port Townsend. Off of Sims Way/HWY 20 take Frederick Street east to Otto Street. Turn left on Otto and follow signs to the bottom of the hill. Turn left into driveway where a friendly crocodile sculpture greets you.

We are looking forward to seeing you all during the studio tour August 23 & 24.

KEEPING UP WITH THE UNIVERSE

I welcome you back and in the same breath I welcome myself back...there has been so much time that has passed since my  last  post. And with the subject of time lapse, I want to share here, two of my heros, Billl Moyers and Neil deGrasse Tyson regarding our Universe and its mysterious activities that affect us in oh so many ways. This first clip below is one in a series of three interviews they did together on Bill Moyers & Comapny. You can find them on either the deGrasse Tyson's site or the Moyers site. Enjoy these minds. And be sure to look for Cosmos however you can if you did not see it when it aired. Then, pause and think about who we are as part of this amazing, mystifying and astounding Universe.




Max Schlickenmeyer-the most astounding fact-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. View Full Bio

"What we found was unexpected. The universe is speeding up. Why, is still a mystery." -Brian Schmidt

Bartlett High School graduate Brian Schmidt won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Schmidt is currently an astrophysicist at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research school of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Australia.

More evidence about our universes mysteries to be gleaned from Wikipedia the Accelerating Universe.

This all brings me to why I have not been posting for so long. Much of life, mostly around caring for my elderly mom, now 94-1/2 years on this planet...you rock mom! It is a gift to be able to spend time with her in her waning years, for that I am grateful, though it is stressful and it has pulled me from my creative life. So much to do and take care of it feels like there is no time to stop and create...Breathe, yes, when I remember, and all else is challenged by our speeding up of time. But, today I am finding time to post and hopefully some room for me to be in my studio to create new work for an upcoming event I will be posting information about soon.

Thanks for coming back with interest in my work. I hope I have not lost too many inquiring onlookers and that I have some new posts to bring you back again.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/08/24/3041155/universe-is-speeding-up-says-nobel.html#storylink=cpy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_universe
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/08/24/3041155/universe-is-speeding-up-says-nobel.html#storylink=cpy

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REMEMBERING...

  A couple of weeks have past us by since this year's Greybird Barn Artist Open Studio event took place. Many visitors came through the doors to see all the new work by the 6 artists who participated this year.... Shane Miller, Lynn Anju,Diana Cronin, me, Linda Jarvis, Paula Gill and Sue Skelly. Take a look at some of the memories we created over the weekend. If you weren't able to stop by for a visit with the artists and view their wares, sip on a cup of hot apple cider, partake of one of *Rick's dark chocolate brownies or a delectable homemade cookie baked up by our master-cookie-maker, Carrie and her cookie-making-assistant, Ari, then let's hope you can come by next year. 
*Though we did not capture a photo of Rick, Lynn's husband and assistant, he was our event prepping co-worker, our welcoming greeter and parking director. 

Paula in the midst of last minute set-up of her playful Tiles from her Red Step Studio just before we opened the doors

 Diana Cronin's gallery space display with Shane and customers beyond

 Diana with a customer next to her wonderfully colorful pottery. Cynthia, friend and GreyBird Barn enthusiast & helper looking on...

Me, Linda, in disguise in front of my gallery space

Friend and first time visitor, Barbara Berger and me in front of my gallery space...with friend, Cynthia, intensely observing to my left and customer looking at cards and prints to my right 

Lynn's beautiful display with her etched silver jewelry pieces, some of which are enameled and her copper etched lamp shades

 Bright and cheerful Lynn in her gallery space

 Lynn and Shane preparing cider, brownies and cookies

 Paula in front of her gallery space with admiring customer looking on

 Paula's painterly tiles of NW scenes

Paula's gallery space set up

Eslbeth exclaiming to Paula Gill about her varied tile selections 

Shane Miller's gallery space with etched metal narrative boxes, artist books, sculptures and etched silver jewelry 

 Shane's jewelry on display stands

 Shane's table with metal etched books,and sculpture not to mention her vintage toy truck holding her biz cards 

 Jean-Marie studying one of Shane's photo etched narrative boxes, Looking For Open Water.

A glimpse of Sue Skelly during the pre-show set up of her vintage button wearables...

 Kathleen, Zo, Les and Sue in Sue's gallery space explaining her process of harvesting cedar from her property and how she weaves the cedar

Sue's exquisite cedar work

Sue at right with Barbara Berger and customer.
With her vintage button wearables in the background

 I dub this Sue and baby Gourdy

Friends...Sue, Cynthia and me, Linda

 The 2013 GreyBird Barn accomplices and fellow comrades 
at the end of the event.

Paula, Linda, Sue, Diana [front] Shane and Lynn

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