N-O-P-Q-R

Artist Statement 

I think I'm supposed to dazzle the viewer with my wordsmithing in this space, so... Juxtaposition, Transcendent, Organic. There ya go. I glue things to things, mostly rhinestones to salvaged objects. I have a VISCERAL reaction to unwanted, discarded stuff. Secondhand stores and antique malls REVERBERATE the same upsetting chord as an animal shelter. I want to save them all. I feel a deep calling to revive them and show them a beautiful life. Here a few of my sweet little misfit orphans all dressed up and ready for their forever homes. I began this particular style of art around the beginning of Covid. I wanted to make use of the abundance of time I was afforded by creating some kind of memento to mark the strange moment we all shared as a community on this planet. I found a child mannequin at a garage sale in Roslyn, got a bag of rhinestones from the craft store... and Covid Kid was born. When that project was complete, I didn't want to stop, so I haven't...

At this point I NEED to work on these projects. It has become my therapy and meditation, my mission, my life's work. I feel lucky to have found this kind of love and I can only hope that the viewer will experience even a fraction of the joy it brings me to create it. 

Artist Statement 

 Can You Hear Me Now?

Creating art isn't a choice for Warren, it is simply what he does. Whether painting, wood carving, or sculpting contemporary wire phenomenons - this is an artist who immerses himself in the story he is telling....the materials he uses are secondary to the concept.

His works are varied, some evocative of his feelings about human folly, others expressive of his thoughts about human struggle. Each piece he creates is deeply personal.

Warren’s art chronicles the struggle of racial bias from both sides of his heritage and seeks to connect with the struggle within all of us to connect, belong, and feel safe.

"I am compelled to create and keep creating, my need to tell you what is happening right here, right now has never been stronger, whether it is racial discrimination, the dying of the planet or raging against ageism, my body of work of over 50 years is my story."

“It’s been making me very happy that people actually enjoy much of the beauty that’s infused with a subject that seems very difficult to deal with.”

 Warren Pope creates abstract mixed media and contemporary sculpture from such materials as canvas, wire, steel, banana leaves and wood. 

Artist Statement 

I’ve loved animals since I was a kid, and always had several imaginary animal friends. My toys were all animals, and they all lived rich and interesting lives in my mind. Somehow in another timeline, there might just be a world where humans never happened, and where animals do all the things we do. I’d love to live in that world, so I paint little scenes from it. As I work, stories unwind in my head about the subjects; their names, what they’re thinking about, how they spend their days…if you want to know some of their secret backstories, just ask me.

I’ve been a graphic designer for years, have been drawing since I can remember, and studied scientific illustration later in life. The pandemic allowed me the free time to really explore this animal world. When I’m not painting, I love to work in the garden and enjoy the outdoors with my husband, here in our amazing state and around the world. If you live near me, I know your pets’ names (but can never remember yours) and will pet them if at all possible. I’m that lady. 

Artist Statement

I am well past the age of 50 but my chronological age does not match my mental age in any way! 

I am one of those individuals who is constantly pushing my boundaries to try new things, I've been a business owner, a musician, I've been back to school several times, as recently as 5 years ago and so on and so forth. About 10 years ago, on a whim, I took up painting as a new way to express my creativity. I started with watercolors, which was fun, but I soon fell in love with the saturation oil paint had to offer.

I've had some pretty good success so far!  

Artist Statement

 As an art extrovert, I paint both to connect with people and to push my work beyond the “obvious” and into a story that I want to tell.  I am passionate about recording the humor, the absurd, and the eccentric that surrounds us. 

I have a disciplined studio practice and work in series, whether subject or palette driven.  This gives me the chance to reflect on themes from several perspectives.  

My work is a process where I find a subject, study it, maybe add in humor or emotion and then go to the easel.

Watching and listening to individuals discuss my work reinforces my sense of success.  It means the painting was accessible and produced an emotional reaction whether it is excitement, contemplation, or a smile.  

Artist Statement

If you want to tell my story, tell it in art. I make art out of what worries me, what makes me laugh, what makes me mad. Art is an interaction, a slow conversation. 

On the surface my art looks pretty detailed, even decorative sometimes. The epitome of over the top. But look closely for secret compartments, backstory. You might not notice the personal and political undercurrents. Though hidden in plain sight, swimming through a sea of detail.

After I’m done with them, cookie tins no longer resemble cookie tins. Sona tubes/ plaster/ spray-foam insulation are no longer hardware store inventory. Cloth is no longer cloth. It all speaks now of forest/village/global communities and environments, with a highly detailed colourful imprecision.

I wonder if the world is surprised at where human evolution has led. Who would have thought that something as beautiful and brilliant as human beings could turn against the very ingredients of our own existence? Each of us has just borrowed a set of molecules from the universe’s available supply. And we will need to give it all back one of these days, like returning a book to the library.

So how do we manage to see ourselves as NOT part of the world? We are made of exactly the same stuff.  

To hear Kathy in her own words https://youtu.be/bUr73Ub_DWw

Artist Statement

Steve has always relied on the visual arts to enhance and balance his medical profession.

An Edmonds native, his passion for the natural world led to a love of drawing and photography. As a teenager, Steve spent endless days sketching and photographing microscopic biologic structures. My academic background was in biology. Historically scientists and artists have relied on drawing and painting of the biologic world to record their observations and inspiration. The use of these tools to describe and record its visual nature led me to a love of art. 

Although I was initially interested in a representational approach to morphology ("art in biology"), I later explored the biologic basis of our appreciation of art such as color and form ("biology of art"). 

 I frequently ask what distinguishes art from science and randomness, and what does that tell us about our attraction to it? I hope to inspire curiosity and appreciation about the structure of our biologic world.