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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

Kathy works are mainly sculptural and primarily in tin and mixed media. The art is a tongue and cheek view on many things in our modern world.

At first glance Kathy’s art might strike the viewer as simple excess, but at closer inspection you’ll find yourself, like Alice, entering a Wonderland with jeweled backstories and repurposed materials revealing new secrets. The sculptures created make use of the world’s materials to create innuendos with a wink and nudge, as the viewer you are included in Kathy’s wry sense of humor.   

“A weed is defined as a flower out of place. The way music in the wrong place is noise.”

-Kathy Ross

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.