Six artists who specialize in wildlife, Western and American Indian-themed art are having their second group show this weekend in Coupeville on Whidbey Island.
“Spirits of the West” will showcase a variety of two- and three-dimensional work from Puget Sound region artists, who are showing and selling their work in downtown Coupeville. Proceeds from the sale of art go to the Whidbey Island Hospital Foundation.
Artists new to the exhibit are Joseph Albert, a master carver of Northwest coastal Indian art, and James Moore, a plein air oil painter. They will be joining Gerald Roberts, Ed Bennett, Susan LeBow and Penney Lockhart, who were featured in the first “Spirits of the West” exhibit held last month.
The show includes oil, watercolor and acrylics paintings of landscapes, American Indian and Western themes. Carvings include indigenous bird species and Northwest coast Indian art.
The show is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Saturday at the Recreation Hall, NW Coveland and NW Alexander streets in Coupeville.
“War Toys”: Bella Feldman is a San Francisco sculptor who was a 2003 artist-in-residence at the Pilchuck Glass School.
The artist is showcasing a new body of work that she created at the school in an exhibit now on view at the Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle’s Pioneer Square.
“War Toys Redux” is an exhibit of the weapons of war, from simple Roman-day weaponry to modern war planes, tanks, missiles and bombs, fashioned from glass and metal.
“They are delicate, even exquisite, and the materials are at odds with their aggressive forms,” the artist said. “They radiate a sense of absurd evil while being attractive, seductive objects. I believe weapons have a seductive appeal to our flawed species … but whatever biological necessity this fascination with aggression has for the species, it has long ago gone obsolete. I hope these constructions can help us face our absurd behavior and create some perspective.”
The exhibit continues through July 31 at the Bryan Ohno Gallery, 155 S. Main St., which is open Wednesday through Saturday; www.bryanohnogallery.com.
“Airship,” Bella Feldman, in the “War Toys Redux” exhibit at the Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle.
“Springtime in the Mountains,” James Moore.
Eagle mask by Joseph Albert.
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