Windermere hosts art show benefit
Windermere Real Estate in Lake Forest Park will host an artists reception at 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 as part of an inaugural fundraising event to benefit the Windermere Foundation.
Pottery by Maria Spies, pastel landscapes by Marsha Lippert and mixed media by Valrie Nosky-Webb will be on display at the event, and Cascade String Quartet will perform. Refreshments will be served. The artists work will remain on display and for sale at the office, located at 17711 Ballinger Way NE, until April 30.
A percentage of the proceeds will go to the Windermere Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the regional real estate company.
For more information call 206-364-8100.
Quilts, acrylic art at SAC gallery
The Gallery at the Shoreline Center kicks the year off with a show of vibrant quilts by Catherine Jewett and bold acrylic paintings by Kathleen Coyle, on display through March 5.
Jewett’s work is full of rich texture that invites the viewer to come close to the piece and study its surface. Each piece is created with multiple levels of detail and meaning that encourage the viewer to consider a variety of messages.
Many of Coyle’s paintings involve crows. She finds their striking image, boldness and individuality a good metaphor for a variety of emotions, relationships and experiences. She is inspired by dreams, history and the seasons.
The Shoreline-LFP Arts Council Gallery is located at Shoreline Center, 18560 First Ave. NE. To receive a gallery card announcing each show, call 206-417-4645 or e-mail the gallery coordinator at stleen@shorelinearts.net.
Library exhibit features Adams
The Edmonds Arts Commission presents work by Robert Adams through Feb. 28 in the Edmonds Public Library, 650 Main St.
While majoring in science at American University in Washington D.C., Adams took several art classes. Washington in the Reagan ’80s in a military family was a good place to learn cynicism and a fascination with power. The paradox of humanity’s potential for creativity, measured against its penchant for ignorance and cruelty, continues to intrigue him.
Adams uses found objects in his work, especially those in decay. They symbolize the temporary nature of existence and comment on consumerism and pollution. He began using pop imagery after a conservation corps job fishing colorful trash from streams. He likes to distill his images into simpler fields of color, reflecting the way art, through graphic design, has helped reduce the world into marketable products.
The power of symbols is reflected in his work-numbers, letters, emblems and logos. Humor and an appreciation for the absurd are very important to Adams. He enjoys combining disparate images and objects as a form of brainstorming. In his art he invites the viewer to join him in seeking the meaning connecting the images that attract him.
The work may be viewed during library hours 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
Miniature art show on now in Bothell
Kaewyn Gallery’s annual “Miniature Masterpieces and More,” an exhibit of small scale art, opens Friday, Feb. 21.
Oil, acrylics, pastels, and colored pencil are applied to canvas and paper, resulting in a wide variety of minute paintings and drawings. Miniature pieces must be no more than 25 square inches in image area, and many are little more than six square inches. In the “small painting” category the limit is 80 square inches.
The number of artists participating this year is expected to exceed 15, presenting nearly 100 works of art. A “People’s Choice” award, selected by gallery visitors, will be presented to one of the artists. The exhibit opens with a “meet the artist” reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 and will run through April 2.
Kaewyn Gallery at Framewright Custom Picture Framing is located at 18104 102nd Ave. NE., just south of Main St. in downtown Bothell. For further information call 425-483-7385.
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