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last night (Tuesday April 11) was the first in the tuesday night lecture series that Francine is starting to have at the gallery. Olivia Britt (who is showing in the upstairs gallery until April 30th) makes oil paintings that are very sculptural, many many thick layers of paint which are then carved into, painted again, cut out, moved around, usually an inch or more of paint off of the canvas. Her use of colors and shapes is beautifully organic and very though invoking, or so i thought. But yesterday, there was an informal talk about her work in the upstairs gallery. I was absolutly amazed at how articulate and eloquent she was when talking about her work, yet funny at the same time. its funny how when somebody talks about their work it can either make you love it or hate it. her talking about it made me notice some things about it that i hadn't seen, and i definatly like it more now. anyway. go see the show if you havent already. Caryn Friedlander is showing downstairs and her work is absolutly breathtaking, also. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle.
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we had our first first thursday in our new studio last thursday. we lucked out; on our floor there was this crazy erotic art/burlesque show, so we got a TON of traffic, so i hear, more than usual. there were a lot of people dressed up in latex and leather and whips and stuff... but anyway. Astrid and i had work up, Dave is going to have work up next first thursday. Something i realized while showing with Astrid, is that the people who like to look at her work are the type of people that like to talk talk talk about work, and the people who like to look at mine are the people who like to call in their friends and giggle. so, a very diversified crowd. (also, lets take into consideration that Astrid and i produce COMPLETLY different work, both in materials and concept.) Basically, it was an awesome time. We both had people who were very interested, and almost all my buisness cards are gone, which is a good sign... except now i have to make more, eep! i didn't get a chance to look around at the other work too much, was trying to stay in the studio as much as possible. the one time i went downstairs to take a break (and talk shop with Travis) i missed somebody who was VERY interested in my polaroid resin pieces. note to self: DONT LEAVE! anyway, the next first thursday is May 4th, we'll all be there again, Dave will be taking the walls, i'll probably have stuff on my desk again. Please come and support us! i'm hoping to have all our information posted on the door if you stop by when we're not there. 619 Western in Pioneer Square, we are called tricycle studio. on the fourth floor, behind the green door!
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this past saturday was the show at the Bemis building. it was such an amazingly awesome success, i think. on Thursday Astrid and i went over to hang our pieces. i was not too excited about my spot at first... it was in the corner, and the thermostat had as much priority as my tags did. but, when everything was up, it looked pretty good, if i do say so myself. so, on Saturday, we headed over (we being Astrid, Caley, Phil (who was visiting for the weekend,) and myself) around 8.30, and there were already a lot of people there. but goodness gracious, by the time we left (which was around, oh, 11?) THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. it was AMAZING. and all my best friends showed up, even in their various degrees of uncomfortableness and sickness. what sweethearts. and then, i sold a piece! a little square resin painting for 135 bucks. i like selling stuff for cheap. now i can afford copper and wood to make more prints. i am going to work towards having a show. this show will be all prints. because i don't do enough prints. i really need my own press. Sev Shoon is great and all, i really like Dionne and the way the studio is set up. but its not... comfortable. to work in. i guess i just miss the shop at school. i have also decided that i am going to apply to grad school for fall 2007. for printmaking. i need to get my ass in gear and produce some work. i am lazy. it is true. i also need to start applying for scholarships NOW.
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i went to my first first thursday last night, weird how i have lived in Seattle almost my entire life and have been immersed in the art culture, yet have never done anything more than 1 Ballard art walk. so what changed things? my dear friend Casey had 2 paintings hung in a student show in the D'Adamo-Woltz gallery. hey fancy gallery. i felt appropriate wearing high heels, lets put it that way. Jodie and i went down to Pioneer Square around 6.30. apparently, because of the cold and rain, it was deserted, but it seemed like there were plenty of people there to me, except the square was devoid of the usual vendors and crazies, so i am told. i'll have to go again on a not rainy awful night. Casey's paintings were beautiful, as they always are. He explained his whole concept to me in a 3 hour marathon of coffee and soup at Minnies a few months ago, you should ask him about them, it is very interesting. We also went next door to the Grover-Thurston gallery, where the main show was Anne Siems. i can say with almost full conviction that i liked those paintings. Jodie pointed out that she must have gotten bored painting almost the same thing over and over again, i thought it was appropriate however. the texture of the mixed media (was encaustic involved?) was beautiful, and all the little girl/doll/face/things had freckles, which made me like them even more, for some reason. Unfortunatly, while standing in that gallery, i suddenly became very very sick. i didn't throw up thank goodness, but i felt like i was about to faint, and i got that weird icky feeling in my jaw. so i didn't get to inspect the rest of the show very carefully. in fact, we left after that, and didn't get a chance to go to any of the other buildings. we were both going to go up to the Pretty Parlor on Capitol Hill, because a friend of Amy's was having a fashion trunk show, but i just dropped Jodie off and headed home. but anyway, just that little taste of downtown was enough to make me want to go every month. or more often. Astrid and i, as soon as she is employed again, and i have my finances figured out, we are going to try to rent a studio down there. We decided this because Caley is currently doing some work in the Tashiro Kaplan building and found a couple spaces for a small expense, relativly. oh art. you are pretty and make me faint.
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i went to sev shoon yesterday and met with Dionne, she is the cutest woman ever. Nothing much has changed since i last went there, except they have the litho press set up (!!!) for plate litho, BUT she still has 3 stones just hanging out, that i am welcome to go to the UW to grain and use! AWESOME. so, maybe you'll see a stone litho from me sometime soon! other news in the art world of emily, i have been drawing a lot of sea animals. we all know that i LOVE squids. but this has moved to jellyfish, octopus, starfish, seahorses, etc... usually hanging out with my characters or being on their heads. what is wrong with me. latest drawing is titled "say yes to octopus hat" where a lady has a huge blue ringed octopus on her head. yes i know they are usually very small, but maybe my lady is just very small. did you know that blue ringed octopus light up when they are agitated? that is so cool.
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