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Charles Willyard's paintings of roads at night now showing at Caffé Vita in Olympia look a lot like calendar art or postcard art, or maybe like story illustrations out of a 1950's Saturday Evening Post. Willyard's painting technique and his sense of design, color and - most notably -
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I wonder what it's all about? No, that's not a question; that's the name of the Mike Capp exhibit at Mineral. I've been told there's a happening art community in Everett that includes Capp, who does knockoffs of Juan Miro and Wifredo Lam combined with a personal iconography that includes
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Sculpture by Bret Lyon along with functional furniture and other works by Sam Winters are among the latest additions to Matter in downtown Olympia. Marcel Duchamp and Allan Kaprow erased the boundaries between art and life. Andy Warhol destroyed the boundaries between fine and commercial art. Matter in Olympia has wiped
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Here's a list of South Sound visual artists to watch for in the coming months and years. File these names in memory, and when you hear that one of them is showing in an area gallery, check them out. 1. Jeremy Mangan: Winner of the 2009 Foundation of Art Award
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The current show at Kittredge Gallery features sculptures by Michael Johnson, associate professor of sculpture at University of Puget Sound. Johnson's sculptures are inspired by, but not imitative of, common objects such as bottles and bowls. There is one that looks like a pestle or maybe a butter churn and
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Preston Singletary's mid career retrospective exhibition at Museum of Glass blows the lid off many of my theories about glass and contemporary Native American art. There is much to admire about traditional Native art - the symbolism, the reverence for heritage, the mystery and power of the imagery. But I am
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There are two Troy Gua shows at Fulcrum. The title show, Monument: A Memorial to Loss is installed in the small room to the left as you enter the gallery. Created especially for this exhibition, it is Gua's sober commentary on the loss of life and limb in the wars
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Steven Suski's paintings in his solo exhibition at South Puget Sound Community College have the look of outsider art. Outsider is a label generally applied to self-taught and/or mentally ill artists. To the best of my knowledge, Suski is not mentally ill, and I don't know what kind of training
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The Kids Design Glass exhibition at Museum of Glass should not be reviewed in any critical way. It should, however, be applauded with gusto. This is a delightful show and a wonderful program. Sponsored by KeyBank /Key Foundation and the Muckleshoot Charity Fund, the program invites children 12 and younger
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To most Americans impressionist art means the art of a small group of late 19th century French artists. But an expanded definition of the movement includes earlier and later works, plus art from other parts of Europe and even America. The Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest at
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I begin my recommendations of art shows for the New Year with a reminder of a couple of ongoing shows at Tacoma Art Museum and Museum of Glass. The Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest continues at TAM. The exhibition features artwork by many well-known French impressionists including
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Pastel gets a bum rap. It’s thought of as soft, a media for hobby artists more than for the real deal — associated with lightweight landscapes and figures in a traditional or pseudo-impressionist style. About the only heavyweight artist who ever worked extensively with pastel was Edward Degas. The
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Claudia Riedener and other Tacoma artists decided they weren’t going to take it lying down when the city tore down the historic Luzon building on Pacific Avenue. They could not stop the demolition, but they wanted to make sure we remember and, hopefully, prevent the demolition of other landmarks in
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I had a nice chat with Tim Kapler at The Swiss Thursday afternoon and took a long look at his drawings, which will be on display throughout the month. Kapler is a young man who is pretty much self-taught and just starting out as an artist. He said he doodles