Jazzbones knows how to host an artist’s reception, and showed it in classy fashion last night as Desiree Flerchinger unveiled her girls in her first solo show for Jazzbones, “Where do you let the music take you?”

The whole project started as a girls’ night; she gathered her girlfriends and took photos of them (and a couple of herself) as they shook, swayed, and struck rocker-poses. These girls â€" Nicci, Shawna, Lisa, Sarah, Elizabeth, Dinean, Holli, Gaylene, Mary K, Linda, Deena, and Willow â€" were all given orchids, Desiree’s own classy touch, and sported them as they frolicked about the packed balcony gallery space among the other beautiful people present.

Dez herself sparkled and glowed with fabulous make-up by new-chica-on-the-circuit, Irene Deneen, from Nordstrom’s MAC counter; other fabulousness present was KAke, Renee, Rose, Erin, Houston, Eric, Devon, Big "Cupid" Man, Dead Artist Jim Price, Cheri Rae and Roland, Matt Ecklund and the resplendently classy GM of Jazzbones herself, Jennifer Johnson.  Present in busy worker capacity, Laura Ecklund and Joe Rosati bustled around making sure the artist and her admirers were well taken care-of.

Despite all the activity in the space, it was Desiree’s art that sparkled the most; some of that shine was from the applied shimmering texture, though more of the magic came from the paintings themselves.

According to Desiree’s statement, “The canvas should carry life.”  These canvasses definitely do, and it was great fun to compare the dancers on canvas to the dancers in person. â€" Jessica Corey-Butler