Gallery 110
July, 2008
MAIN GALLERY
EVERGREEN STATE OF MIND
July 3 – 26, 2008
Exhibition Preview and Reception: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
First Thursday Reception, July 3, 2008
Life as a resident of the Northwest includes an inherent relationship and familiarity with certain form that we acknowledge subconsciously. Most people are not aware of it until they leave this place. During a return flight home, an ah ha moment occurs as the plane descends; looking out the window.
Another cooped-up rainy day waiting for the sunshine to break out, Liz Tran counters the weather by dreaming up a whimsical, colorful world of imaginary, sunlit trees unlike anything we’d experience out-of-doors. They seem to give us permission to risk taking a neon path to joy on the grayest of days.
For Maylee Noah, rain or shine, the Northwest draws her outside to walk on mountain trails. In a boundless world of trees and rocks, contrasting light and shadow she discovers a diverse community of Northwest kindred souls. Her black and white photographs capture a sense of reality about the people and the candid, unspoken homage paid to the Northwest environment by those who live here.
Above Left: Liz Tran, Elm Nine, Mixed media on paper, 6 x 4 inches, 2007, $250
Above right: Maylee Noah, Julie, black and white photograph, 9 x 13 inches, $350 (framed)
IN THE LOFT
SARAH DILLON: SMALL PAINTINGS
July 3 – 26, 2008
Exhibition Preview and Reception: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
First Thursday Reception: July 3, 2008
These small mixed media paintings on panel imply the notion of looking through a window watching events that tell obscure stories hinting at lyrics of folk songs, politics, travel, poetry or personal experiences.
Artist Sarah Dillon finds a pulse between the conceptual relationships of objects, their surroundings, light, pattern and the way they interact with space. The artist draws our attention to things in daily life that are seemingly unimportant, and she makes them important.
Above: Sarah Dillon, To the Lighthouse, Oil and nautical charts on panel, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x3 inches, 2008, $500