2011 Gage Gala Catalog

FrIday, March 4, 2011

st. Mark’s cathedral, MaIn sanctuary

Benefactors

2011 gala team

taBle captains

Joyce Allen Ida S. Cole Kenneth S. Rosen Anne Steele

founders

Julie Tall, Chair Pamela Belyea, David Dwyer, Lorri Falterman, Erin Moyer, Anne Norberg, Megan Kuensting, Kathleen Moore, Charlie Spitzack, Erin M. Schadt

Pamela Belyea, Executive Director Gary Faigin, Artistic Director

auctioneer

Douglas & Mary Bayley Patricia Belyea Pamela Belyea & Gary Faigin Norma & Robert Bergquist Barbara Cahill Cindy & Gregg Daugherty Laura & James Donald David Dwyer & Bob Zat Greg Eastman Pam & Bob Eshelman Lorri Falterman & Steve Strong Ted & Susan Kutscher Dan Laster Sari & Eugene Lipitz Erin Moyer Jens & Pamela Quistgaard Katherine Randolph & Kyle Wang Brent & Heidi Reys Annie Rosen & Richard Monroe Craig & D. Jordan Parietti Sophie & Jonathan Solomon Anne Steele Julie Tall Susan & Mark Torrance Kris & John Travaglini (VIP guests) Susan Winokur & Paul Leach

MacKenzie Allen

Board of trustees Lorri Falterman, President Julie Tall, Vice President Brent Reys, Treasurer Llewellyn Matthews, Secretary Greg Eastman Ellen Evans Ted Kutscher Erin Moyer Susan Torrance Richard V. West

reader Tyler Steele

music Andre Feriante, guitarist

framing sponsors

Special thanks to these local business who provided framing for several pieces of art.

event sponsor

corporate sponsors

Thank you to the artists who so generously donated their artwork!

Wine generously underwritten by

Learn more about the artists at www.GageAcademy.org/auction.

2011 GAGE ART AWARD Gage Academy of Art honors

JIM KELLY the visionary strategist and leader of 4Culture, King County’s cultural funding agency committed to building vibrant, unique and authentic communities through the arts.

Welcome Welcome to the 2011 Gage Collector’s Gala!

Friday, March 4, 2011

Savor the spectacular space!

Sip the smooth sangria!

Ogle the amazing art!

For tonight is our night to celebrate the goodness of Gage!

Convening creativity — this is what Gage does for our community every day, all year long.

Tonight we come together, we raise our bid cards and we gift our hearts to a stunning visual arts resource in our region.

Thank you for being here tonight and supporting Gage.

Laugh, sing, dance and sip, and enjoy our evening program: 6:00pm Doors Open Sip Sangria from Andaluca as you nosh on delectable tapas and bid on more than 50 works of art in three silent auctions.

Make sure to buy raffle tickets for your chance to win two places on the Arte d’España Academy Art Tour!

7:00pm

Silent Auctions Begin Closing The silent auction will close in three sections:

First Closing 7:00pm Second Closing 7:20pm Third Closing 7:40pm

8:00pm Live Auction & Dinner

2011 Gage Art Award to Jim Kelly A fantastic four-course dinner is served as bidding begins on Live Auction pieces. The auctioneer for the evening is MacKenzie Allen.

9:00pm Art of Dessert Bid on the decadent dessert that your heart desires!

10:30pm Checkout

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Art of Dessert, Raffle & Payment Plan art of dessert As the grand finale to our evening, Gage proudly offers a limited array of culinary delights from Seattle’s finest restaurants and bakeries. Look for the Dessert Menu & Bidding Card on your table with all the details!

How does the Art of Dessert work? Bid accordingly to your sweet tooth or your Gage pride, and we’ll add up your table’s total. The most generous group gets the first pick of these scrumptious selections — only the highest bidding tables will get their hearts’ desire!

Thank you to all the generous sponsors of the Art of Dessert auction:

dessert providers The Artisan Cake Guild B&O Espresso Cameron Catering Chaco Canyon Organic Café Dahlia Bakery The Essential Baking Company

Grand Central Bakery Le Fournil Ltd. Bakery & Catering Les Trois Amies Macrina Bakery Morfey’s Cakes

Nielsen’s Pastries Simply Desserts Sugar Rush Baking Company TASTE Restaurant Upper Crust Bakery Vios Café & Marketplace

arte d’espaÑa academy art tour raffle

ROUND-TRIP AIRFARE INCLUDED!

Enter the Academy Art Tour Raffle for a chance to win two places on the 10-night Arte d’España Academy Art Tour to Madrid & Barcelona + Roundtrip Airfare in June worth a total of $12,000.

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Raffle tickets for this exclusive tour are just $50 per ticket or 5 for $200!

Your Arte d’España Tour includes round-trip airfare to Spain; five nights in Madrid, and five nights in Barcelona in 4-star hotels; continental breakfasts daily; two dinners and two lunches; day trips to Toledo, Figueres and Bilbao; fully staffed educational program; and all local travel and museum admissions. Group size not larger than 18 participants.

Restrictions: Airport transfers, personal expenses and optional tips are not included. Hotel and final itinerary may vary.

masterpiece payment plan At Gage, our mission is to both help develop great artists and help make art accessible for everyone. The Masterpiece Payment Plan is our way of helping connect great collectors with great art in an affordable way. At the auction check out, guests may select this payment option for artwork purchases: • 25% deposit paid at the Gage Collector’s Gala.

• 25% payments on April 1, May 1 & June 1 2011.

• After the artwork is paid in full, guests may take the artwork home.

payment plan terms: • • • • • •

Artwork must be purchased on a Visa, Mastercard or American Express credit card.

All post-auction payments are charged automatically.

Purchasers forfeit artwork that is not paid in full by June 1, 2011.

A $25 payment plan fee will be charged for each artwork bought at auction.

Masterpiece Payment Plan purchases must be picked up from Gage by June 30, 2011.

Gage will charge no interest using the Masterpiece Payment Plan.

Pledges to the Fund a Need or other auction luxuries must be paid in full the night of the auction.

Courtesy ArtStor.org

Join Gage Artistic Director Gary Faigin for a 10-night tour, June 16 to June 26.

Live Aucion

Begins at 8:00pm L01

Kellie Talbot Motel Oil on canvas (12" x 24") Value: $500

“Jobs that produced tangible products of iron and steel are being pushed out, traded in grasp for the New. What remains is a language of artifacts in the American landscape formed by signs and industry that communicate through word, design, typography, color and the state of repair. It is this language that conveys society’s economic, political, social and moral aims.”

Talbot is represented by Bherd Studios, WA.

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Eduardo Fernandez Invisible Morandi Oil on linen (16" x 20") Value: $950

“The starting point for this painting was my appreciation for modern master Giorgio Morandi. My approach was to paint entirely from life, using common objects in natural light as a starting point to explore these ideas. For me, a Morandi painting inspires the simple joys of visual contemplation and evokes a timeless quality and sense of serenity. I hope that my painting captures some of these qualities.”

Fernandez is represented by Nisus Gallery, OR.

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Jim Phalen Two Trout Charcoal on paper on panel (20" x 16") Value: $1,000

“I’m interested in perception. I choose my subject based as much on their potential content as on their visual characteristics. I try and elevate common subjects by engaging with them through careful observation and rendering. I often think that the subject is secondary to the act of painting when seeing the works of great artists.”

Phalen is represented by Dolby Chadwich Gallery, CA, Cumberland Gallery, TN, and Linda Hodges Gallery, WA.

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Terry Furchgott Black Boy at the Beach Pastel over watercolor on Arches 140lb cold press paper (22" x 19") Value: $2,500

“During one major period of my career I painted almost exclusively people of color, primarily African Americans. I sought out models with sculptural quality of their features and an infinite variety of skin colors. The setting is the beach at Madison Park in Seattle, and the intense light combined with the busy summertime scene resulted in a work full of dramatic tonal contrasts and rich color.”

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Live Aucion L05

Lois Silver The Big White Cat Oil bar (11" x 14")

Value: $1,950 “I draw with the oil stick, then rub the paint around with my fingers and then finish up the details with my right index fingernail. I hear the people in the pictures conversing with each other. Their moods affect the way each painting is executed. Yes, the big white cat represents something. No, I’m not going to tell. It’s up to you.”

Silver is represented by Lisa Harris Gallery.

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Michael Magrath Christina Bronze (4" x 12") Value: $2,800

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“Christina is the first in what has become a larger Respite Series. I was seeking something restful and real in response to the often idealized, heroic figures current in much commercial bronze. I am seeking the person within the archetype.”

Magrath is represented by Blue Horse Gallery, WA.

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Kurt Solmssen New Year Sunset Oil on canvas (20" x 26") Value: $3,600

“I usually paint outdoors and I try to emphasize the design, color and light of the landscape, often with compositions bordering on abstraction. The pictorial qualities of Fairfield Porter and Edward Hopper are strong influences in my work which records landscape views near my home and my daily life with my family.”

Solmssen is represented by George Billis Gallery, NY, and Adler & Co. Gallery, CA.

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Susan Bari Price Mezzo Oil on linen canvas (12" x 20") Value: $800

“An abstract mark is often better at conveying a thought or feeling because it does not represent a physical object. People often see abstraction as the rival of representational art. It is actually its foundation and its structure. My own work is firmly centered in representation, yet my connection to abstract design is fundamental.”

Price is represented by Atlanta Art Gallery, GA.

Live Aucion L09

Andrew Hare Chubby and Tubby Oil on canvas (24" x 60") Value: $2,400

“I had long admired the Chubby & Tubby on Aurora Avenue for its quirky construction, arched roof and ample storefront. After recently driving by the yet again repainted building, I was inspired to dig out my old photos and recapture with brush and canvas and imagination the fun and uniquely Seattle flavor of this one-of-a-kind store.”

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Kimberly Trowbridge Oh My! Oil on canvas (36" x 42") Value: $2,100

“This painting reflects an oblique vision of the self: the journey of one’s ‘cargo’ or ‘goods,’ in the form of a still life, toward the greater, unknown self. The objects are metaphors for what is left after stripping-down our assets to the bare essentials needed for our life-quest.”

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Michael Grimaldi Figure Study (Male Nude with Arms Crossed) Graphite on paper (17" x 14") Value: $2,500

“I was trained within the classical tradition but I am interested in capturing light, form and space directly, in a way that speaks to our modern condition.”

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Joseph Lesser Vermeer’s Room Oil on canvas (24" x 22") Value: $1,200

“Something intrigues me about the rooms that great artists painted.

In this painting, I was in no way trying to emulate Vermeer’s painting craft; rather I was painting in my own familiar way, sensing the light and composition, the color balance.

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Live Aucion L13

Rebecca Allan Pond Near Lake Washington Acrylic on canvas (18" x 24") Value: $1,800

“This painting was begun onsite, at one of the watery inlets connecting Lake Washington to the Arboretum, and was finished in the studio. The July day had begun with rain, and, by noon, these marvelous Tiepolo clouds had filled the sky.”

Allan is represented by 2/20 Gallery, NY.

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Tony Ryder Model with Harrow Graphite on paper (20" x 16") Value: $2,500

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“The model is leaning against a heavy, wrought iron harrow, an agricultural implement designed to be pulled behind a tractor or an ox in a field after it has been plowed, so as to break up large chunks of earth. We leaned the harrow against the wall, with the spikes pointing away from the model, in a pose that reminded us of the martyrdom of saints.”

Donated by Annie Rosen.

Ryder is represented by Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NY; Andreeva Portrait Commissions and Gallery, NM.

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Juliette Aristides Light & Light Bulb Oil on panel (5 ½" x 7 ½" & 7 ½" x 5 ½") Value: $3,600

“Joseph Conrad wrote that the aim of art is to snatch a moment from the remorseless rush of time and to reveal that rescued fragment to others.

These light bulbs, examined as sources of light and possibly truth, are easily discarded artifacts of our modern age.”

Aristides is represented by John Pence Gallery, CA, and Skotia Gallery, NM.

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Geoffrey Laurence Ishmael (from Moby Dick) Oil on paper, mounted on board (18" x 12") Value: $12,000

“I wanted to make a piece about narrator Ishmael who learns that Captain Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale.

Artists have also to carry what may be a deadly obsession, which their family and friends also have to witness, so there is some resonance in the story for me.”

Laurence is represented by 101/exhibit gallery, FL.

Live Aucion L17

Chihuly Boathouse: Private Lunch & Tour for Six Value: Priceless!

The Boathouse sits on scenic Lake Union in Seattle, Washington, and is home to the hotshop of world-renowned artist, Dale Chihuly. The facility features magnificent collections of Northwest baskets and American Indian trade blankets. Guests will also have the opportunity to view Chihuly’s unique lap pool, and observe a beautiful saltwater aquarium. Visitors may also watch the Chihuly team of glass blowers create artwork in the Studio environment.

After the tour a catered lunch will be provided in the scenic Evelyn Room overlooking Lake Union.

This opportunity has been made possible through the generosity of Chihuly Studio.

This offer is valid until March 4, 2012, and may not be transferred. The tour must be arranged at least ninety (90) days in advance at a mutually agreed upon time. Tours, which last about 1 hour, can be scheduled between 10:00am and noon or 1:00pm and 2:30pm, Monday – Friday.

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Craig Kosak Umber Oil on canvas (26" x 40") Value: $4,600

“Umber is the final painting in a series of equestrian portraits inspired by the work of Hopi artist Charles Loloma. Loloma’s work included jewelry inlaid with colorful semiprecious stones and provided a model for the unique treatment in the horse’s mane.”

Kosak is represented by Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, NM.

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Norman Lundin Study for Prairie Fire Oil on canvas (10" x 14") Value: $4,500

“Just as one cannot have something ‘long’ without having something ‘short’ for comparison, one cannot have an ‘object’ without a ‘void.’ It is the void that interests me.

The objects are not there to be described; they are there to explain the space. I don’t limit myself all the time, though, and, once in a while, I do use loaded subject matter.”

Lundin is represented by Francine Seders Gallery, WA; Koplin Del Rio, CA.

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Martha Mayer Erlebacher Seated Nude with Golden Cloth Oil on canvas (20" x 20") Value: $8,000

“I have been a figurative artist for over four decades. I create narrative figurative paintings to critique contemporary culture using metaphor and social commentary.

This solo figure was painted from life in my studio in Pennsylvania.”

Erlebacher is represented by Seraphin Gallery, PA; Sullivan-Goss Gallery, CA; and Rosenthal Fine Art, IL.

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Live Aucion L21

Lyle Silver King Street Station Oil bar (16" x 20") Value: $1,900

“I’m attracted to the old parts of the city — the old ornate red bricks that have withstood the elements for all these years and the overhead trolley wires that clutter and abstract the sky. I like the early morning or late afternoon light that provides the dramatic contrasts and shadows.”

Silver is represented by Patricia Rovzar Gallery, WA.

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Keri Stack Peppers Oil on canvas (10" x 8") Value: $650

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“Although many of the objects in my paintings are timeless or herald from an earlier time, my approach is to paint them in a contemporary, simple way. The paintings begin with an everyday object that, simply put, needs to take center stage. Other times, it’s a matter of selecting a cast whose members don’t always get along.”

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Ted Kutscher

Brittany (West to Pointe du Raz — Baie de Trepasses) Oil on board (16" x 14") Value: $1,500

“There are times in your travels when you find a location so paintable that you can’t believe your good fortune. Happening upon this view of the end of the continent in Brittany (Finisterre) was about as good as it gets. An Elysian two hours! With the late afternoon air and light coming off the Atlantic, I almost felt that I was channeling the greats who painted here: Gauguin, Matisse, Whistler, Monet!”

Kutscher is represented by Silverwood Gallery, WA.

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Fund a Need For Young Artists Ages 6 to 18 Supporting Gage Youth Programs

Gage Youth Programs offer practical art instruction in drawing, painting and 3-D design for 6- to 18-year-old artists. Our curriculum encourages students to explore new materials and techniques, creative problem solving and selfexpression. We are dedicated to providing engaging, age-appropriate classes that enable young artists of all backgrounds to be “seen and heard.”

Raise your paddle tonight to help support Teen Art Studios, Youth Scholarships and Youth Programs at Gage.

Thank you for your generous support!

Live Aucion L25

Tamara Stephas Cloud Study with Electricity Oil on canvas (16" x 12") Value: $500

“My paintings explore the relationship between humans and our environment.”

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David Dwyer Breakfast Scene Oil on linen canvas (9" x 15") Value: $1,200

“There’s a tremendous visual overload in our contemporary life — I’d like my paintings to offer a respite from this. I work with a limited palette of pigments as I find that this approach helps to create an overall unity in the finished work.”

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Gary Faigin Village with a Plan Oil on canvas (32" x 40") Value: $4,500

“After years of painting landscapes plein air, in my Imaginary Landscapes series, I’m re-exploring urban and rural landscape imagery, both hovering over towns and fields with farmhouses in space and looking at them straight on.

The combination owes something to the abstract.”

Faigin is represented by Linda Hodges Gallery, WA.

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Susan Bennerstrom Lacken Strand Oil on linen (20" x 16") Value: $2,800

“Lacken Strand is a beach in County Mayo on the West Coast of Ireland.

I made this painting following a residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, North County Mayo Ireland.”

Bennerstrom is represented by Davidson Galleries, WA, and Terrence Rogers Fine Art, CA.

Live Aucion L29

Patti Warashina Female Pouring Ewer Low fire clay, underglaze, glaze (10" x 10" x 6") Value: $2,000

“I often use the figure in voyeuristic situations in which irony, humor and absurdities portray erratic behavior, as a way of finding relief from society’s pressure and frustrations on mankind. It is my way of escaping the doubts and disharmony of human nature and its routine, and role-playing scenarios to my liking.”

Warashina is represented by Loveed Fine Arts Associates, NY.

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Peter Van Dyck Seattle from Steve’s House Oil on board (16" x 20") Value: $2,500

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“If your real window looks over the parking lot or the neighbor’s roof, your painted window can survey the rural roads where your grandparents grew up or a wilderness untouched by time. A landscape has become a green time machine, a poster-sized park.”

Van Dyck is represented by John Pence Gallery, CA, and Grenning Gallery, NY.

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Michael Stasinos Burger Row Oil on panel (12" x 12") Value: $1,200

“This view struck me as an iconic American image of Everytown, USA, although it was done in Wenatchee one rough spring day.”

Stasinos is represented by Woodside-Braseth Gallery, WA.

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Mark Kang-O’Higgins unTitled Charcoal on paper (23" x 18") Value: $1,400

“My work is firmly rooted in the figurative tradition. I am interested in the human condition in both the physical and emotional sense. I made this drawing at Gage as part of a series of expressive portrait drawings.”

Custom framing donated by Annie’s Art and Frame.

Live Aucion L33

Julie Stonebraker Fresh Apples Oil on canvas (11" x 14") Value: $500

“I’ve infused my extensive experience of watercolor with the use of oil paint while incorporating the valuable principles of still life painting gained in the atelier.”

Stonebraker is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, WA.

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Melinda Hannigan The Global Harmony Oil and glass beads on panel (30" x 30") Value: $2,400

“The inspiration for my paintings comes from the working side of the maritime world, a world I have known all my life: tankers, container ships, barges, rusty old bulk carriers. I manipulate color, composition, perspective and texture, and as a result my paintings include realistic images that become abstract canvases.”

Hannigan is represented by Fetherston Gallery, Waterworks Gallery and SAM Gallery, WA.

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Tom Hoffmann South Head Watercolor on paper (25" x 37") Value: $1,200

“If the basic formal relationships are true, the viewer will be able to meet me halfway and fill in the details. I know that I prefer to look at paintings that offer me the opportunity to be involved in interpreting the subject.”

Hoffmann is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, WA. Courtesy of the Estate of Sue Manzo. All proceeds from this piece go directly to the Gage Scholarship Fund.

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Meg Holgate Lily Pads VIII Oil on canvas (36" x 18") Value: $3,400

“My landscapes are simple meditations on nature, either evolving from, or dissolving into, nothingness. These places of beauty and tranquility are so ingrained in our being that they require only a subtle visual suggestion to bring about euphoric recall.”

Holgate is represented by Pacini Lubel Gallery, WA.

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First Silent Aucion Closes at 7:00

pm

S101 Pat Clayton

S102 Anne Lewis

S103 Jennifer Frohwerk

S104 Charles Emerson

Cloud Shadows at Whistler

Island Hopping IV

Conch

Dawn Advancing

Collaged monotype (35" x 32") Value: $950

Oil on panel (6" x 6") Value: $450

Oil on canvas (10" x 20") Value: $900

“Mapping invites the language of shape and pattern to emerge in my work.”

“I was interested in the juxtaposition of warm and cool colors, the subtle variation of pinks and oranges that created the roundness of the spiral, and the semi-transparency and flecked light within the shell.”

“While something tangible may be the starting point, such as a landscape or figure, it is always color that is the main subject of my art.”

Clayton is represented by Baas Gallery and Gallery by the Bay, WA.

Lewis is represented by Fetherston Gallery and SAM Gallery, WA.

Frohwerk is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, WA.

Emerson is represented by John Sisko Gallery, WA.

S105 Christine Gedye

S106 Pamela Robinson

S107 Kurt Kieffer

S108 Maria Olano

Sweeping Beauty

Broken Promises

Puppet

Oil on panel (9" x 12") Value: $450

Oil on canvas (24" x 16") Value: $750

Metal, Wire, Wood (16" x 11" x 40") Value: $675

Male and Female Figure Study

“In winter, the bare trees around the shores of Green Lake reveal their true character.”

“In my recent work, I am ‘playing with dolls’ with the hope that my paintings will touch each viewer on an emotional level and strike a personal chord.”

“Over the years, my work has been inspired by music, architecture, interactions with people and my immediate surroundings.”

Oil on canvas (24" x 48") Value: $1400

“I feel successful if I’ve stimulated the viewer to recall a personal experience of awe.”

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Gedye is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, WA.

Courtesy of the Estate of Sue Manzo.

All proceeds from this piece go directly to the Gage Scholarship Fund.

Graphite on paper (18" x 14") Value: $1,000

“The full range of tones, as well as the beauty of the lines, help this drawing to achieve its strength.”

First Silent Aucion

Closes at 7:00pm

S109 Larine Chung

S110 K. Robinson

S111 James Prouty

S112 Janet Nechama Miller

Artist’s Breakfast

Sunny Fall Day

Azalea Way #2

Oil on panel (8" x 10") Value: $400

Oil pastel on primed paper (11" x 11") Value: $450

Oil on canvas panel (16" x 20") Value: $600

In this Town, New Beginnings Everywhere

“I usually wake up just before I have to dash out to work, so my on-the-go meal is coffee and fruit in my studio. Although it feels like a bit of a rush, I have always loved how my tangerine sits on my palette!”

“In my view overlooking Portage Bay in Seattle, the colors of the sky, water, trees and roofs are in constant flux, changing with the seasons, weather and time of day, but they always seem harmonious in their envelope of light and air.”

“My aspiration is to convey something of the vitality, spirit and essence of the subject; a relationship that develops its depth on site. This is one of three paintings of Azalea Way from 2010, an area to which I’ve returned each May since the early 1990s.”

Chung is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, WA.

Robinson is represented by Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery, WA.

S113 Marita Dingus

S114 Patty Haller

S115 Susan Manzo

S116 Margaret Davidson

Congo Cross

A Plentiful Empty (Upper Paradise Valley, Mt. Rainier National Park)

Hay Lift

Study for Gratitude

Watercolor on paper (22" x 18") Value: $450

Graphite on 100% rag plate finish Bristol paper (22" x 18½") Value: $900

Mixed-media sculpture (20" x 18") Value: $500

“The goal of my art remains to show people’s ability not only to survive but to prosper under dire circumstances.”

Dingus is represented by Francine Seders Gallery, WA.

Oil on canvas (18" x 24") Value: $650

“I used to be a forester, and this painting is inspired

by Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier National Park.”

“I like to dispense with the unnecessary to let form and color dominate my organic abstractions.”

Encaustic and mixed-media on wood panel (9" x 13") Value: $225

“This painting was lovingly created using beeswax, encaustic pigments, handmade graphite transfer paper, oil paint and salvaged materials: scraps of old maps, antique sheet music, worn sewing patterns, handwritten memories and other precious remnants of moving and stumbling through this world.”

“The gratitude I feel is for the beauty found in looking closely at the tree rings, at this deeply complex record.”

Courtesy of the Estate of Sue Manzo.

All proceeds from this piece go to the Gage Scholarship Fund.

Davidson is represented by Anchor Art Space, WA.

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Second Silent Aucion

Closes at 7:20pm

S201 Aron Hart

S202 Ira Goldberg

S203 Kelly H. Paik

S204 Tenley DuBois

Crystal in Profile

Pacific Coast Zinger

Oil on canvas (12" x 12") Value: $500

Oil on masonite (11" x 14") Value: $500

Apple, Jug and a Tree Branch

I’d Rather Be Ashes than Dust

“Like a bystander who catches someone daydreaming but doesn’t interrupt them, I hope you enjoy the serenity in her contentment.”

“My aim is to convey the sensation of being present in that place at that moment of time.”

Oil on canvas (18" x 24") Value: $550

Oil on linen canvas (16" x 10") Value: $450

“Even though these objects arouse rich emotions and memories for me, I wanted them to have a general symbolic connotation in order to reach a wider audience.”

“This work was originally inspired both by the monks who set themselves on fire in protest during the 1960s and the young women of Afghanistan now who have been immolating themselves from despair. She is considering the fire and how close to go.”

S205 Eli Levin

S206 Marcia Shaver

S207 Kathleen McKeehen

S208 Kelly Patterson

Nails, Glove, Twine

The Jade Pool

Dendrobium Orchid

Tempera/oil on panel (20" x 16") Value: $2,500

Oil on panel (12" x 36") Value: $850

Watercolor (25" x 18") Value: $600

Sunset on Lake Union

“I use the still life to tell simple stories of my life in New Mexico.”

“As a result of a childhood spent on Oregon ranches, the land is often the subject of my art.”

“Following in the long tradition of botanical artists going back centuries, I see my task as an artist is to represent the botanical subject accurately, while showing its unique features and beauty.”

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Custom framing donated by Gallery Frames.

Levin is represented by Sarah Smith Contemporary, NM.

McKeehen is represented by Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery, WA.

Oil on canvas (12" x 16") Value: $250

“I live in a houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle and this is my view toward the Aurora Bridge on an evening with a particularly beautiful sunset.”

Closes at 7:20pm

Second Silent Aucion

S209 Jim Woodring

S210 Janet Fagan

S211 Kathleen E. Moore

S212 Lin La Mer

Frank — Autographed copy accompanied with an unused Panel from Congress of the Animals

Imagine

Warm

Red and Gold

Woodblock print (16" x 20") Value: $185

Pastel (11" x 14") Value: $450

Oil on Linen (24" x 30") Value: $850

“I value the expressive, graphic qualities of relief printing, and often combine the hand-pulled prints as collage elements in my more direct and active painting practice.”

“What I love about painting still lifes is that I can personify objects and create a dialog of gesture and relationship.”

“My paintings have paintings within the paintings. The abstract paintings are hiding in the reflections or shadows or in the fabric.”

(11" x 8") Value: $200

“This new, oversized deluxe Spanish edition is the most beautifully designed and produced Frank book that I have ever seen.”

Custom framing donated by Frame Central.

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Woodring is published by Fantagraphics.

Fagan is represented by Venue, The Art Study and Core New Art Space, WA.

Moore is represented by Semantics Gallery, WA.

S213 Tenaya Sims

S214 Anna McKee

S215 Tom Hoffmann

S216 Margaret Watson

Study of Amanda Seated

Firn III, Strata III

Gratitude

Hilltown — Alley

Etching, collograph on paper, mounted on panel (19" x 19") Value: $900

Watercolor on paper (15" x 22") Value: $900

Oil on canvas on panel (24" x 24") Value: $1,200

“The feeling of being in a landscape is visceral and immediate.

I want the experience of looking at a painting of the landscape to have a similar impact.”

“In my Hilltown series I had a particular interest in depicting architectural space while at the same time referencing surface and flatness.”

Hoffman is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, WA

Watson is represented by Francine Seders Gallery, WA.

Graphite on paper (14" x 11") Value: $900

“My goal is to discover and perceive as much as I can into the myriad of ways nature connects together, and weave as much of that understanding as I can into my work.”

“The ice becomes a powerful metaphor for the deep memory of the world as well as a reminder of the strength and frailty of our ecosystems.”

McKee is represented by Francine Seders Gallery.

Third Silent Aucion

Closes at 7:40pm

S301 Jennifer Beedon Snow

S302 Claudia Fitch

S303 John Morra

S304 Suzanne Brooker

North Ballard

Skirt

Seattle Still Life

Morning Kimono

Oil on wood (13" x 16") Value: $1,600

Intaglio print (24" x 18") Value: $700

Oil on canvas (12" x 16") Value: $1,450

Oil on canvas (25" x 20") Value: $1,250

“The color, light and composition are the formal painting qualities I am intrigued with.”

“Materials have a life of their own. Each have very particular physical presence and social use, but the quirks of their processes can reveal another wholly unexpected behavior.”

“The objects depicted are typically found in an academic painting which so aptly illustrates the painter’s creed: ‘Ars longa, vita brevis’ or ‘art is long, life is short.’”

“The gesture of the model’s arms and hands, extending both outward and curling inward, is a familiar expression in portrait painting: the outstretched hand contains an open invitation while the other points inward from the heart’s center.”

Custom framing donated by New Dimensions.

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Fitch is represented by Greg Kucera Gallery, WA.

S305 Suze Woolf

S306 Michael Friel

S307 Leonid Gervits

S308 Roella McCoy

Fremont. A92

Sunrise

Portrait of Alexis

Fluvial

Watercolor on gessoed paper (26" x 20") Value: $800

Oil on canvas (16" x 20") Value: $1,500

Oil on canvas (20" x 16") Value: $1,000

Oil on canvas (30" x 24") Value: $900

“For this painting, I set out early to join the morning joggers and dog walkers, hoping to capture the fleeting colors of a sunrise.”

“When I paint, I remember what Michelangelo said, ‘Beauty is in the small things and beauty is no small thing’ (translated from my native Russian).”

“At this time, I am experimenting with manipulating space through paint application and color, exploring different kinds of brush strokes.”

“In rural areas poles display layered generations. I abstract away the surroundings by sloshing, pouring and spattering to create an unreal space.

These paintings contrast abstract, random flow with realistic representation.”

Courtesy of Ron Taylor.

Custom framing donated by Bellevue Art & Frame.

Gervits is represented by Portraits South and Chrysalis Gallery in Southampton, NY.

Third Silent Aucion

Closes at 7:40pm

S309 John Rizzotto

S310 Geoff Flack

S311 Susan Manzo

S312 Lauren Klenow

Glass Float in Fading Light

Alexis

Saltillo

Red and black ball point pen with white acrylic on prepared paper (15" x 22") Value: $250

Watercolor on paper (22" x 18") Value: $450

To Build a house a Home

Oil on canvas (12" x 16") Value $600

“My primary concerns are capturing light and form, and exploring the endless possibilities of composition.”

“I am interested in the subtle variation that can be achieved when using red and black ballpoint pens. I was influenced by the techniques practiced in trois crayon (three-color chalk) drawings of the old masters.”

“I like to dispense with the unnecessary to let form and color dominate my organic abstractions.”

Courtesy of the Estate of Sue Manzo.

Porcelain (5½" x 18") Value: $500

“By combining drawing, painting, clay, wax and found materials I create objects that are alluring but maintain a sense of mystery and darkness.”

All proceeds from this piece go directly to the Gage Scholarship Fund.

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Rizzotto is represented by Hallway Gallery, WA.

Custom framing donated by Framesmith.

S313 Deborah Scott

S314 Robin Siegl

S315 Domenic Cretara

S316 Denise Takahashi

It was Only a Matter of Time Before the Snowmen Would Return

Denizen

San Salvi Park, Florence

Air

Mixed media and oil on canvas (12" x 12") Value: $225

“I find it fascinating that we each have experiences that are unique and deeply personal, yet somehow understood by many.

For me, universal archetypes encapsulate this idea.”

Oil on canvas (20" x 24") Value: $975

“For a decade, I have observed the working waterfront from a small rowboat. As my arms pull the skiff slowly through the water, my eyes see a series of paintings in the hard-edged bulk of the ships and barges that confront me.”

Oil on panel (6 3⁄4" x 12") Value: $2,500

“While living in Italy, I revisited the genre of landscape painting.

I was inspired not by the familiar iconic subjects of Florence but by the homely neighborhood and warmth of everyday Italian life.”

Oil on canvas (40" x 30") Value: $1,250

“My mixed-breed Jumping Dog, Rhubarb, is rendered in 2.5-D. Conflicting cues of dimensionality support a vertiginous tension.”

Custom framing donated by Allison & Ross Fine Art Services.

Cretara is represented by Schomburg Gallery, CA.

Takahashi is represented by MYB Design Gallery, WA.

Special Silent Aucion

S401 Hamid Zavareei Apple Oil on wood, copper, terra cotta (36" x 24") Value: $3,500

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“Escaping a linear interpretation while pointing to an abstract meaning, my paintings reflect my desire for a union in the context of duality, a response to the calling of my soul and venturing a glimpse into the lesser known areas of my psyche.”

Zavareei is represented by Linda Warren Gallery, IL.

Closes during The Art of Dessert

S402 Julie Speidel

S403 Ann Morris

S404 Kathleen Coyle

‘Down Tor’ — Ancient Stone Site in Devonshire, England

Seed Circle

Fifty Six

Bronze (3 1⁄2" x 9 1⁄8") Value: $2,500

Ink on paper (32” x 26”) Value: $850

“My work comes from the forested land of mist and rain, where ravens rule and bones wash up on beaches. In Seed Circle, I have combined the pure form of geometry with the organic forms of nature.”

“Each area represents a moment in time, a feeling, each different from each other, but related to and affected by the areas next to each other, creating a complete picture.”

Granite and paper on board (20" x 16") Value: $3,000

“My sculptures reflect influences as varied as the megaliths of the British Isles and the totemic Native American art of the Pacific Northwest.”

Speidel is represented by Gail Severn Gallery, ID, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, CA, and Winston Wächter Fine Art in WA and NY.

Morris is represented by Lisa Harris Gallery, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Stonington Gallery in WA and Arroyo Gallery, NM

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indeX of artists Haller, Patty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Rizzotto, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Aristides, Juliette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Hannigan, Melinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Robinson, Pamela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Beedon Snow, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hare, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Robinson, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Bennerstrom, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Hart, Aron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Ryder, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Brooker, Suzanne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hoffmann, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 15

Scott, Deborah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chihuly Boathouse Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Holgate, Meg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Shaver, Marcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Chung, Larine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Kang-O’Higgins, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Siegl, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Clayton, Pat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Kieffer, Kurt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Silver, Lois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Coyle, Kathleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Klenow, Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Silver, Lyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Cretara, Dominic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Kosak, Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Sims, Tenaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Davidson, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Kutscher, Ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Solmssen, Kurt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Dingus, Marita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

La Mer, Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Speidel, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Dubois, Tenley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Laurence, Geoffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Stack, Keri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Dwyer, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Lesser, Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Stasinos, Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Emerson, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Levin, Eli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Stephas, Tamara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Erlebacher, Martha Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Lewis, Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Stonebraker, Julie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Fagan, Janet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Lundin, Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Takahashi, Denise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Faigin, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Magrath, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Talbot, Kellie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Fernandez, Eduardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Manzo, Sue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 17

Trowbridge, Kimberly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Fitch, Claudia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

McCoy, Roella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Van Dyck, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Flack, Geoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

McKee, Anna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Warashina, Patti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Friel, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

McKeehen, Kathleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Watson, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Frohwerk, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Moore, Kathleen E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Woodring, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Furchgott, Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Morra, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Woolf, Suze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Gedye, Christine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Morris, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Zavareei, Hamid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Gervits, Leonid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Nechama Miller, Janet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Goldberg, Ira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Olano, Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Grimaldi, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Paik, Kelly H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Allan, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Patterson, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Phalen, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Price, Susan Bari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Prouty, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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