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Carmen D’Aquila is a Seattle native who began working in glass in 1984. Her work incorporates kiln-forming and bead making. D’Aquila shows work nationally and internationally. She is a past instructor at Pratt Fine Arts Center.

1009 Diana Friend

Pistachio Large Shallow Bowl with Wenge Ties | $420

Wood | 16 x 3 | 2018

Diana Friend turns her wooden bowls with solar power on a remote Pacific Northwest island. Teased by complex bark and intense grain; cracks and voids then become a further draw. These elements are the design cues she follows to guide her final forms.

@what_the_wood_wants

Manya Drobnack is a Mercer Islandbased painter who creates large scale paintings inspired by the early European abstract expressionists. Her work contains organic patterns and forms that emit a care-free joie de vivre.

1016 Lynn Rosskamp

Spring Heeled Jack | $300

Etching with Aquatint | 14 x 16 | 2019 printwitchery com / @lynnprints

Lynn Rosskamp is a printmaker who creates intimate portraits of the natural world. Growing up above her parents’ veterinary clinic in rural Appalachia instilled a deep love of animals and nature, leading her to create this wry portrait of a jackrabbit, who is less a fluffy bunny than a wild and sinewy trickster.

1017 Jan Tervonen

In the Groove No 5 | $450

Watercolor, Polyester Film | 18 x 24 x 1 | 2015 dajanarts com

Jan Tervonen is an abstract artist who comes from a small town in Upper Michigan. She grew up in a FinnishAmerican family, and was taught the values of simplicity, organization, and a good pun. She has developed a minimalistic style with a wry sense of humor. This piece is inspired by 1960s groovy psychedelic culture emerging from the MCM era.

1018 Vicki Platts-Brown

End of Season | $250

Intaglio | 12 x 16 | 2022 vickiplatts com

Vicki Platts-Brown has been a printmaker in the Seattle community for the past twelve years. Her work explores the natural world of the Pacific Northwest. She loves the continual surprise of printmaking: how prints made from the same copper can be printed in entirely different colors; how subtle changes in pressure while wiping or printing the plate can alter the work’s final form; but most of all, she loves the community and exchange of ideas that comes from taking classes at Pratt.

1019 Sharon Wada

Tribal Bonds (Alor Island, Indonesia) | $300

Photograph Printed on Canvas | 20 x 30 x 2 | 2012

Sharon Wada is a Seattle-area native who loves to connect with the world through photography. Her subjects range from tiny coral reef shrimp in Indonesia to hyena clans in Zambia to sunrises in Seattle to street life in Cuba. In this image, she was captivated by the beauty and strength of the Abui people who live in a remote Indonesian village. sharonwada com / @seashaz

1020 Gary Drobnack

Silhouette of Argonaut Peak | $300

Photography | 19 x 25 5 | 2014

Gary Drobnack is a Mercer Islandbased photographer. This work depicts Argonaut Peak in the Cascade Range in Washington.

1021 Ashley Hale

Traveling Armadillo with Succulents | $200

Linoleum Block Print with Watercolor | 12 x 12 | 2022

Ashely Hale is a Seattle-based printmaker working in relief linoleum. She adds elements of watercolor to her prints, along with gold ink. Her imagery spans the living inhabitants of earth, focusing on visual detail while capturing the essence of soul. She pairs this with the spirituality of natural forces and suggesting halos or auras as a significant symbol.

@ashleyhaleart

1022 Catherine Trapani

Meadow Ballad | $500

Encaustic, Cold Wax, Collage | 10 x 8 x 2 | 2023

Catherine Trapani is an artist working with printmaking, encaustic, cold wax and alternative photo processes. The title Meadow Ballad refers to the color and memory of a field the artist encountered. Of her work, she says,

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“for me, a successful work of art is not perfect. It leaves you wanting, to serve as a provocation, a doorway into the unknown.” trapanistudio com / @cattrapaniartist

1023 Kathleen Hargrave

Kindred | $500

Collagraph | 14 5 x 18 5 | 2023 kathleenhargrave com

Kathleen Hargrave is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working in the Pacific Northwest. This collagraph is about love, loss, and the importance of family. The process is based on adding materials to and subtracting from a Tetra Pak substate. It is created on BFK paper.

1024 Sharon Wada

How We Learn (Port Gardner, Washington) | $175

Photography | 16 x 20 x 2 | 2021 sharonwada com / @seashaz

Indonesia to hyena clans in Zambia to sunrises in Seattle to street life in Cuba. In this image, she captured an iconic Seattle scene, framed by a layer of fog and the warmth of first light.

1100 Shirley Sing

Eva | $500

Acrylic on Canvas | 36 x 36 x 3/4 | 2022 shirleysing com / @shirleysingart

Shirley Sing is associated with the post Mudd Club group while informally studying painting in New York City 1989 – 2002. Sing formally studied at Pratt Fine Arts Center and drew from the figure at trapeze model sessions. Eva is a creation depicting gun violence in a series to be displayed at a later date in Seattle, Washington.

1101 Becky Birinyi

Shaped Plate #8 | $600