Winston W채chter Fine Art
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Seattle New York [t] 206.652.5855 [e]gallery@winstonwachter.com www.winstonwachter.com
Cover: Tracy Rocca Emerge 2013 Oil on polyester over panel 48 x 60 inches
Scarlet 2015 Encaustic on Canvas on Panel 80 x 60 inches
Betsy Eby Northwest native Betsy Eby finds inspiration in the region’s natural phenomena. Her abstract paintings incorporate a soothing palette and subtly reference wildflowers, flowing water, migratory birds, frost covered leaves, and misty forests. By employing beeswax in her painting process, she slowly builds up the surfaces of her canvases, creating depth and texture that heighten the organic quality of her work. Eby’s paintings have been exhibited widely across the United States and are held in the collections of the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, the Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, and several United States Embassies around the world. Artworks range in price from $7-30,000
Rhythm Study in Red, 2015, Paper, Gouache, Encaustic on Panel, 15 x 45 inches
Dirk Staschke Using sculptural form instead of paint, Staschke employs a transgressive beauty that contradicts commonly held convictions about what makes something appealing. Playing on the human impulse to own and consume, his work uses symbols of longing to explore the complexities of human desire. His work has been included in the collections at e Birmingham Museum of Art, e Smithsonian, e International Museum of Ceramic Art, among others. Artworks range in price from $12-40,000
A Confection 2014 Ceramic 24 x 19 x 6 inches
Andreas Kocks German artist, Andreas Kocks, works in massive and meticulously crafted installations of cut paper. Working solely with paper and a limited color palette, Kocks’ forms seek to evoke and balance elements of four artistic genres: the linearity of drawing, the painterly brushstroke, the site-specific element of architecture, and the physicality of sculpture. His works can be seen in museums and private collections in Europe and America. Artworks range from $12-25,000
Keep Me In Mind 2014 24c Gold leaf on paper carved 14 x 11 inches
Jules Frazier Jules Frazier is an award-winning photographer whose work has been featured in national magazines and ad campaigns, as well as private and corporate collections. Frazier was born in Seattle and studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography. It was a last minute ski trip to Sun Valley that proved to be Frazier’s greatest inspiration as a fine art photographer. It was there that she encountered the local rodeo, and in the sprit of cowboy culture, entered a contest for Rodeo Queen. She was crowned Miss Hailey Idaho/Days of the Old West Rodeo Queen and her interest in cowboy culture was cemented. Artworks range from $1-4,000
Bess, 2009, tones silver print, 21 x 17 inches
Sign at Night, 2009, toned silver print, 21 x 17 inches
Tom Baril Tom Baril works with botanical and architectural subjects to create intimate and finely detailed photographs. Drawing on both traditional and contemporary techniques, he achieves richly luminous images that invite quiet contemplation. Baril gained experience working as an assistant for Robert Mapplethorpe. He is a widely celebrated artist who has been featured in Architectural Digest, Metropolitan Home, and î “e New York Times. Artworks range from $2-6,000
î Žree Roses (TB828) 2002 Silver gelatin print 29.5 x 23 inches
Jules Frazier, Queen Gretchen, St. Paul, 1993, c-print, 33.5 x 50 inches
Margeaux Walter Margeaux Walter forms an intimate exploration of daily life on a familial, social, and personal level. Each piece is built from multiple images; real photographs, scale models and studio portraits. Using lenticulars, each piece allows the viewer to move along with the images and immerse themselves in the embarrassment, loneliness, laughter, and uncanny moments that are present both in these images, and in everyday life. Artworks range from $3-15,000
iHeart, 2014, c-print, 30 x 45 inches
Rena Bass Forman A talented and prolific photographer, Rena Bass Forman’s romantic and dramatic images recall the work of great nineteenth-century painters and photographers. By using large format film to document some of the most spectacular settings on earth, her images accentuate the nostalgic and textural qualities of film photography. Bass Forman’s photographs are held in a number of prestigious collections, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the United States Embassy in Iceland. Artworks range from $3-10,000
Sri Lanka 15 Sea Temple, 2005, toned gelatin silver print, 30 x 30 inches
Seton Smith Photographs by New York based artist, Seton Smith, are at once abstract and vividly familiar. Smith is interested in concepts of how architecture and environment affect people psychologically. She invites people to be more conscious of their architectural environments by presenting images that focus on the formal aspects of a given space, such as color, line, form and perspective. Smith’s work is included in the Whitney Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Villa de Paris, Musée des Beux Arts, Centre George Pompidou, International Center for Photography, as well as several other private and corporate collections. Artworks range from $7-35,000
Empress 2002 Chromogenic print 72 x 53 inches
Erich Woll After graduating from Alfred University in 1994 with a BFA degree in glass sculpture, Wm. Erich Woll moved to Seattle, Washington in 1995 to pursue his career as an artist. In 1997, Dale Chihuly’s glassblowing team offered Woll a position at Chihuly’s residence in Seattle, known as ‘the boathouse.’ During his six-year tenure with Chihuly, Woll traveled around the US and the world and gained valuable skills and knowledge of glass sculpture, both technical and artistic. Woll combines humour, sentimentality, and word-play into his captivating glass pieces. Artworks range from $2-20,000
Mistakes Will Be Made, 2014, glass, variable dimentions
Tony Scherman Tony Scherman is best known for his masterful encaustic techniques, where pigment and wax create lush, textured, and dramatic surfaces. His portraiture and still-lifes are carefully imbued with a dream-like intensity and the force of his vision. While Scherman calls upon historical figures and periods, he chooses to embellish his subjects with modern themes— thereby evoking symbolism and deeper meaning. Scherman exhibits internationally and is also featured in various public and corporate collections. Artworks range from $5-50,000
Conversations with the Devil, 2010-2011, encaustic on canvas, 24 x 28 inches
Christopher Boffoli Northwest artist Christopher Boffoli combines miniature, hand-painted figurines from Germany with staged arrangements of food and beverages to create clever photographic vignettes. Inspired by an unusual combination of magazine food photography and the 18th century fable “Gulliver’s Travels,” Boffoli explores how inverting the proportions of people and their surroundings create unexpected points of interest. Artworks range from $3-10,000
Opposite: Kisses Scribe, 2014, archival pigment ink print, variable dimensions
Clamshell Lovers, 2012, c-print, variable dimensions
Ed Cohen Untitled 2013 Acrylic on canvas 27 x 27 inches
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