Baas Art Gallery and Framing Julia Ricketts and Ruth Hesse

Baas Art Gallery is currently showing print artist Ruth Hesse
and painter Julia Ricketts.

Ricketts shows new works that feature horizontal bands of color
in a grid format. Based on the image of ruled writing paper, the paintings in this series evoke letters, poems, and chords of music. Hesse exhibits new monotypes composed of rich colors and solid, refined forms. The imagery recalls the primary elements of land, sky, and water. Her prints are distinguished by layered textures that convey the evolution of each image.

The exhibition, will be on view through April 12th.

Julia Ricketts
Meditation II, 2007
Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 36"
© Julia Ricketts, courtesy of Baas Art Gallery and Framing




Julia Ricketts
Meditation IV, 2007
Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 36"
© Julia Ricketts, courtesy of Baas Art Gallery and Framing

In her recent work, Ricketts employs an abstract vocabulary of forms combined in rhythmic compositions. Her new series, "Meditations", explores tonal variation within a format inspired by ruled writing paper. Bands of subtle color create horizontal chords, suggesting phrases of music or lines of poetry.

Ruth Hesse
Trust, 2007
Monotype on Panel, 33" x 33"
© Ruth Hesse, courtesy of Baas Art Gallery and Framing




Ruth Hesse
Comfortable Places, 2007
Monotype on Panel, 33" x 33"
© Ruth Hesse, courtesy of Baas Art Gallery and Framing

Layer upon layer of richly colored ink creates vibrant depth in Ruth Hesse's original monotypes. Her new body of work features abstracted imagery drawn from the natural world. Bands of color recall elements of land, water, and sky. These images are balanced against the constraints of a square format, which empasizes the formal aspect of Hesse's project.


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Ruth Hesse and Julia Ricketts
Tones and Tides
March 4 - April 12, 2008


Baas Art Gallery and Framing
2703 East Madison
Seattle, WA 98112
206.324.4742


Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 to 6


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website Baas Art Gallery and Framing


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Lisa Harris Gallery / Joel Brock

On display at the Lisa Harris Gallery is new work by Pacific Northwest artist Joel Brock. Exploring architectural and still life subject matter, Brock works in acrylic as well as pastel and often incorporates gesso and charcoal for rich and engaging surfaces. The exhibition will continue through March 29th.

Joel Brock
Small Town, 2008
Oil on board, 36" x 40.5"
© Joel Brock, courtesy Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle




Joel Brock
Mount Vernon Alley 2008
Pastel and acrylic, 11" x 11"
© Joel Brock, courtesy Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle




Joel Brock
Light in the Alley, 2008
acrylic on board, 36" x 40"
© Joel Brock, courtesy Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle




Joel Brock
Iris’s House, 2008
Pastel and acrylic, 11" x 11"
© Joel Brock, courtesy Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle

The artist says, “This particular group of works includes pieces that are paintings of simple, rather conventional houses. I was in the grocery store last month buying soup and looked up to see Andy Warhol’s “Can of Soup,” and I thought to myself, ‘how could he take a simple can of soup and describe the entire psyche of America?’ This is what I have tried to do with my art. Instead of a soup can, I use little houses, the places we live - -simple farm buildings and structures seen in our daily lives. In this way I hope to capture the essence of American life.”

Brock grew up in the farm country around Carmel, California and relocated to the Pacific Northwest after college. He received his B.F.A. from the University of California at Davis where he had the privilege of studying with painter Wayne Thiebaud.


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Joel Brock
Paintings and Works on Paper
March 6 - March 29, 2008


Lisa Harris Gallery
1922 Pike Place
Seattle, WA 98101
206.443.3315


Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday - 10:30-5:30pm
Sunday - 11:00-4:00pm


For additional information contact the gallery or visit their website Lisa Harris Gallery


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Wall Space / Susan Burnstine Exhibition

Wall Space is presenting photographs by Susan Burnstine,

the exhibition continues through April 5th.

The exhibition, showcases Susan’s newest body of work, "Between" as well as her award winning series, "On Waking Dreams." Susan’s images compel us to look to the place where reality ends and dreams begin, where we look into ourselves to find who we are and who we want to be.

We're in an endless state of living and dying. This series explores the fleeting shadows of twilight time, the faint seconds between now and then that float just above reality. Just as in life, these images reveal that things are never as simple as black and white. What matters is what lies between.

Susan Burnstine
© Susan Burnstine, courtesy Wall Space, Seattle




Susan Burnstine
© Susan Burnstine, courtesy Wall Space, Seattle




Susan Burnstine
© Susan Burnstine, courtesy Wall Space, Seattle




Susan Burnstine
© Susan Burnstine, courtesy Wall Space, Seattle




Susan Burnstine
© Susan Burnstine, courtesy Wall Space, Seattle

Susan Burnstine is a professional photographer originally from Chicago and currently living in Los Angeles. Her love for photography began at the age of eight when her mother gave her a vintage camera to play with. She was instantly hooked. From the early age of 14 until graduating college, Susan worked as an assistant to one of the top portrait photographers in Chicago, Joel Schachtel.

Susan earned B&W Magazine's Excellence Award for the 2006 Portfolio Contest (Issue #44, August 2006), the Silver Award for B&W's 2008 Single Image Contest (Issue #56, February 2008), she's been nominated for The 2007 Aperture West Book Prize, and her portfolio was featured in Camera Arts (Issue 62, March/April 2008).


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Susan Burnstine
Introspection
March 4 - April 5, 2008


Wall Space
600 First Avenue, Suite 322
Seattle, WA 98104
206.330.9137


Winter Hours: Tuesday - Friday 11 - 5pm
and by appointment.


For additional information and images see gallery website.

Wall Space


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Alden Mason / Foster White Gallery

This month, Alden Mason is on display at Foster White Gallery in Pioneer Square. The is a large exhibition featuring new works as well as paintings done in the 90's.

Alden Mason is a prolific, contemporary Northwest Master. Born in Everett, Washington in 1919, Mason earned his MFA from the University of Washington in 1947. He taught painting at the University of Washington from 1949 to 1981. Throughout his career, Mason has used a variety of mediums from oil to acrylic. After becoming sensitive to the toxicity of his materials, he then moved to watercolor and oil stick. The exhibition will continue through March 1st.

Alden Mason
Low Tide, 2007
Mixed media on paper, 26" x 35"
© Alden Mason, courtesy Foster White Gallery




Alden Mason
Hand it Over, 2007
mixed media on paper, 26" x 35"
© Alden Mason, courtesy Foster White Gallery




Alden Mason
Going Home, 2007
Mixed media on paper, 26" x 35"
© Alden Mason, courtesy Foster White Gallery




Alden Mason
Two Ways to Heaven, 2007
Mixed media on paper, 26" x 35"
© Alden Mason, courtesy Foster White Gallery

Although the imagery and media used by Mason have gone through many changes over the years, his paintings always exhibit exuberance and inventiveness in form, color, and style. Mason draws inspiration from Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, and the many different cultures he has encountered while traveling. He has exhibited with Foster/White Gallery since 2003.

Mason’s work can be found in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Northwest Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Portland Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, and many private and corporate collections in the US.


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Alden Mason
March 6 - March 29, 2008
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday
10 - 6 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm


Foster White Gallery
220 Third Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
206.622.2833


For additional information and to view all of the artworks on display visit their website Foster White Gallery


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If you would like to see some of Alden Mason's paintings from
the early 1970's stop by the Greg Kucera Gallery, located next door to Foster White. They are currently exhibiting half a dozen or so painting in their back gallery.

Also, Regina Hackett's article in the Seattle P-I provides addition information on Alden Mason.


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Francine Seders Gallery / Ben Frank Moss

This is a good month to venture out to the Francine Seders Gallery. The gallery is presenting an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Ben Frank Moss. The exhibition will continue through March 30th.

As a landscape painter, Moss works to establish a sense of "place" in his work. He is a conscientious observer of light and space as shaped by time and season and brings these observations to his work. In his small oil on paper paintings, he uses color, form, and gesture to evoke memories of "place".

Ben Frank Moss
East Island, 1989
oil / paper, 34 x 27⅝"
© Ben Frank Moss, courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery




Ben Frank Moss
Northwest Spring, 1989
oil / paper, 27⅝ x 34"
© Ben Frank Moss, courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery




Ben Frank Moss
N.W. Landscape Dream No. 185, 2000
oil / paper, 4 x 4½"
© Ben Frank Moss, courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery




Ben Frank Moss
Landscape Reflection No. 90, 2007
oil / paper, 5 x 4⅜"
© Ben Frank Moss, courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery

Ben Frank Moss was born in Philadelphia in 1936. He studied at Whitworth College in Spokane (B.A., 1959) and Boston University (M.F.A. 1963). Moss currently teaches at Dartmouth College and has studios in both New Hampshire and Washington where he summers. His work has been included in solo, group, and invitational shows throughout the United States and abroad since the late 1960's. Moss is represented by several galleries on the east coast, and his work has been included in shows at the Seders Gallery since 1967.

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Ben Frank Moss
Beyond the Subject,
Landscapes. Past and Present. Paintings and Drawings
February 22 - March 30, 2008


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Francine Seders Gallery
6701 Greenwood Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
206.782.0355

Gallery Hours: Tuesdays - Saturdays, 11 - 5
Sundays 1 - 5 and by appointment


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website, Francine Seders Gallery.


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