Beat the post-holiday doldrums this afternoon by stopping by the shop. We have a lively new art show by Kelly Lyles and some very tasty and inexpensive wines from Burgundy and Beaujolais that we will be pouring starting at 2.

Tom Hoffmann, in the yellow shirt, at the Artist Reception.

September & October
At Madrona Wine Merchants
 
Opening Reception
September 9^th 3-5pm

Artist Statement:

 
Painting is the most dependable way for me to see clearly. Looking at the world with an eye toward distilling its complexity down to a few essential washes and strokes helps me connect to whatever is most meaningful in my surroundings.
 
The elusive balance between narrative content and abstract form fascinates me. I want to see the paint as paint at the same time that I see the illusion of substance, light and space. This is the territory realist painters have always explored, I suppose. It seems inexhaustible, with a horizon that recedes as each of us approaches. The emphasis I try to put on form leaves a great deal of the work of reading content up to the viewer. I am interested in saying just enough, and not too much about what the paint describes. Some of the pleasure of interpreting the subject should be available to whoever stands in front of the paintings.

Stop on in for your last chance to see the Primavera Exhibition and meet the artist.

Primavera

New works by

Jessica Dodge

Come wet your inspiration!

Artist Statement:

I am using a variety of media to explore the burgeoning garden and it’s many inhabitants; with the larger compositions on glass I can capture the sweep of the landscape, and with the prints and studies I can get down to a more intimate level to focus on an individual plant or animal. I’ve found the inspiration for this work in the quickening flora and fauna of spring, the ever-increasing light and new-minted color.

New works by

Jessica Dodge

Madrona Wine Merchants

April 11^th through May 27^th

Artist Reception April 15^th 3-5pm

& Thirsty Artist Wine Tasting

Come wet your inspiration!

Artist Statement:

I am using a variety of media to explore the burgeoning garden and it’s many inhabitants; with the larger compositions on glass I can capture the sweep of the landscape, and with the prints and studies I can get down to a more intimate level to focus on an individual plant or animal. I’ve found the inspiration for this work in the quickening flora and fauna of spring, the ever-increasing light and new-minted color.

Photography by Kevin Wildermuth

February 1^st through March 30^th

Need a break from winter’s gray skies? Drop in to see Winter Colors; photography by Kevin Wildermuth. Kevin shoots everyday scenes and details with an eye for the colorful artifacts of contemporary life. Arranging the jewel-like images in grids, he creates prints with a kaleidoscopic effect. And if the sheer pleasure of all that color doesn’t do it for you, he bolsters the work with some serious intellectual underpinnings, offering these views up as antidote to the prefab fantasies of a world saturated in commercial media. The artist asserts that this imagery has more to say about our culture and what we truly value than all the letters to editors, stump speeches and viral cat antic videos combined. This is hearty food for thought, with a sweet spread of red jam on top, or inversely like drinking an opulent Syrah and finding its underlying structure lingering in your mouth on the finish. 

For more images check out: www.kevinwildermuth.net

Artist Reception February 19^th, 3-5pm