Artists will be on hand at several of the First Friday Gallery Cruise openings between 6 and 9 p.m. Friday, March 5. See page 14 for additional First Friday listings.
Linda Lotus shows at Luna
Islander Linda Lotus will share a lifetime’s look at Vashon in a photo show opening at Café Luna.
Lotus’ passion for gardening frequently turns up in her photographs. Viewers will find, along with plant and food photos, portraits of Island farmers, Saturday Market people and farm animals.
On opening night only, there will also be cards and matted prints for sale.
Heron boasts Northwest flair
The work of four Northwest artists will grace the Blue Heron Gallery in March.
Seattle native Suze Woolf will contribute watercolors of realistic landscapes and industrial sites — sites she calls society’s “unintentional monuments.”
The show also includes the work of Dave and Boni Deal, who are clay artists. The Deals live in a rustic home in the Cascades foothills, and their love of nature can be seen thoughout their work, from leaf-imprint pots to fern-embellished tiles.
The show will also include the black-and-white photography of Portland native Matt Vogt. Vogt is known for his atmospheric, haunting and mysterious landscapes.
The opening for the Blue Heron’s group show will include live music performed by pianist Jack Barbash, bassist Steve Meyer and percussionist Geoff Johns.
Two Wall explores life’s layers and textures
Two Wall Gallery’s March show showcases the work of Stephanie LaSalle, an artist and geologist.
Her exhibit, “Excuse My English: Layering on the Light Side,” features colorful oil paintings that reflect her love and knowledge of geology and rock textures.
According to LaSalle, her paintings represent the layering in life and in people, and she hopes her artwork is inspirational — what she called “a break from the dark side of life where you can still experience feelings, but only the bright ones.”
VCC shows Sedgley works
Linda Sedgley, legally blind since 2004, will show her monotype prints, paintings, collage and photography at Vashon Community Care.
She will also share excerpts from a book she has written about adjusting to life after vision loss.
Sedgley said her goal was “to travel with this show to Seattle-area retirement homes and share my journey with others facing vision loss or other disabilities.” The exhibit will also include photography by Richard Sedgley, her husband.
“DeNatured” at VALISE
VALISE Gallery will welcome Seattle artist John Feodorov and Whidbey Island artist Lauren Atkinson for a show in March. The exhibit is called “DeNatured.”
Atkinson currently collaborates with her husband, Donald Green. Their mixed-media work has been seen most recently at Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, and is part of Internal Guidance Systems, a national traveling group show of work by self-taught and visionary artists. Atkinson is also a founding member and teaching artist with Arts Corps, an arts education program in Seattle.
John Feodorov’s work reflects his mixed Native and European American heritage — his childhood was spent travelling between a Navajo reservation and the California suburbs of Whittier.
Now, he often utilizes pop culture detritus, as well as sound and video, to create what he considers contemporary “sacred” spaces in order to question ideas of spirituality, identity and place.
“DeNatured” will be on display every Saturday during March, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call Beverly Naidus at 463-4223 for more information.
