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ARIA SALON 

Featuring:Bianca Marie, Photography



Spooky, unsettling photographs.Show consists of masks, dolls, scarecrows, skeletons and more.

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GALACTIC BOUTIQUE

Featuring: Brandon Baker, paintings and mixed media





furry monsters, smoking birds, vomiting yetis. Drawing on the styles of graphic and graffiti artists, Baker's prolific portfolio of paintings and mixed media have proven very popular on the Seattle Art scene, where the artist resides. Wet your appetite at: http:www.flickr.com/photos/narboo Opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 8th from 7 - 10pm

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WHIMSY

Featuring:Gita Gilvydis, Two-dimensional ink drawings filled in with watercolor paint







"I work as an architect by day, amateur musician by night...and artist in most of the in-between hours. One of my early childhood memories is of the pivotal weekend morning when I figured out how to color within the lines in my coloring book. I wasn't crazy about the picture (a clown - yikes)...but I think that is perhaps why I eventually developed my own collection of pictures. My style is simple: two dimensional ink drawings that I fill in with watercolor paint. That's it! I do also work in other media, such as acrylic on canvas, but the style principles remain the same. I'm inspired by lots of things: nature, everyday objects, people. My goal is to take this inspiration and create something that can either make somebody smile or be enjoyable for the eyes..."

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RETROFIT HOME 

Featuring:Emmalee Bozek, "weapons" of choice are oil, acrylics, hand-mixed pigments, inspiration, spray paint, love, handmade cotton rag paper, laughter and ink. Somewhat reminiscent of odd paper dolls in dreamlike spaces, her work creates a whole new world for any onlooker to dive into.



Emmalee "Cupcake" Bozek, a printmaking graduate of the University of Washington, is a gifted local artist with strong ties to the underground artist community. Her work, filled with strangely eccentric characters or delicate botanicals set amongst delicious candy colors that are so rich you can almost taste them, reflects her ability to characterize the most bizarre of emotions into any given situation or context.

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COPPERVINE 

Featuring:Karen Hewig, Felted Works



Her designs are inspired by nature and expressed in the unlimited potential of felt.

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VICTROLA

Featuring:A.J. Power



Most of my paintings are grounded in life experiences, memories, regrets.
I especially enjoy depicting birds, children, and small animals in various
associations.

  www.ajpowerstudio.com

Forney's collection of cartoons celebrates the sometimes stunningly crude, sometimes surprisingly sweet online world of kinky personal classifieds.  For four years Forney illustrated the Seattle Stranger's "Lustlab" classified ads by interpreting the most interesting, outrageous, or idiosyncratic ad in that week's paper.

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ArtHaus

Over 100 lush pieces for view and sale throughout the building from Carole d'Inverno, Jason Lien, Doris Mosler, Lavanya Reed, Jennifer Stennhouse, Jim Stoccardo, and Uyen Phong Tran.

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Retail Therapy

Featuring: MarcAnthony, 'Signz'

MarcAnthony presents the visual intertwined characteristics of the Eastern & Western zodiac signs - each piece containing original details, accentuation, and appreciations of imagery - similar to the embraced difference and individualized characteristics that compose a unique self. This artist has taken images from a treasure trove of sketches, created through out many years, reconstituted concepts, and presents the efforts and expressions in a beautifully orchestrated mastery of the graphics and symbols. The details of each piece is authentic, only one piece of each combination will ever be created in this stylized presentation.


This visual path taken by MarcAnthony began 5 years ago and has transformed into a melding of images and graphics, presented on aged and recycled wood, using paints and stains. For the month of October please enjoy the pieces that befalls the walls of Retail Therapy; engage in this majestic expression of color, symbols, graphics, and all the while, consider and contemplate the authentic piece as it pertains to your unique self.

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Bauhaus

Featuring:Natalie Oswald, painting

I paint to explore the vanity and fragility of the natural world. At times, painting becomes my personal indulgence and tribute to all things delightful. Birds soar over imaginary landscapes and koi are wrapped in swirling layers of iridescent waves. Tragedy weaves its way into my work, a reminder of the transient nature of beauty. Flowers grow from husks of grenades, sinister streams of dripping paint obscure a tranquil landscape and an innocent maiden sinks into the deep sea. Inspired by a childhood in the rural Northwest and travels to Asia, the imagery found in my work is rooted in the relentless process of growth and decay.

natalieoswald.com

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Kaladi Brothers  

Featuring: Christie Jenkins, photography

Born in Dallas, Texas, at age five Christie snapped her first photo that was later published. Twenty years later, New York literary circles credited her with starting a trend - the genre of photos of men for women, with her landmark little book BUNS: A Woman Looks At Men's. It and the subsequent five calendars sold over one million copies for G. P. Putnam, and she was a popular guest on the talk show circuit. Respected as a quality portrait artist in Hollywood, her private celebrity work has appeared in magazines such as People, TV Guide, USA Today, Playbill, Cosmo, US, Soap Opera Digest and many international publications, as well as gracing several book covers. She's photographed two Olympic Games and in 1988 was the most widely published photographer of Figure Skating in the world, with TIME Magazine nominating one shot as "The Best Sports Photograph of the Year." From a humanitarian medical family, her parents gave her a deep sense of spirituality, and having never studied photography in any way, Miss Jenkins feels her gifts were specifically God-given. Miss Jenkins has had three solo shows of her work, and lives in Los Angeles with her beloved cats.

http://www.christiejenkinsphotography.com/

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Travelers 

Featuring: Rajendra Singh (well known folk artist from India)

Pichwai Painting (paintings on alter cloths)

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Zero Zero Salon 

Featuring:Linoleum Block Prints

www.linotopia.com

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Starbucks

THE BEAUTIFUL DOORS OF MEXICO.
 
ARTURO TORRES is a local artist who was born in the City of San Luis Potosi in central Mexico. In 1988 he immigrated to the United States and made Seattle his second home.


Reflecting his cultural background, the colors he seeks are vibrant and full of contrast. His artistic focus is on doorways and windows, which speak of the lives beyond them.


In this exhibit, Arturo shares a small part of his huge collection of images of beautiful doors captured in Mexico, mostly in the picturesque town of San Miguel de Allende in the State of Guanajuato.

Carole d'Inverno

"Shape, surface and color are my entry into personal expression. I work mostly wet on wet, allowing the painting to develop organically. The surface is built up with oil gesso and oil paint as a dialogue arises between the developing shapes and their colors. The emptiness of the background enhances the simplicity of the forms."

www.caroledinverno.net

Britt Freda

"This series opens a visual portal of discussion focusing on that which is common, pedestrian and easily overlooked but which illuminates the brilliantly beautiful and stunning simplicity of things that feed us, body, mind and soul."

www.brittfreda.com

Jason Lien

"The mixed media works by contemporary landscape painter Jason Arne Lien convey complex and sometimes dark emotional messages beneath their rich and candy-coated exterior."
 

Doris Mosler

"After attending workshops in monotype and experimenting with collage, I knew I had found a medium that offered the versatility and spontaneity I love and that would satisfy my inner sense of adventure. When I'm working, the edge of what is 'given' and what is 'unknown' presents a unique space of aliveness, curiosity about outcome, and finally satisfaction that, for me, is rarely found in such potent and pleasurable form anywhere else in life."

www.dorismosler.com
 

Jennifer Stennhouse

Jim Stoccardo

Jim Stoccardo is deeply influenced by the mysterious and often magical qualities of the northwest sky; with its many subtle shades of grey Stoccardo finds an endless pallet of moody settings in which to work.

www.jimstoccardo.com

Uyen Phong Tran

"Inspired by the strong and influential women in her life, this latest series is representative of the feminine form and their beautiful complex layers."

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Aria Salon



Featuring: Bianca Marie, Photography

Spooky, unsettling photographs….Show consists of masks, dolls, scarecrows, skeletons and more. Fitting for the season.

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HALO



Featuring: Troy Gua

Join us for a reception with the artist
Tuesday, October 14, from 5:00-6:30pm
Gallery will remain open until 10:30pm

Fueled by intense introspection and a working-class ethic, I am intent on self-expression and self-discovery through the cultivation of my own, singular sense of style and technique.
I work to convey not only a meditative quality and a reflection of spiritual energies in my art, but I also seek to maintain a balanced sense of levity and humor.
Aesthetically, I'm impassioned by the bold simplicity of fundamental shapes, sharp lines, solid colors, purity and precision, and I strive to create work that reflects that.
My crisp, clean work is intended as a visual, contemplative antidote to our society's sometimes excessive, over-stimulated and chaotic tendencies.


About HaLo:
HaLo is a space dedicated to social dance lessons and events.  Exhibitions can be viewed free of charge during any of these events.  If you arrive during a lesson, you are welcome to come in and look around, we ask only that you be respectful of the students.  If you arrive during a dance, please let the door person know that you are just there to look at the art.

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Retrofit Home



Featuring: Bob Dzielak

Bob Dzielak is a Seattle artist whose paintings reflect his tongue-in-cheek wit and summons an eerie and creepy mood (and occasionally, both). His sarcastic sense of humor comes out when he paints "fellas"; paintings of what appear to be sad people that strangely resemble the artist. Other paintings reflect an exploration of Bob's dark sense of humor and an embrace of the macabre; taking inspiration from the bones and skulls of thousands of plague victims used to decorate an ossuary in the Czech Republic. Finally, other works incorporate images of antique dolls are requisitely disturbing, as they bring these dolls to life.
Br> http://bobdzielak.net/

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Uncle Elizabeths



Featuring: Joy Mattox Bezanis

works in many mediums and styles. Her paintings have been shown in both solo and group exhibitions and include oil paintings, oil pastels, acrylics, water color, and mixed-media.  

To me, Koi fish (and trees too) evoke a feeling of something very graceful, free, and yet stable. It is fascinating to transform these compositions of nature into art. Nature creates an endless variety of subject matter, each one with its own unique character, and that individuality influences my choice of painting techniques.

http://www.helloseattle.com/Art/JoyBezanis.Cfm

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Whimsy Home Decor





Featuring: Liv Browning, Encaustic mixed media

  When Liv learned encaustic, it was love at first play, because that is what this medium brings to her—a sense of whimsy and play. It is so unlike any other medium, very unpredictable, somewhat uncontrollable. Her artist tools include a blow torch, beeswax, old magazines, photos, oil paint, Adobe Photoshop, Sumi paper, razor blades, ink, and a mug of coffee. For the past year, Liv has been exploring common shapes and imagery to create a personal symbolism. Her images are chosen carefully, and there are double meanings to nearly everything.

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Babeland



Featuring: erotica readings by Megan Clark, Jennifer d Munro, Delihah Marvelle with belly dancing by Hands of Kali

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Kaladi Brothers 



Featuring: Ty Talbot

October Surprise

www.tytalbot.com

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Galactic Boutique

Featuring:  Michelle Calia,  Drawing and Digital prints

Emerging artist, Michelle Calia will debut her prints of beautiful burlesque babes with various themes of controversy. Her process involves hand drawn sketches that are then scanned and are beefed up with the use of computer software. This will be
Michelle's FIRST exhibit and we are proud to be the first to feature her in our Gallery. Opening reception will be held on Saturday October 4th from 7 - 10pm.

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Retail Therapy

Featuring: MarcAnthony, 'Signz'

MarcAnthony presents the visual intertwined characteristics of the Eastern & Western zodiac signs - each piece containing original details, accentuations, and appreciations of imagery - similar to the embraced difference and individualized characteristics that compose a unique self. This artist has taken images from a treasure trove of sketches, created through out many years, reconstituted concepts, and presents the efforts and expressions in a beautifully orchestrated mastery of the graphics and symbols. The details of each piece is authentic, only one piece of each combination will ever be created in this stylized presentation.


This visual path taken by MarcAnthony began 5 years ago and has transformed into a melding of images and graphics, presented on aged and recycled wood, using paints and stains. For the month of October please enjoy the pieces that befalls the walls of Retail Therapy; engage in this majestic expression of color, symbols, graphics, and all the while, consider and contemplate the authentic piece as it pertains to your unique self.

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Travelers



Featuring: Rajendra Singh, Pichwai Painting

paintings on cloths for alters.  Well known folk artist.

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Victrola Coffee Roasters

Featuring: Natalie Oswald

  A show of recent works exploring nature and the decorative arts through
painting. Images of birds, beasts, and flora are juxtaposed with
repetitive patterns and faux finishes, revealing the artifice of
manmade objects in contrast to the singularity of elements from natural
world.

www.natalieoswald.com

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Starbucks

Featuring: Kathleen Atkins, photography

Gicoee prints on handmade mulberry paper

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Cafe Metro

Featuring: Suzy Derrick

A graduate of The University of Montana with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in cast metals, Suzy incorporates a variety of processes in her artwork. From her bronze cast sculptures, pinhole photography to her mix media paintings, the final image is just as important and rewarding as the multiple processes used to create the artwork.


The Beauty of Life is enhanced by the beauty of things that have lived before, and life itself.  The Beauty of Death is experienced in such sorrow that its beauty is often forgotten or over looked.  Living follows such a peculiar line often fragmented and forged together at its weakest points.  All things that live must die…. Holding in the balance….The Life Line.

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Purr



Featuring: Nick Bombacie, painting of supermodels

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Shinka Tea



Featuring:Masahiro Koyama

www.koyamafineart.com

Join Ellen Forney in bidding "Ta-Ta!!" to her provocative "Lustlab Ad of the Week" cartoon series! Forney's collection of cartoons celebrates the sometimes stunningly crude, sometimes surprisingly sweet online world of kinky personal classifieds.  For four years Forney illustrated the Seattle Stranger's "Lustlab" classified ads by interpreting the most interesting, outrageous, or idiosyncratic ad in that week's paper. Ellen will be on hand to sign copies of LUST, the hardback collection of the series. The art exhibit features the original ink-on-paper art selected from the series.

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Whimsy Home Decor



Featuring:Brandon Baker, mixed-media – photography and cartoony drawings/paintings
Biography: Brandon has been drawing most of his life, since he was old enough to hold a crayon. He's always loved drawing animals as opposed to people because he likes them better in general. You'll love his cast of wacky characters, which can be found on skate decks, t-shirts, magnets, and anything else he can get his hands on. Brandon also does mixed-media work, combining his drawings, photographs, and sense of humor.

  www.flickr.com/narboo, http://narboo.blogspot.com

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CopperVine



Featuring: The Copper Vine is hosting a family friendly reception to celebrate a new show of works by preschool students at The Interlaken Preschool. Art is a vital part of early education. These wonderful line drawings with watercolor demonstrate how expressive and creative children are when encouraged. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the preschool to fund art supplies for future classes.

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Galactic Boutique



Featuring:Jonathan Fischer, Acrylic, spray paint, and screen printing on canvas, Seattle arist, Jonathan Fischer combines themes of ancient Asia with the urban style of our modern times. Geishas throwin' down phat beats, Sumo Wrestlers whaling into microphones, and Samuri warriors jamming on electric keyboards are perfect examples of his work.

www.wakudastudio.com

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Retrofit Home



Featuring: Demian Johnston

www.demianjohnston.blogspot.com

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Cafe Metro



Featuring:Jen Grim, 30 year old Avante-Garde Photographer & Film-Maker.
Graduated from University of Akron with a BFA Photography & recently graduated from the Seattle Film Institute.
Showing two bodies of work: Nocturnal Lightscapes & Mindscapes - Handmade color and black & white Surreal Photography mixing unconventional techniques: painting with light, double exposures & photo-grams.  Inspired by psychology & film.

www.jengimphotography.com

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Starbucks



Featuring: Mary Shea,

Mary Shea is an accomplished painter and printmaker working with oils on paper and canvas.  In printmaking, she concentrates on monotypes and dry point prints often working back into the print with pastel and oil paint.  She often focuses on interior spaces, portraits and landscapes but is always interested in exploring texture, color and light.

www.mary-shea.com

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Travelers



Featuring: Rajendra Singh, Pichwai Painting

paintings on cloths for alters.  Well known folk artist.

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Victrola Coffee Roasters



Featuring:Rosemary Wagner, Black/White Photography

www.rosemaryphotography.com

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HALO



Featuring:JennIfer Carroll

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Bauhaus 



Featuring:Jesse Link,Paintings on Canvas

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Shinka Tea



Featuring:Masahiro Koyama

www.koyamafineart.com

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Faire Gallery



Featuring: Sonya Stockton, printmaking

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Aria Salon



Featuring:Linda Clecker, Photography

http://www.lindaclecklerphotography.com/

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Bootyland



Featuring: TBA

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Babeland



FEATURING:Trans Woman Noelle Walker

Spray paint, marker, pencil, chalk on cardboard Tuesday August 12th. 6-9pm, FREE

It has been said that a transexual's story is written on their body. Artist Noelle Walker's work is concerned with that idea --- the juxtaposition of body and the word, construction and self-construction, text and subtext. It refocuses W.E.B. DuBois' concept of "twoness" on transgenderism.  Her pieces are in spray paint, other times drawn in marker that will sometimes eat through other parts of the work. The media used is often permanent, bold, and solid.

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Aria Salon

FEATURING:Linda Cleckler,photography of nature and streetscapes www.lindaclecklerphotography.com

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Galactic Boutique

FEATURING:Karl Fjelstrom,oil on canvas photorealistic paintings www.galacticboutique.com

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Bootyland

FEATURING:Various artists in community – series of kids arts, watercolor & oil pastel

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Retail Therapy



FEATURING:Asher, airbrush with jazz theme

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Whimsy Home Decor





FEATURING:Debbie Bianchi, acrylic,  www.debbiebianchi.com

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Bauhaus

FEATURING:Leeanne Alguire & Julia Carlson, paintings

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Victrola



FEATURING:Erik Andrew, Oil painting

Erik Andrew is a self-taught artist who has eschewed formal training in favor of exploring his own rich, strange artistic world. This exploration has taken many forms: from photography, designing and building furniture, to music and songwriting, his main passions before he found painting. The spirit of jazz improvisation has informed his development as a painter; Andrew empathizes with Thelonious Monk, the jazz innovator who said that when he finished a piece, he'd step back and chuckle at what he'd done. www.erikandrew.com

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Faire Gallery Cafe

FEATURING:Elatia Pearl

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Pretty Parlor



FEATURING:"Vaporeux: An Exhibition of Dress & Photography",Ruthie's Uniform & Rosemary Wagner, Apparel Design & Themed Photography

Rosemary Wagner captures Ruthie's French-inspired clothing designs via rich photographic imagery, reminiscent of the 40's film noir era. Curated & hosted by Ghost Gallery & Anna Banana!
http://www.rosemaryphotography.com http://www.ruthiesuniform.com
http://www.prettyparlor.com

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Retrofit Home

FEATURING:Jeff Farnam, acrylic paint and ink paint on wood and found objects

Jeff Farnam is a Seattle artist whose paintings are like a refreshing peek into an unruly realm of colorful characters and abstract thought. His pieces are chaotic and rebellious at times while retaining fluidity, balance, and rhythm.

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