Exhibitions

CURRENT EXHIBITION:

Kathleen Otley – New Encaustics
April 6 – May 2

For this April exhibition Kathleen Otley has created all new encaustics which incorporate avian imagery with three dimensional aspects. For Otley, ancient folktales mingle with the continuity of birds heralding the end of Winter’s stark beauty and the promise of Spring’s new life. Kathleen adds, I find a deep quiet in the austere landscapes of winter’s end to be calming, the colors of the bark, the intricate branch patterns soon to be covered by fresh leaves and buds as this year’s nests are built. Such beauty.

For the base of these new pieces Kathleen has incorporated fragments from ancient aged parchments of 8th-10th century japanese folk tales and personal scrolls. Many of these old parchments were washed off and rewritten over the top with a new story or letter, two or three letters and tales bleeding through each other, making a fascinating backdrop.

I am also excited to explore depth in these new pieces”, says Otley. Rather than working just on a flat surface, partial scenes stand out, nests sit atop frames, and some pieces will float off the wall. Small birds will be painted on slate, they will seem ready to fly about the gallery.

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PAST EXHIBITIONS:

Northwest Collage Society Juried Spring Show
March 2 through April 4 

March finds the Rob Schouten Gallery hosting the Annual Spring Juried Exhibition of The Northwest Collage Society. Their talented membership works in a wide variety of styles and expressions, which will be well represented by the forty-five pieces of art by twenty-eight artists, chosen by judge Carla O’Conner, for this exhibition.
An accomplished and noted artist in her own right, O’Conner has juried and judged numerous regional and national exhibitions. NWCS  is an affiliate of the National Collage Society, established in 1984 to advance the stature of collage as a major art medium. 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of collage as an acknowledged fine art medium.

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Group Show of Gallery Artists Through February 28

In January and February Rob Schouten Gallery will be featuring paintings by Anne Belov, Pete Jordan, Mark Van Wickler and Kathleen Frugé-Brown; sculptures by Sharon Spencer, Dan Freeman and Lloyd Whannell; encaustics and willow art by Kathleen Otley; glass by Robert Adamson and Janis Swalwell; fiber art by Cyndi Wolfe; ceramics by Joan Govedare; jewelry by Barbara Mundell; and giclée prints by Rob Schouten.

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DAN FREEMAN Mixed Media Sculptures
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STACEY NEUMILLERoil and acrylic paintings

JULY 1 – AUGUST 3

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KATHLEEN FRUGE-BROWN New paintings and Woodblock prints June 3 – 29

Kathleen Frugé-Brown is a painter, printmaker, and public artist with a long-standing commitment to imagery from the natural world. The foundation of her practice is plein-air oil painting, on the riverbanks and in the forest surrounding her Cascade foothills studio. Kathleen loves the complexity and density of the natural world, and tries to make each brushstroke an exuberant and reverent response to nature.

In recent years, Kathleen’s interest in creating public art has led her to translate her imagery into a variety of other media, including glass mosaic, epoxy enamel, and vitreous enamel on steel and glass.

Her work is held in numerous public collections, and among her awards are a recent Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and a Hauberg Fellowship from Pilchuck Glass School, in aid of her exploration of new media.

Whether creating a public commission or working on a more intimate oil painting, Kathleen brings the same sense of purpose to her work: to awaken in viewers the feeling of connection and wholeness that she feels when she’s out of doors, painting.

 

PAINTINGS

 

 

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DAVID ILES – PAINTING AND SCULPTURE May 6 – June 3, 2011.

 

Artist David Iles exhibited new oil paintings, including his Shi Shi Beach and Tools series, and the sculptures Economic Theory and Tree of Life.

Intuition, inspiration, and curiosity have guided him to employ a broad range of skills, techniques and visual languages to express a multifaceted sense of reality.

David makes his own paints using oil, acrylic, and wax mediums in layered applications to built up a three dimensional painting surface that uniquely describes his vision of a deeply textured and nuanced world.

His often interactive sculptures beguile and confront the viewer with biting questions about human economies and wild ecosystems.

 

PAINTINGS

 

Shi Shi Beach Series (additional paintings in this series are on view in the gallery)

Tools Series (additional paintings in this series are on view in the gallery)

SCULPTURES

 

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KATHLEEN OTLEY – NEW ENCAUSTICS April 1 – May 4, 2011.

 

In her second solo exhibition at the gallery Kathleen Otley has turned her attention to creating pieces in encaustic, or wax, on wood that incorporate avian imagery with three dimensional objects, and pieces that feature a center of woven metals surrounded by a wax border with fragments of writing or patterns. Some works feel distinctly Asian, while others tend toward abstraction.

Many of these pieces are best displayed in small groupings of various sized works together in a pleasing arrangement.

 

 

 

 

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Block prints by KRIS WILTSE October 29 – November 24, 2010

We are very happy to present the richly colored block prints of Clinton artist Kris Wiltse in her first show at our gallery. Much of Kris’ work is informed by the versatile forms and shapes of the natural environment in the Northwest. It’s bold and textured surfaces delineate mythological themes and figures, giving her work a warm, almost nostalgic feeling of home. Precise multi-block printing techniques further ensure the beauty of her work.