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Back to previous exhibits Gerald Lonning An exhibit of paintings and collages April - May 15th 2008. Reception Thur, May 9th 5:30 -7:30 pm. The Roosevelt Hotel, 1531 7th Ave, Seattle, is proud to announce an exhibition of paitings and collage work by Suquamish painter Gerald "Gerry" Lonning to run from April through May 15th. Mr. Lonning rarely uses brushes to create his unusual abstract compositions on paper, panel and masonite. Instead, he makes impressions with acrylic paint using sponges, ink stamps and wood blocks to transfer found imagery and textures onto the surface of his chosen media. The results are truly original yet harken back to the Bahuas grids of cutting-edge American painting in the late 40's and early 50's. Mr Lonning has long used found imagery in his art, going back to his participation in a show of Xerox art in Wisconsin, where he received an undergraduate degree in Philosophy at UW, with Honors, in the mid 70's. Now, with archival materials and a wide variety of surfaces, he matches seemingly random domestic and commercial images with blocks of color and textural fragments. The surfaces remind one of peeling layers of paint on an old building. Music is big as a theme in Lonning's work. Titles like "You Say Tomato" and "Blue Note" betray his love of classic American Jazz and R&B and sense of nostalgia for Americana. Please refer questions to Jeffrey Moose, 206.467.6951 or jmoose@jeffreymoosegallery.com.  Gerald Lonning "Angry Marbles" acrylic on panel 12 3/8"x23" 2008  Gerald Lonning "untitled with grey spiral" acrylic on paper 13 x19 1/8" 2008  Gerald Lonning "Blue Note" acrylic on panel 16x22" 2006  Gerald Lonning "Milton" acrylic on vinyl 7"x9" 2006 |
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Stephen Rock Conversation with a Lake Paintings and other works from a 2005 residency at the Morris Graves Foundation During the month of April, 2008 During the month of April, 2008, artist Stephen Rock will be showing select work inspired by a 2005 Morris Graves Foundation residency at The Lake in Northern California. The work will be displayed at Rock | DeMent visual art space Tashiro Kaplan Building Studio 104, 306 South Washington in Seattle. Rock was given access to the property, studio and artist's library of the late Morris Graves. During the stay he explored themes dealing with a retreat from technology and how that effects our world view, our relationship with nature and the change of pace when disengaged from a modern lifestyle. The work presented is from 2 of 7 suites the artist developed: Suite II, The 6 stages of not being Morris Graves (watercolors on handmade paper) and Suite VI, Simple observations in nature (sumi ink on rice paper). In conjunction with this exhibit, the Jeffrey Moose Gallery willl be exhibiting Suite IV: Meditation study scrolls, sumi ink and dried pigments on rice paper in the Rainier Tower Mezzanine through June 30th at 1301 Fifth Avenue, Seattle. Please refer questions to Jeffrey Moose, 206.467.6951 or jmoose@jeffreymoosegallery.com.  Stephen Rock list of works: "Tranquility" sumi ink on paper 66"x33" 2005-2008 "Within the Rolling Fog (Veil of Tranquility)" sumi ink & dried pigment on paper 66"x33" 2005-2008 "The Rising Sun (Eternal Source)" sumi ink & dried pigment on paper 66"x33" 2005-2008 "Rains Across The Lake (Drifting Thoughts)" sumi ink & dried pigment on paper 66"x33" 2005-2008 "The Lake" sumi ink on paper 66"x33" 2005-2008. |
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