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Artist’s works capture awe of simple wonders

May 16, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S6 This weekend in a small house across the street from the Spokane River in Peaceful Valley, a handful of artists will exhibit their work. The house has been converted into …

Artist will display works with pieces by her late mother

May 9, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S4 In a back porch converted into an art studio in North Miami Beach, Sonya Schwartz painted and sketched when time allowed. It seems she leaned toward figurative studies of women …

Artist’s ‘visual journal’ covers range of emotions

May 2, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Debbie Hanks never intended to be an artist. But her thoughts, dreams and struggles needed a place to go, so she set them free in acrylic paint and mixed-media, reflecting …

Women’s gallery will feature works of male artists, too

April 18, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Manic Moon and More, an artist emporium at 1007 W. Augusta Ave., oozes with the feminine spirit and, like the moon, the gallery is always changing. With 30 or so …

The Verve: Book’s heroes are kids

April 11, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Jessica Rising travels every day, either hanging on to the wings of her imagination or sliding through a portal in the bathtub drain. Her recent “vacation” took place in Nil, …

Artist uses STEAM to create her works

April 4, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 On a hillside near Green Bluff, there is round-the-clock activity; people are splitting and stacking wood, and stoking the fire of the anagama (Japanese term meaning “cave kiln”). There aren’t …

Spotlight: SFCC hosts Kelly display of abstracts

March 31, 2013 in Features on Page D6 Brooklyn-based painter Todd Kelly will exhibit works at Spokane Falls Community College beginning Wednesday. Kelly produces his abstracts from oils, acrylics and spray paint on canvas. His works have been …

Education Notebook: Student artists earn regional honors

March 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Student artists at Cheney High School were recently honored at the 40th annual NorthEast Washington Educational Service District 101 high school art show at the downtown Spokane Public Library. Payton …

Artist shares her life – warts and all – in her work

March 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Artist Nikki Freeman’s life should be a novel – the kind you can’t put down, filled with twists and turns, tragedy, scandal, and skeletons that, rather than stay in the …

Spotlight: GU brings Chihuly to Bing

March 24, 2013 in Features on Page D6 Renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly will be in Spokane next month in conjunction with an exhibit of his works at Gonzaga University’s Jundt Art Museum. Chihuly will give a free …

Benson’s mural at Central Food reflects affection for Spokane

March 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Brothers Cain and Todd Benson recently created a love letter to Spokane – a 77-foot-long mural in Greenstone Homes’ Central Food building in Kendall Yards. The mural has adults and …

The Verve: Surroundings fuel her passion for art

March 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Oana Barac-Matei was born in Romania. At age 6, she came to Spokane with her family for political freedom. Shortly after moving here, she was introduced to coloring. “One of …

The Verve: Spokane Valley artist embraces natural gift

March 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S4 It took Pam Evenson more than 50 years to realize the gift that was given to her at birth. “Painting is a gift to me entrusted by my ancestors,” she … 3

Jim Rea’s artwork reflects resilience, permanence

February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Artist Jim Rea knows all too well the fragility of the human body; his has been broken many times. His artwork reflects the opposite of fragility. With a chisel and …

Connie Stout’s mosaics extensions of her caring

February 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Connie Stout’s hands and heart are one; she creates simply because her heart beats. Her work is an extension of her love and caring for others.

White uses his art to release his inner thoughts

January 31, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S8 The first 21 years of artist Sam White’s life were filled with trials and tribulations. Born in Seattle, White said he grew up in an abusive household; a scar on …

Ritchie’s artwork looks beyond form of face

January 24, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Sculptor, photographer and multimedia artist Sheri Ritchie is a bit of an alchemist – she creates tangible and thought-provoking things out of mud mixtures and fleeting thoughts. Clay and simple …

Artist Waddington mixes messages with her work

January 17, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 If you were an amateur philosopher who gazed at Haley Waddington’s paintings, met the artist and then flipped through a notebook filled with images of her work, you just might …

WSU ceramics exhibit offers look at couple’s private collection

January 10, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Their home might be a gallery, or a dream-world menagerie. Stairs and a couple of turns in the spare hallway of a former service building downtown lead to a tall …

Spotlight: Balazs, Gendron, Schindler go ‘Wall to Wall’ at SFCC

January 6, 2013 in Features on Page D7 This past week, the Fine Arts Gallery at Spokane Falls Community College opened its door to a full exhibit. Packed full.

Painter mines emotions with striking images

January 3, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Tannea Zollinger’s work transcends the surface on which she paints as well as the images she chooses; she wants her work to evoke a memory, a feeling or allow the …

Lind sees connections among us

December 27, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 On singer/songwriter Dirk Lind’s Facebook page, he has two small sentences under the “about” heading that read “I eat life and poop music. True story.” That is Lind in a … 2

For Ginger Oakes sculpting is ‘instinctual’

December 13, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S9 For sculptor Ginger Oakes, her artistic journey began like the main character in the 1977 Steven Spielberg film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Who can forget the scene where …

The Verve: Zahner, Avenue West plan First Friday events

December 6, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Dian Zahner has always been an artist. In elementary school, she drew and submitted her creations to contests. Her first win was a poster contest in third grade.

Works of political, social art started early for John Thamm

November 29, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S5 When artist John Thamm was in first grade at Opportunity Grade School, he often found himself gazing out the window, especially when a train went by. It was during World …

The Verve: Making art creation his craft

November 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 In a garage in Medical Lake, machinery and tools have taken over. There is a planer – a woodworking machine for making boards of equal thickness – table and miter …

The Verve: Love of horses inspires Randi Evans

November 15, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Randi Evans is an artist who visually shares the things that sustained her through her childhood. She found solace the first time she picked up a pencil, and the first …

Closed in 2008, Spokane Art School rallies as nonprofit

November 11, 2012 in Features on Page D1 If art changes the world, then the world changes art, too – including the stuff it’s made of as well as the way we learn to make it. When the …

Jeffrey Loyd experiments with colors to trigger emotions

November 1, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Artist Jeffrey Loyd does not do foliage, portraits or land, sky and seascapes, at least, not in the obvious fashion. Rather, he captures the feelings that come with those things.