Helga Winter's hand turned bowls are perfect for a one of a kind gift this holiday season. Artisans has a large selection for you to choose from. Last month Helga was our featured artist and did several demonstrations. Watch her in action below.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
December
COUNSEL LANGLEY: NEW PAINTINGS
DANIEL WILSON: CRAFTSMEN BOXES
DECEMBER
OPENING RECEPTION:
SATURDAY THE 1ST
6 -8PM
LIVE PAINTING
READ IT NOW: RANDOMLY GENERATED INTERVIEW
New Paintings by Counsel Langley
Artisans on Taylor is proud to present new paintings by Counsel Langley. Raised in Northwest Langley received her BFA in Metals from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1999. Metalsmithing’s emphasis on small-scale details and rich surfaces directly impacts her technique as a painter. Her work has been exhibited in several Northwest solo and juried shows, was awarded Best of Show in this year’s Art Port Townsend regional juried exhibition, and was selected for publication in Visual Codec’s One Shot. Using acrylics, inks and immodest amounts of glitter, her paintings explore her memories of urban spaces, as well as the look of circuitry, fluid turbulence, weather, diagrams, and outer space.
Langley presents pieces from her cityscape series in which she experiments with new perspectives—from a airplane, amid skyscrapers, particular districts, exposure of a vast underground upon which the city is built, along with others. Regardless of the perspective, there is always an element of these contrived environments interacting with the natural world, whether in antagonistic tension or pristine balance.
Along side these Langley shows Bridges in which she illustrates a fascination with both the “impudent will that drives us to conquer natural barriers and the level of trust required to cross bridges one did not build.” She unveils two new series: Utility and Captivity/Captivate. With the Utility series the artist “looks at how we harness and use of energy.” Captivity/Captivate explores the “irresistible intrigue of the Other and questions what it means to be in a cage.”
It is with sheer delight that Artisans on Taylor will host a series of “Live Painting” events in which Langley will recreate, in the gallery, a slice her life in the studio. The first Live Painting will be during the Opening Reception with and later dates in December to be announced.
Enduring Quality: Daniel Wilson’s Craftsmen Wood Boxes
During the month of December Artisans on Taylor presents craftsmen wood boxes by Daniel Wilson. Handmade with care and attention to detail these unique works reflect their maker’s desire for sustainability, enduring quality and beauty. “When designing a project, I make choices based on this conservationist sensibility. Whenever possible, I use recycled materials. I build to last. When I begin, I look for the beauty; when I finish I leave beauty.”
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest has molded Wilson into “a sailing enthusiast and a bit of a tree hugger.” His experience, which includes work in housing construction, harvesting forest products, recycling and boat repair, has made him witness to a grievous waste of resources. “I wish that we could all make that shift in consciousness to personally practice conservation every day.” In his work Wilson makes this wish a part of his practice by using resources wisely. “If I am going to support the tree harvesting industry, which is what I’m doing by buying wood, then I feel I should use that wood to create a monument to the beauty of the tree. I believe that one should approach every woodworking job as though a tree gave its life for this project.”
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Helga Winter: Wood Turn Vessels
November at Artisans on Taylor we will feature Wood Turned Vessels by Helga Winter.
Opening Reception with the artist Saturday, November 3rd, 5:30
Artisans on Taylor is proud to present wood turned vessels by Helga Winter. Born and raised in Germany, Winter has been a wood turner since 1982. She studied under Rude Osolnik, David Ellsworth, Liam O’Neil and Paul Pitts. Her work has been exhibited in group shows in Europe and the United States. Winter received her M.S. in Education from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development. She has demonstrated wood turning in Austria, taught studio classes since 1987 and was an instructor at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Townsend, Washington from 1992 through 1995. She also helped found the Tennessee Association of Woodturners.
She hand turns unseasoned or “green” Pacific Madrone (arbutus menziesii) on a wood lathe. The drying of green Madrone is an organic process of change, for the artist it refers “to a sense of mystery, balance, the fragility of life and a sense of movement.”
Looking at the center of things is the underlying theme in Winter’s work as an artist and educator. “The process of my work is a self-discovery. The pieces are felt and become known to me only to be discovered anew through the beholder’s imagination” upon whom it rests to investigate and decide the function of the piece.
Winter embellishes her turned vessels with dyes and drawn patterns as well as paper to invite a closer look and investigation. The vessel, “when given a new appearance or ‘look’ through dying or patterning its surface, allows a quiet conversation to take place. Who am I really? How does my appearance, my attitude affect my inner being? Do they enhance the Self or cover it up?”
Through these processes Winter strives to show the pureness of the wood. Her work is a metaphor for the essence of Being.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
OPENED! SALON DELUCCA
On October 1st a small private opening took place Uptown in Port Townsend. Artisans On Taylor assemblage artist, Lisa Johnson, opened her new space, Salon Delucca. Besides being a visual artist, Lisa is also a very talented "hair colorist" and interior designer. Salon Delucca is a hair salon and gallery, showing artists from Artisans On Taylor. This month's featured artist is Jeane Myers. Congratulations Lisa! Your new space is incredible. Watch the video below and don't wait another minute to head uptown and check it out for yourself!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Miki Ataka: New Line
OCTOBER
Japanese artist exhibits a new line of jewelry + her fantastic fabric works!
Not to be missed.
Monday, September 3, 2007
AOT fully loaded........
Internal Guidance System's Visionary art and Mike Biskup's Massive Attack of Love packed AOT for a "Last Weekend of Summer" party! Check out the show in the video below!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Internal Guidance Systems
Artisans on Taylor presents
Internal Guidance Systems:
2006-2007 USA Visionary Art Tour
Curated by Anne Grgich with Colin Rhodes
Internal Guidance Systems is a “must see gathering of visionary, folk and outsider art. IGS includes an array of well-known and established artists from the Pacific Northwest, as well as, national and international visionaries, Raw Classics Folk and Emerging and Cross Over Artists.
“Internal Guidance Systems presents the best of that art which lives at the heart of our lives and yet, curiously comes out of the margins. This is compelling work that grows out of its creators like a plant grows out of the ground, taking the very fabric of contemporary life, it transmutates into significant message. It speaks!” Colin Rhodes.
INTERNAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
What a perfect title for a show! So what is it that makes the outsider/visionary artist special? It is this—the 'allowing' of that innate sense of creativity, spontaneous and unsullied by art school or other training - Internal Guidance
In this age of hype and ego and promotion of the Self, how refreshing that artists are emerging for whom the most important thing isn't self-aggrandisement, but rather the pure choiceless expression if their artistic creativity.
All those in this touring show are extraordinary examples of artists who have surrendered to this inner intelligence and produced art that is new, hugely imaginative and unfettered by cultural conditioning. Let us honor them and other creators of their ilk, as explorers of uncharted territories, fearless and prepared to risk all.
Henry Boxer 2007
Internal Guidance Systems runs all of September and October, with two openings. The first opening will be September the 1st, then IGS will be completely refreshed with new work and a new look for a second opening on October the 6th.
Internal Guidance Systems:
2006-2007 USA Visionary Art Tour
Curated by Anne Grgich with Colin Rhodes
Internal Guidance Systems is a “must see gathering of visionary, folk and outsider art. IGS includes an array of well-known and established artists from the Pacific Northwest, as well as, national and international visionaries, Raw Classics Folk and Emerging and Cross Over Artists.
“Internal Guidance Systems presents the best of that art which lives at the heart of our lives and yet, curiously comes out of the margins. This is compelling work that grows out of its creators like a plant grows out of the ground, taking the very fabric of contemporary life, it transmutates into significant message. It speaks!” Colin Rhodes.
INTERNAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
What a perfect title for a show! So what is it that makes the outsider/visionary artist special? It is this—the 'allowing' of that innate sense of creativity, spontaneous and unsullied by art school or other training - Internal Guidance
In this age of hype and ego and promotion of the Self, how refreshing that artists are emerging for whom the most important thing isn't self-aggrandisement, but rather the pure choiceless expression if their artistic creativity.
All those in this touring show are extraordinary examples of artists who have surrendered to this inner intelligence and produced art that is new, hugely imaginative and unfettered by cultural conditioning. Let us honor them and other creators of their ilk, as explorers of uncharted territories, fearless and prepared to risk all.
Henry Boxer 2007
Internal Guidance Systems runs all of September and October, with two openings. The first opening will be September the 1st, then IGS will be completely refreshed with new work and a new look for a second opening on October the 6th.
Mike Biskup: Massive Attack of Love
Mike Biskup is the artist called upon by the Port Townsend Film Festival to create artwork for the 2007 festival. After receiving the invitation he got right to work creating many pieces for the film festival committee to select from. In an unusual move two works were selected—one for the PTFF poster and T-shirt and a second for the brochure.
Artisans on Taylor is proud to exhibit work by this local favorite during the month of September, coinciding with the film festival. Biskup presents us with a large body of new, original work that he likes to call a ‘Massive Attack of Love.’
Biskup is a prolific artist who creates art for the sheer “fun of it.” Biskup describes his process as “a stream of conscious style of drawing” that he has enjoyed for his entire life. “The process of letting my wandering arm initiate a picture, and even complete it, has always been my most satisfying artistic endeavor. As I grow in years, in artistic experience, and as I more deeply know myself and experience calm within, I am drawn even more to let my pictures develop with no expectations,” he says. “When I can sit down calmly, stop trying, and let my arm wander effortlessly with an inky bamboo stick, or a butchered brush, then I begin to get excited! And I love to see what comes to the paper!”
Biskup works primarily with watercolors and ink to produce bold abstract images that are immediately appealing. He works and lives in Port Townsend with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.
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Below is all the old news. Keep coming back to stay current on all AOT current and upcoming shows and happenings. LOVE, AOT
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AUGUST
Watch video of August Opening!
Glass artist Callahan McVay
and the Third Annual Glass Float Hunt!
For the third year running, 50 of glass artist Callahan McVay's signature hand-blown glass floats were hidden in Pope Marine Park, downtown on the Port Townsend waterfront.
Once found, the floats were authenticated by Callahan, who was onsite at the park. Additional floats are also available for purchase at the gallery. Watch the video below!
JULY
OPENING NIGHT!!!
with Stefanie Johnson
and Emerald Honor Bailey
And don't miss a special unveiling of new work by four-year-old Miss Emerald Honor Bailey! Watch the video of the July Opening!
MAY & JUNE
: : LIFEDOTDOTDOT: Abstract paintings
Tom DeGroot
Zach Hixson
Counsel Langley
Eric Olson
Life Dot Dot Dot. As in Life etc. As in life and all the rest of it. That and there will truly be a veritable smorgasbord of dots to feast your eyes upon when Artisans on Taylor brings together Tom DeGroot, Zach Hixson, Counsel Langley, and Eric Olson, four abstract painters whose work captures and encodes nothing less than the stuff of life. . . . Watch video below!
APRIL
: : SOLVENTS CD/BOOK RELEASE PARTY!! April 7th, 6 - 8PM
Manresa Castle: a collaboration of audio and visual works
by Solvents & Heidi Tucker
Original prints by Heidi Tucker on display all April
MARCH
: : Assemblage artist Michael deMeng shares his Secrets of Rusty Things . . . .
JANUARY & FEBRUARY
: : HEARTBREAKER: JANUARY - FEBRUARY 15TH
Ever lost in love?! Betrayal, jealousy, unrequited, love/lust, unattainable, unapproachable, unresponsive objects of love/lust, tainted, tortured, led-on, let down
. . . . it’s a HEARTBREAKER.
HEARTBREAKER is AOT'S first group exhibition. Conceived of by painter Counsel Langley and co-curated by Langley and gallery owner Teresa Verraes-Landis, HEARTBREAKER brings together paintings, prints, photography, jewelry, and sculpture by more than twenty-five artists . . . .
DECEMBER
: : TRUNK SHOW X 2: beads. fibres. jewels. chocolate.
2006 CLEARANCE/2007 RELEASE
Premier AOT Artists: Lynne Hoppe, Jackie Pallister, Katherine Van Kleeck, Lisa & Tony Blackwell and Rachel's Chocolates
: : New paintings by local favorite Jacqueline Chisick
and the visual art of world-renowned violist Emanual Vardi
are displayed through the end of December.
NOVEMBER
: : PT Leader Features AOT artist:
Emanuel and Lenore Vardi add musical, artistic talent to Port Townsend's ever-vital arts community
By Kathie Meyer, Leader staff writer
When a California violinist visiting Artisans on Taylor heard that Emanuel Vardi, the world-class viola virtuoso, lives in Port Townsend, his jaw dropped with admiration. Between Emanuel and his wife, Lenore, also a violinist and violist of acclaim, the two have earned great respect in not just the musical world but as visual artists too. . . . READ THE ARTICLE
: : Jim Ball: Paintings
Sofia Christine: Icons
Opening Reception and PT Art Walk
Saturday, November the 4th, 5pm to 8pm
. . . . Jim Ball presents large-scale abstract paintings. His magnificent acrylic based works are made rich with layers of royal colors and mixed mediums, including shining gold leaf . . . .
OCTOBER
: : Saturday the 7th saw the Armed in Eden Artists' Reception. One of our best parties yet. All in attendence were radiant! Thanks to Audioeins DJ Alan Brock-Richmond for keeping the atmosphere sparkling. Congratulations to Lisa and Jeane for a powerful show that has launch a thousand conversations.
: : Armed in Eden -October 1 through Halloween
Lisa Johnson: Assemblage
Jeane Myers: Deconstructed Paintings
Check out Lisa's work in video below!
: : We are celebrating the unveiling our new exhibition space! Come by and see the hole we punched in the wall expanding the gallery and transforming the feel of the space.
Below is all the old news. Keep coming back to stay current on all AOT current and upcoming shows and happenings. LOVE, AOT
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AUGUST
Watch video of August Opening!
Glass artist Callahan McVay
and the Third Annual Glass Float Hunt!
For the third year running, 50 of glass artist Callahan McVay's signature hand-blown glass floats were hidden in Pope Marine Park, downtown on the Port Townsend waterfront.
Once found, the floats were authenticated by Callahan, who was onsite at the park. Additional floats are also available for purchase at the gallery. Watch the video below!
JULY
OPENING NIGHT!!!
with Stefanie Johnson
and Emerald Honor Bailey
And don't miss a special unveiling of new work by four-year-old Miss Emerald Honor Bailey! Watch the video of the July Opening!
MAY & JUNE
: : LIFEDOTDOTDOT: Abstract paintings
Tom DeGroot
Zach Hixson
Counsel Langley
Eric Olson
Life Dot Dot Dot. As in Life etc. As in life and all the rest of it. That and there will truly be a veritable smorgasbord of dots to feast your eyes upon when Artisans on Taylor brings together Tom DeGroot, Zach Hixson, Counsel Langley, and Eric Olson, four abstract painters whose work captures and encodes nothing less than the stuff of life. . . . Watch video below!
APRIL
: : SOLVENTS CD/BOOK RELEASE PARTY!! April 7th, 6 - 8PM
Manresa Castle: a collaboration of audio and visual works
by Solvents & Heidi Tucker
Original prints by Heidi Tucker on display all April
MARCH
: : Assemblage artist Michael deMeng shares his Secrets of Rusty Things . . . .
JANUARY & FEBRUARY
: : HEARTBREAKER: JANUARY - FEBRUARY 15TH
Ever lost in love?! Betrayal, jealousy, unrequited, love/lust, unattainable, unapproachable, unresponsive objects of love/lust, tainted, tortured, led-on, let down
. . . . it’s a HEARTBREAKER.
HEARTBREAKER is AOT'S first group exhibition. Conceived of by painter Counsel Langley and co-curated by Langley and gallery owner Teresa Verraes-Landis, HEARTBREAKER brings together paintings, prints, photography, jewelry, and sculpture by more than twenty-five artists . . . .
DECEMBER
: : TRUNK SHOW X 2: beads. fibres. jewels. chocolate.
2006 CLEARANCE/2007 RELEASE
Premier AOT Artists: Lynne Hoppe, Jackie Pallister, Katherine Van Kleeck, Lisa & Tony Blackwell and Rachel's Chocolates
: : New paintings by local favorite Jacqueline Chisick
and the visual art of world-renowned violist Emanual Vardi
are displayed through the end of December.
NOVEMBER
: : PT Leader Features AOT artist:
Emanuel and Lenore Vardi add musical, artistic talent to Port Townsend's ever-vital arts community
By Kathie Meyer, Leader staff writer
When a California violinist visiting Artisans on Taylor heard that Emanuel Vardi, the world-class viola virtuoso, lives in Port Townsend, his jaw dropped with admiration. Between Emanuel and his wife, Lenore, also a violinist and violist of acclaim, the two have earned great respect in not just the musical world but as visual artists too. . . . READ THE ARTICLE
: : Jim Ball: Paintings
Sofia Christine: Icons
Opening Reception and PT Art Walk
Saturday, November the 4th, 5pm to 8pm
. . . . Jim Ball presents large-scale abstract paintings. His magnificent acrylic based works are made rich with layers of royal colors and mixed mediums, including shining gold leaf . . . .
OCTOBER
: : Saturday the 7th saw the Armed in Eden Artists' Reception. One of our best parties yet. All in attendence were radiant! Thanks to Audioeins DJ Alan Brock-Richmond for keeping the atmosphere sparkling. Congratulations to Lisa and Jeane for a powerful show that has launch a thousand conversations.
: : Armed in Eden -October 1 through Halloween
Lisa Johnson: Assemblage
Jeane Myers: Deconstructed Paintings
Check out Lisa's work in video below!
: : We are celebrating the unveiling our new exhibition space! Come by and see the hole we punched in the wall expanding the gallery and transforming the feel of the space.
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