Inspired by the natural landscape, diverse visual histories, and everyday surroundings, Charlene Liu creates mixed media works through an amalgam of printmaking, painting, and papermaking processes, alongside multimedia projects in … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Swoops and Cyclone”
Misty clouds in shades of gray obscure a complete view of the snow dusted southwest corner of Washington’s tallest peak, Mount Rainier. The clouds, each one unique in color, shape, … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Above Paradise, Mount Rainier”
Zama Vanessa Helder’s work is often identified with a style known as precisionism for the sharp, linear edges used to define objects. Precisionist images celebrate America’s then-fledgling industrial and urban … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Water Tower”
Virna Haffer experimented with and mastered a variety of photographic styles and techniques throughout her career, creating images that can be categorized as pictorialist, surrealist, documentary, straight, or modernist. She … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Rattlesnake Grass”
Michael Brophy is often considered the quintessential Northwest artist. His decades-long focus and wry approach to the people, landscape, and history of the region have earned him much attention from … Continue reading Object of the Week – “January”
Joe Feddersen is a printmaker as well as a glass and textile artist. In the tradition of his Plateau Indian ancestors, he uses symbols in his work to record the … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Rainscape”
Some of the earliest works of art made by people were animals drawn or painted on the wall of caves. Recently discovered cave art from Indonesia, shows human-animal hybrid … Continue reading Creature Feature: An Online Animal Art Exhibition
Sonja Blomdahl has been working in glass for over forty years. Her vessels are based on classical traditional forms, symmetrical in shape with clean, spare lines. A specialist in the … Continue reading Object of the Week – Untitled white and pink vessel
Ginny Ruffner is an internationally known artist based in Seattle who creates works in a variety of media including painting, metalworking, and glass. Ruffner received her MFA from the University … Continue reading Object of the Week – “The Juggler of My Heart in Person”
If you have been outdoors anywhere in Tacoma, you have seen public art. From the amazing Prairie Line Trail to the environmental sculptures at the new Dune Peninsula, Tacoma has … Continue reading The Art in Your Backyard: Public Art in Tacoma
