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JULY through AUGUST 1998
June 26th through August 15th
Reception Friday, June 26th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
PATRICIA TOBACCO FORRESTER is known for bold, close-up realist watercolors featuring blooming plants and trees, often depicted from unusual vantage points. Her virtuoso command of the genre brings a photo-realist quality to a medium known more for suggestion than for literal renderings. Her interpretations of bark and other plant textures are astounding in their clarity. Several large works measuring 60"x40" will be on display as well as smaller works in the 20"x30" range. Ms. Tobacco Forrester, represented by galleries throughout the country, received an MFA from Yale University in 1965 and a Guggenhein Fellowship in 1967. She has been a subject of the arts press for the past three decades including stories in Art in America, Art Forum, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle and many others. Her works have been acquired by many of the most important museums, corporate and private collections in the U.S.
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Forrester, Patricia Tobacco "Windy in the Sea Grapes" watercolor on paper 40"x60" |
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Forrester, Patricia Tobacco "Storm Flowers" watercolor on paper 37"x23" |
CLAUDIA MCKINSTRY, who makes her home on Bainbridge Island, is also a master of floral realism but works primarily in oils. Ms. McKinstry's work has an almost spooky, surreal feel to it; palm-sized flowers are enlarged many times, against a dark background, to as big as or larger than a human face, giving the feel of a doll house voyeur in the form of a flower. Textures and details not normally obvious tend to startle the viewer. Several works in the 30"x40" range will be displayed as well as one giant diptych, "Foxglove," measuring 80"x36".
Seattle watercolorist KATHY MITCHAM works in a style similar to that of Ms. Tobacco Forrester but on a much smaller scale (11"x15" to 22"x19"). Her paintings depict garden scenes, potted plants and, most recently, freer big picture landscapes which are more concerned with mood than with literal details. Ms. Mitcham is a long standing member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and has works in many significant local collections.
Sculptor IRENE HEWINS will show bronze and stone pieces which portray abstracted human forms and animal charicatures. Humor is a big part of her efforts. Among her more amusing sculptures are a pair of clever looking bronze frogs.
