City Galleries

Current Information | Archive: 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
 

October - November 2005

Lisa Sheets
Artist’s Statement
"These collages are a body of work informed by my subconscious. I infuse them with various culturally charged images, including art historical references, advertising images, and combine both self-portraiture and ancestor images to create new ways of looking at tradition and history..." To view/print Lisa Sheets's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.


Yael Zahavy-Mittelman
Artist’s Statement
"The strength of colors, shapes, and lines is the core of my artwork. My paintings express the power of touch, connection as well as aloneness and sorrow..." To view/print Yael Zahavy-Mittelman's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 

 

 

August - September 2005

Miriam Drake
Artist’s Statement
"As I continue to paint, I find myself delving more deeply into the reflective and mystical qualities of water..." To view/print Miriam Drake's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 


John Woodard
Artist’s Statement
"My objective in art is to make paintings which are seriously beautiful. I believe a painting should be an object of meditation; a place one can return to and discover new things one has missed in the first viewing of the piece. A painting should lure the viewer into its world, and give the viewer a place for his mind to play..." To view/print John Woodard's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 

 



April - June 2005

Ellen Miffitt
Artist’s Statement
"I have been passionately involved with sumi-e since moving to the Pacific Northwest..." To view/print Ellen Miffitt's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 


Adele Eustis
Artist’s Statement
"Trees and landscapes are figurative to me. When I look at a tree in the park I feel I am looking at a life force that mirrors my own..." To view/print Adele Eustis's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 

 

 

 

February - April 2005

Jessica Phrogus
Artist’s Statement
"I have often heard the term "caricatures" used to describe my work...." To view/print Jessica Phrogus's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 


Flora Ramirez- Bustamante
Artist’s Statement
"I am a figurative painter. In a way, my human representations are a representation of myself..." To view/print Flora Ramirez-Bustamante's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.