City Galleries

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December 2003

Steven Dorsey Naccarato
Artist's Statement
“Scientific research informs us that animals think in visual images. If true, then the visual artist has an especially close kinship with his animal brethren, because at a certain point while painting, (and often when not painting) the spoken language falls away leaving only pure visual images. As of today, I can sense no end to the limitless approaches the individual artist can take toward the human figure which is why it remains so fascinating to me..." To view/print Steven Dorsey Naccarato's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 


Max Fain
Artist's Statement
A "Crooked Man through the channel xamff, AKA Max Fain, describes with adept tongues intended and stranger yet syntax. Whereas, the within totality of Cosmic Chaos, scientists and spiritual leaders all around the world have ascertained that Sympathetic Organization, Is..." To view/print Max Fain's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 

 

November 2003

Jennifer Shontz
Artist's Statement
"By observing what we value, we learn who we are. We can extrapolate this process to include the wider scope of things valued by society in order to determine the character of a culture..." To view/print Jennifer Shontz's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.

 

 

 


Melanie Reed
Artist's Statement
"...As I look back over fifteen years’ worth of work, it is possible to see both compositional and emotional elements informing each other as the work takes its shape over time. I think I gravitated to collage because I sensed that the collage process was a significant metaphor for my life..." To view/print Melanie Reed's complete artist statement, select this pdf document link.




October 2003

Cheri O'Brien
Artist's Statement
“I have chosen a variety of series that I have done over recent years. They include landscape that I view every day of the Cascades and Snohomish River. Also human interest pieces from travels, my love of circus characters, and animals.”

 

 

 



Beth Lovitt
Artist's Statement
“I remember the making of each of these photographs. They represent what I like best about photography: a found moment, seeing beyond what’s there, and recreating the ordinary into the unusual.”

 

 

 

 

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