AOI EXHIBITION Update: REPRESENTATIONAL FANTASTIC - Exhibition Kirkland Arts Center, Washington

“Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.”

― William Butler Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

A month ago I announced my participation in REPRESENTATIONAL FANTASTIC at the Kirklands Arts Center, housed in a historical building at 620 Market St., Kirkland, WA 98033. Now everything is finalized and the official announcement was made on the Facebook Page of the AOI.

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"Representational Fantastic" : The Society for Art of Imagination at Kirkland Arts Center
March 16 - May 1, 2021
With artworks by : Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015), Brigid Marlin, Michael Parkes, Carrie Ann Baade, Andrew Gonzalez, Martina Hoffmann, Otto Rapp, Roku Sasaki, Heidi Taillefer, Benny H.V. Andersson, Jane Andrews, Oliver Benson, Marlene Seven Bremner, Gary Burczak, Michael Coleman, Christophe Durand, Kim Evans, William Fahey (1949-2020), Don Farrell, France Garrido, Mark Henson, Shelley Irish, Deborah Koff-Chapin, Lyne LaFontaine, KD Matheson, Gaia Orion, Jeff Ostrowski, Anna Plavinskaya, Jean Pronovost, Helle Rask Crawford, Alayne Sahar, Anthony Santella, Kathleen Scarboro, Ricky Schaede, Rick Simpson, Carol Spicuzza, Olga Spiegel, Liba WS, Sandra Stanton, Joanne St-Cyr, Fatima Taylor, Jan ten Broeke (1930-2019), Miguel Tio, Viandara, Bryan Kent Ward, and Stephanie Catherine Watson.
The Society for Art of Imagination (artofimagination.org) was founded in 1961, with a desire to foster a resurgence of interest in imaginative art. Its members and their associates employ technical skill coupled with imagination to create fine works of art that transcend the ordinary. The Society has produced numerous exhibitions, at prestigious venues, in cities around the world, including New York, Montreal, Vienna, London and Paris. One of the original founders, Brigid Marlin, continues to lead the organization. Other especially notable members include Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015), HR Giger (1940-2014), Robert Venosa (1936-2011), Martina Hoffmann, Alex Grey, Laurie Lipton and Michael Parkes.
Kirkland Arts Center (kirklandartscenter.org), founded in 1962, and housed in an architectural gem which is considered an historic landmark, is a non-profit, donor-supported organization driven by the belief that art has the power to transform lives, by igniting individual growth and self-expression, building community spirit, and cultivating cultural vibrancy.


My Artwork in this Exhibition



▲ FOMORII WARRIOR
graphite on bristol - 9 x 11.8 inches - 2011


◄ RAVEN
acrylic and tempera glazes on carton - 11.6 x 8.3 inches - 2011


some select ARTWORK BY FELLOW ARTISTS
source of the following artworks from the AOI Facebook page

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"Transformation", by Kim Evans, acrylic, 21 x 14.5"

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"Undone" by Rick Simpson, digital painting (limited edition), 29 x 26"

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"Green Man" by Brigid Marlin, oil and tempera on canvas,
25 x 31"

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"Shapeshifter" by Martina Hoffmann, oil on canvas, 14 x 8"

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"Beyond", by Don Farrell, acrylic glazes on wood panel ("frame" also hand-painted), 21.5 x 17"

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"Hurt" by Anthony Santella, Cherry wood, 15x10x8"

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" Un Mus et ses waves ", by Lyne LaFontaine, oil on canvas, 16 x 16 "

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"Unio Mistica" by Andrew Gonzalez, giclee on mounted canvas, 20 x 16"

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"China Moon : Keepers of the Gate", by France Garrido, mixed media, 24 x 24"


The History of Art in Kirkland

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