Francine Seders Gallery – Maysey Craddock, Pat DeCaro, Gail Grinnell

I’ve been by the Francine Seders Gallery a million times but it has never been open. Today, for the first time, it was, as a part of the annual Greenwood-Phinney Art Walk! Yay.

The first image I saw at the gallery, and already, we’re off to a good start. This new body of work by Maysey Craddock features silhouettes of gouache trees, painted on paper bags sewn together with silk thread. Trees are certainly not a new theme but this is beautiful.

Same as above, but it’s much more obvious in this one that the canvas is nothing but a paper bag. Look forward to seeing more by Craddock, a painter and sculptor from Memphis (who is currently living and working in Munich).

“The Memory of a Tree” – A slight departure from the above pieces, this piece was embroidered on a found textile piece. $2,000.

Silhouetted figures in various positions. Ink on semi-transparent paper. By Pat DeCaro.

Mixed media collage by Gail Grinnell. Acrylic on polyester, silk, and paper.

More to come from the Greenwood/Phinney Art Walk.

Suite 100 Gallery – Happily Ever After? 2

The Happily Ever After? 2 show is a group show exploring what seems somewhat like fairy tale themes.

Sohaila Adela, formerly known as Soso, is a Seattle artist whose new works explore heartache. Neon colors and an unconventional color palette make these pieces the standouts of the show. Gouache on paper, which is then mounted on wood board.

Susie Ghahremani’s four “Happily Ever After” pieces are bright, cutesy, and very small works of gouache on wood. She is also a musician, with one of the best website domains, boygirlparty.com!

Leanne Biank’s artwork features kooky little characters, and this series, painted in wood boxes, have a helluva lotta personality. And check out Adam and Eve, with their little tiny genitalia!