September: Jess Flegel – “The Bike Show”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since childhood, I have always desired to make things. In school I studied art, design, and photography. After college and moving across the country, I began to explore quilting as a way to stay connected to the family and friends that I was no longer near, and to find comfort in a new place away from home.

As a designer, I am drawn to and inspired by the great variety of color, texture, and pattern that are found in fabrics. I enjoy the rhythm of each stage of the process: designing, cutting, piecing, and quilting.

As an artist I love the great history of quilting as a medium that I am now a part of. Each quilt, though essentially a simple object, has the potential to carry significant meaning both for the maker and the recipient. Meaning grows out of the process of making the object as well as the color, imagery, and pattern used to compose the quilt. My goal as an artist is to communicate my own ideas, desires and experiences by reinterpreting and challenging the way that people see and think of quilting.

The Bike Show is a bit of an experiment in the combination of different media. It is a new body of work that explores a form as well as an activity that I love and a place that I have come to call home.

http://jessflegel.blogspot.com/

August: Allie Paul – “The Long and Short of It”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Long and Short of It” is about the duplicity of the self; a juxtaposition of insecurity with the domesticity and consolation of the home. A construction of a continuous narrative and linear connection through perspective. Images reflect an extent of anonymity, an openness for horror, vulnerability, and beguilement.

Opening reception will be held Saturday, August 6th from 6-8pm.

July: Arlene Mortimer – “New Works”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arlene was born in Whatcom County and is sure it is the best place to be. She enjoys sharing her artwork with the public and her peers.  Discussions and sharing ideas encourages and promotes her continuing growth as an artist.

What inspires her to paint, is the color, light and texture she finds in nature.  Seeing things with an artist’s eye has given her much more to look at and requires her to take the time to absorb what she is looking at.  Keeping that vision in her mind is the hard part.  She often uses the camera as an assistant “eye”.

“My learning is a continuing experience as I explore new techniques in workshops and classes from local instructors, reading, studying and practicing by keeping the brushes busy.”

June: Kurtis Otto – “New Works”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kurtis Otto grew up in Kirkland and received his BFA in Mixed Media at Western Washington University in 2011.  He currently lives in a rat nest in Bellingham with a copy machine and an oven, ankle deep in drawing supplies and a/v cords.  Kurtis also makes video art, comics, posters and illustrations.

Opening reception: Friday, June 17th from 6-8pm.

May: Callie Christeson – “New Works”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Callie graduated from Western Washington University with a BA in studio art in 2010.  She studied printmaking, drawing, and mixed media and has shown her work in multiple cafes and businesses in downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven.

Opening reception Friday, May 13th from 6-8pm.

April: Marguerite Marie Crooks – “texture”

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A collection of Indian & Turkish inspired textures & textiles by
Marguerite Marie Crooks - A Multi Media Artist

A neurologist once told me I experience twice as many thoughts per second than the average person… Whether that’s true or not, that magnitude of simulation helps define how I orginally addressed the presented pieces here at Book Fare. I have a significant attraction to making works that require a lengthy amount of time in untraditional mediums. (Examine oil on canvas, 6+ months). I like the idea of approaching a work from an evolving state of mind and execution.

The presented works are apart of a larger collection of works inspired from Indian and Turkish motifs executed on silk, oil on canvas, serigraph, and relief print.

Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 5th from 6-8pm.

March: Peter Scherrer – “New Works”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Scherrer is a painter/sculptor/printmaker. Since graduating with a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2005, he moved back to his hometown of Bellingham where he now lives with his four year-old son. He is influenced by his rich natural surroundings as well as the culture and counterculture of the Pacific Northwest. His most recent show was at Triple Base Gallery in San Francisco and he has a forthcoming show opening July 2011 at Season Gallery in Seattle.

Open Reception Saturday March 5th from 6-8pm.