Saturday, June 28, 2008

Artist Jules Anslow joins Lady Nin's Art Festival

Meet Jules Anslow, Visual Artist from the Pacific NW

I didn't always live in a century-old house in the Everett neighborhood of Lowell, nestled among the other artists by the bend of the Snohomish River and midnight train whistles. I grew up in Ohio, the baby of five children, feeding on the creativity flowing from my father and his advertising agency. I've drawn, painted, and created all my life, but my daughter's birth in 1991 inspired me to pursue my passion more directly. I work primarily in acrylic on wood I cut out with a jigsaw, to make three-dimensional paintings, portable mural components and furniture, the style of which could be described as neo-Dada-surreal-pop-cartoon . My daughter, also an artist, continues to inspire me.

I was honored in 2007 to participate in Seattle’s “Pigs On Parade” event. I completed two pigs, one sponsored by and located at the Space Needle, the other sponsored by 4Culture and located at the Pike Place Market.


Click here to view Jule's Work

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Cheri O'Brien, Pacific NW Artist joins Lady Nin's Art Festival

Cheri O'Brien is a Pacific Northwest native secretly residing and painting in her humble studio down the banks of the lazy Snohomish River. A self-taught professional artist of seventeen years, her art is inspired by travels with her small family of cohorts, the antics of her dog Jimmy and her many muses both real and imagined. She lovingly brings them to life with a vivid palette and a passion for story telling.

Cheri's work is collected throughout Washington State. As the world sits up and takes notice of this eclectic artist with a unique voice, her paintings are making their way across the whole Continent and eking into Europe and Japan. To this Cheri answers bemusedly “Inconceivable!”

Gallery Exhibitions:
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle
Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle
Everett Center for the Arts, Everett

Collections:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
Washington State Arts Commission 1% for the Arts
Pacific Coast Feather Company, Seattle
Lombardi’s Cucina, Everett

Artist Residency:
Centrum, November 2002, Port Townsend, WA

Public Arts Commissions:
King County Metro Transit
“Pigs on Parade”, Pike Place Market Foundations, Seattle

Awards:
Daniel Smith Art Catalog Cover 2005
Snohomish County Artist of the Year 1998
Cover of the NW Artists and Poets Calendar 1989

“Each painting is a contained one-act play. O’Brien’s figures convey real emotion. Pernicious humor, loneliness and boredom are revealed in bold vividly colored paintings.”
Joe Heim, Seattle Times


Click here to view Cheri’s Work