A “Focus on Public Art” exhibit at the Frances Anderson Center features Jean Whitesavage. Whitesavage and her husband Nick Lyle created a forged steel piece called “Water Plants” in 1997, which surrounds the first floor elevator at Edmonds City Hall. This was one of the percent for art pieces created when the building was renovated for City Administrative Staff offices. The Edmonds Arts Commission and the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation are pleased to present a joint exhibit of Jean’s work entitled “Working Drawings”. The exhibit at 700 Main Street, Edmonds, may be viewed during building hours, Monday-Friday 8 am-9 pm, and Saturday 9 am-4 pm, March 17 – April 30, 2010.
Madrona Berries by Jean Whitesavage
Jean Whitesavage is an artist who primarily makes sculptures out of steel. She uses blacksmithing and metal fabrication techniques to create voluptuous and complex forms. Whitesavage loves the natural world and speaks the language of living things through her drawing, design and sculpture. She is a self- taught horticulturist who is happily obsessed with gardening as well as using plant forms in her work, often as giant plants and flowers. An example of this can be seen in the installation “Prairie Flowers, Potato and Wheat” in Connell Washington. Six 12’-17’ tall forged steel pieces were commissioned by Washington State Arts Commission and installed along a walking path in 2009. Included are Yellow Bells, Fiddleneck, Shooting Star, Blazing Star, Potato Flower, and Wheat. See pictures at www.whitesavageandlyle.com
EAFF Display Case at The Frances Anderson Center
This exhibit consists of drawings for proposed public and private commissions. The final artwork is in some cases a complex sculpture made of forged steel, and in other cases a glass skylight or a hand woven rug. Also included are working drawings that are used in the studio. They reveal some of the varied stages of development when formulating an artwork. The steps along the way are often beautiful. This show is an opportunity to revisit those moments of the working process with drawing on paper – her first love.
EAFF Gallery at The Frances Anderson Center
She and Nick have collaborated on over twenty public art projects as Whitesavage & Lyle in Washington, Oregon and California. Whitesavage has a BFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park PA, and an MA in Sculpture from NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY.
EAFF Gallery at The Frances Anderson Center
En Plein Air
Painting on Location
February 2nd – March 12th, 2010
"Genevieve" by Catherine Gill
Genevieve Tuck enjoyed painting on location, known as en plein air painting. She posed and answered her own question many times, “Why would anyone want to be a plein air painter? For me, it is the exciting experience of taking a blank canvas, a portable easel, a small box of paints and brushes, and then producing a painting that has never been done before.” Regarding the value of painting in this fashion, she stated, “It is the fleeting, changeable nature of light that makes it necessary to paint rapidly; whether it is a brilliant sunrise, sunset or the approaching moonlight.” Artists who painted with her agree, and there were many who would trek with her to a painting location and enjoy the experience.
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation and the City of Edmonds Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of regional artists who delighted in the opportunity to join Genevieve Tuck on location to paint. Featured artists include Catherine Gill, Faye Castle, Hita von Mende, Jan Wurn, Roberta Crawford, Joan Pinney and Anni Leedy.
Most of the works that will be exhibited were done during excursions with Genevieve. The artists have been asked to provide comments about the experience of painting in this style and of painting as a group. Those comments will be included with the work for patrons to contemplate. Catherine Gill comments: “Painting on location needs a determination, a speed, a “feel” for a place; finding some landscape that you just know will give up its colors and shapes and lines, if only you can get it. The place is so much more than what you see. You stand, connected to all this, and need to summon up the courage to just start making the marks. If you are blessed that day, and determined, a painting will surface. Genevieve taught me that.”
"October Day with Genevieve" by Catherine Gill
Roberta Crawford remembers “right from the beginning she was an inspiration to us all. No matter where we painted, in the mountains, in a pasture by the barn or at the dock among the boats, she could create outstanding compositions and no matter what the weather was like, she’d press on.”
The exhibit opens Tuesday, February 2 and continues through Friday, March 12, 2010. Genevieve Tuck’s artistic spirit remains with all those she touched – painters, patrons, friends and family. She passed away at 100 years of age in August of 2008.
The Edmonds Arts Festival Museum gallery and the Edmonds Arts Commission display case are located in the Frances Anderson Center, Main Entrance – 700 Main Street, Edmonds. Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri 9 to 9, Sat – 10 to 3, Sun – closed. Information 425.771.1984 or 425.771.0228
Jean Whitesavage Drawings at Anderson Center
A “Focus on Public Art” exhibit at the Frances Anderson Center features Jean Whitesavage. Whitesavage and her husband Nick Lyle created a forged steel piece called “Water Plants” in 1997, which surrounds the first floor elevator at Edmonds City Hall. This was one of the percent for art pieces created when the building was renovated for City Administrative Staff offices. The Edmonds Arts Commission and the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation are pleased to present a joint exhibit of Jean’s work entitled “Working Drawings”. The exhibit at 700 Main Street, Edmonds, may be viewed during building hours, Monday-Friday 8 am-9 pm, and Saturday 9 am-4 pm, March 17 – April 30, 2010.
Madrona Berries by Jean Whitesavage
Jean Whitesavage is an artist who primarily makes sculptures out of steel. She uses blacksmithing and metal fabrication techniques to create voluptuous and complex forms. Whitesavage loves the natural world and speaks the language of living things through her drawing, design and sculpture. She is a self- taught horticulturist who is happily obsessed with gardening as well as using plant forms in her work, often as giant plants and flowers. An example of this can be seen in the installation “Prairie Flowers, Potato and Wheat” in Connell Washington. Six 12’-17’ tall forged steel pieces were commissioned by Washington State Arts Commission and installed along a walking path in 2009. Included are Yellow Bells, Fiddleneck, Shooting Star, Blazing Star, Potato Flower, and Wheat. See pictures at www.whitesavageandlyle.com
EAFF Display Case at The Frances Anderson Center
This exhibit consists of drawings for proposed public and private commissions. The final artwork is in some cases a complex sculpture made of forged steel, and in other cases a glass skylight or a hand woven rug. Also included are working drawings that are used in the studio. They reveal some of the varied stages of development when formulating an artwork. The steps along the way are often beautiful. This show is an opportunity to revisit those moments of the working process with drawing on paper – her first love.
EAFF Gallery at The Frances Anderson Center
She and Nick have collaborated on over twenty public art projects as Whitesavage & Lyle in Washington, Oregon and California. Whitesavage has a BFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park PA, and an MA in Sculpture from NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY.
EAFF Gallery at The Frances Anderson Center
En Plein Air
Painting on Location
February 2nd – March 12th, 2010
"Genevieve" by Catherine Gill
Genevieve Tuck enjoyed painting on location, known as en plein air painting. She posed and answered her own question many times, “Why would anyone want to be a plein air painter? For me, it is the exciting experience of taking a blank canvas, a portable easel, a small box of paints and brushes, and then producing a painting that has never been done before.” Regarding the value of painting in this fashion, she stated, “It is the fleeting, changeable nature of light that makes it necessary to paint rapidly; whether it is a brilliant sunrise, sunset or the approaching moonlight.” Artists who painted with her agree, and there were many who would trek with her to a painting location and enjoy the experience.
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation and the City of Edmonds Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of regional artists who delighted in the opportunity to join Genevieve Tuck on location to paint. Featured artists include Catherine Gill, Faye Castle, Hita von Mende, Jan Wurn, Roberta Crawford, Joan Pinney and Anni Leedy.
Most of the works that will be exhibited were done during excursions with Genevieve. The artists have been asked to provide comments about the experience of painting in this style and of painting as a group. Those comments will be included with the work for patrons to contemplate. Catherine Gill comments: “Painting on location needs a determination, a speed, a “feel” for a place; finding some landscape that you just know will give up its colors and shapes and lines, if only you can get it. The place is so much more than what you see. You stand, connected to all this, and need to summon up the courage to just start making the marks. If you are blessed that day, and determined, a painting will surface. Genevieve taught me that.”
"October Day with Genevieve" by Catherine Gill
Roberta Crawford remembers “right from the beginning she was an inspiration to us all. No matter where we painted, in the mountains, in a pasture by the barn or at the dock among the boats, she could create outstanding compositions and no matter what the weather was like, she’d press on.”
The exhibit opens Tuesday, February 2 and continues through Friday, March 12, 2010. Genevieve Tuck’s artistic spirit remains with all those she touched – painters, patrons, friends and family. She passed away at 100 years of age in August of 2008.
The Edmonds Arts Festival Museum gallery and the Edmonds Arts Commission display case are located in the Frances Anderson Center, Main Entrance – 700 Main Street, Edmonds. Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri 9 to 9, Sat – 10 to 3, Sun – closed. Information 425.771.1984 or 425.771.0228
Artists Featured in this Exhibit
Anni Leedy – www.annileedy.com
Catherine Gill – www.catherinegill.com
Hita von Mende – www.vonmende.com
Janice Wurn – www.artstallgallery.com/janice_wurn
Joan Pinney – www.joanpinney.com