Luxcollective Gallery / Loft 401

SPECIAL SHOWING • Gary Mac Smith • "Faces"

“Gary Mac Smith’s pieces have an otherworldly quality to them. The eyes stare out with a jarring intensity from slightly blurred faces that seem to float underwater..."

The Portland psychiatrist uses low-viscosity acrylic on watercolor paper that is immersed in water before the paint is applied.

Regan Macstravic, Photography
If you've lived in Seattle for long, you've probably seen some of Regan's work -- his photographs have been featured in publications from the Seattle Weekly and The Seattle Times to the Washington Athletic Club members' magazine and the now-defunct Northwest On Stage, as well as on posters and flyers pitching the musical and theatrical exploits of groups all over town for years. If you've been to the Red Stripe Art Walk before, you'll be pleased to find a couple of new pieces gracing Regan's walls this month, as well as some newly-matted and framed pieces that you may have only seen unmounted before. If you've never been, you should make a point to mark it in your calendar from now on -- what better way to spend the first thursday of every month?