Luxcollective Gallery / Loft 401

Khristian Howell, Photography

Khristian's love of line, pattern and balance is evident in every print she creates and each frame that she shoots. Her work, modern form and romantic grace. Her style - bold yet human and attainable. Growing up in a household with a photographer father, the bug was impossible to escape. The walls told beautiful visual tales of far away places. The giraffes called from the African grasslands. The waterfalls of Honduras begged to be tasted. The lights of New Orleans were always burning.

Today as an emerging surface designer and photographer, Khristian's lunderlust is becoming her greatest gift. Her images are moments in time and in a place. Her hope is similar to many who long to share their sight with the world -- to bring a little back and make the world a wonderland, not something to fear.

All images are shot on film and are not digitally altered.

@ Luxcollective Gallery / Loft 401

Join us this month for "art'deurves", bite size shows by 6 artists all in one loft.

Each artist will have 2 or 3 pieces for your art nibbling pleasure.

As always, a free bar is provided.

www.redstripeartwalk.com

Anna David - Mixed Media

Born in Portland, ME, Anna Parker earned her BFA at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. While earning her undergraduate degree she interned with studio artist and professor Ric Haynes, the Peabody Essex Museum and the Society of Arts and Crafts. Originally, Anna studied studio painting before branching out into book art and collage in her final year of college. Recently, Anna has been exploring the use of antique photographs in a mixed media application to create intimate portraits of children isolated in space and time. Her collage work also uses images and representations of children as the focal point within visual stories of personal journey and experience. Anna has exhibited her work at the J. David Broudo Gallery in Beverly, MA and her work resides in private collections in Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Washington. She has been living in Seattle for the past four years and is a member of the local Book Arts Guild.

Mike DiPetrillo - Paintings

www.mikeatron.com
It is my hope that my paintings stink - or at least a viewer could imagine that contained within each one they have some type of smell. I want them to have sound, whirring and clicking of gears, swishing, and perhaps a few laser noises. I want my paintings to have stories that are not necessarily answerable without some laughter. More importantly, I want the viewer to come up with a story of their own because more often than not it is far more outlandish, interesting, and hilarious than my original intention could have dreamt of. The recent series is based on choosing stars in the sky that are of cultural or personal interest to me. Some of the stars are close to home and have stories that are told throughout human history. Other stars have no history, they are either too dim or distant to see with our own eyes or our knowledge of them too brief for us to have significant stories about them. The goal of the star paintings is to treat an almost unfathomably distant speck of light in the sky as a character that could sit and pose for a painting and I could help tell their story.

Olivia Knapp - Large Format Mixed Media

Olivia uses her surface design repeats and decoupage with acrylic paint to create large scale mixed media pieces.

Tim Miller - Paintings

Tim Miller uses a cartoon style to present portraits of fictitious friends and family.

Sarah Jane Hoppe - Paintings

Tags: vespa, acrylic, portrait, flagrant, spark plug, piaggio, vintage lambretta, fire, economy, squid, flight simulator, scooter, wasp

Erin Goodell -Mixed Media

These pieces are a combination of painting and other mixed media. The collages consist of pieces derived from a stockpile of souvenirs from my whole life including things saved from childhood or recently acquired items, as well as bits of trash, photos, magazine and newspaper clippings, and anything else that finds its way in. The faces painted on top or separately are usually in acrylic, mostly representing subject matter from within 1970's knitting magazines.

Luxcollective / Loft 401

Vblast - Metal and Mixed Media

Vblast was born in 1960 in Oakland, CA. A self taught artist, he began drawing and painting at an early age, influenced by his mother who was a landscape painter. At the age of 16, the artist began screen-printing in his garage to make extra money and the experience led him into the field of commercial art. For over 25 years, Vblast has honed his skills in the arena of independent graphic illustration, creating shirt designs, tattoo flash, cd art, as well as magazine and book illustrations. In 2001 the artist decided to leave the world of commercial art and devote himself entirely to his own work. The abstract art of Vblast has been exhibited in a variety of northwest galleries and venues as well as being part of numerous private collections across North America.

"I have been painting for as long as I have been alive, and as long as I have been painting I have always been as fascinated by the process, as much as the end product. I have devoted myself exclusively to painting highly textured non-objective abstract works that I find a joy and a challenge to create. Each piece is its own epiphany and a stepping stone in this path I have taken. It is my desire to draw the viewer into the work emotionally as well as physically, to entice them to return to the image again and again."

- Vblast

Drawing for free art piece and free bar!

Redstripe is taking the month of June off...

Please join us when we return on July 3rd.

Thanks!

T.J.

@Luxcollective

Luxcollective Gallery / Loft 401

Maile - Photography, Multimedia, Music | www.maile.org

An artist from birth, Maile started drawing and singing as a child, and began song writing in 1996 when she took up the guitar. Driven by her inspiration to create - "I believe The Creator of all, gave his creation the ability to create, and that fascinates, humbles, and inspires me.” - she has since expanded her repertoire to include digital music, and multimedia art. "Aside from being a vehicle of self expression and communication, my creations carry my dreams, aspirations, and analysis of life. I am devoted to my passions, and hope to never stop growing personally, or artistically."

Macstravic Gallery / Loft 303

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?

Special Event...

Please join us to send off Poul and An-Magrith! This will be their last Artwalk before leaving the Prudential Building. Live music and bellydancers... more info below.

Luxcollective Gallery / Loft 401

Jason Daniels - Paintings

The creative process and exploration are the main reasons I make art. Just looking for and finding things to use in the process is like a cryptic scavenger hunt. Many times I let the materials dictate what I do with them. I like seeing the beauty in decay and evidence of the passage of time. Accidentally discovering something fortunate while looking for something else entirely is a goal with each piece I undertake.

Oil paint, pencil, pen, computer, glue, charcoal, spray paint, photos, and found images are the media that are used to make most of my pieces. Sometimes I like to limit myself and keep the final image really simple while making the path to get there a little more involved.

There are no pre-thought out associations I expect the viewer to get out of my work. Drawing one's own conclusion from the combination of subject matter and execution of each piece is more than enough. I am just happy to share what I have made.

- Jason Daniels

Heather Holverstott - Drawings

All of my drawings are created with black ink and brightly colored pencils. Top that off with some slippery shiny resin and SHAZAM, good times! And it makes me smile.

- Heather Holverstott

Erin Goodell - Mixed Media Paintings

These pieces are a combination of painting and other mixed media. The collages consist of pieces derived from a stockpile of souvenirs from my whole life including things saved from childhood or recently acquired items, as well as bits of trash, photos, magazine and newspaper clippings, and anything else that finds its way in. The faces painted on top or separately are usually in acrylic, mostly representing subject matter from within 1970's knitting magazines.

-Erin Goodell

Macstravic Gallery / Loft 303

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?

Polyrealism Gallery / Loft 308

Yes, we are moving, and this is what seems to be our last artwalk in the Prudential building. If you ever planned to attend the artwalk but postponed, this is your last chance.

This is also last chance to buy our art at artwalk prices (very different from gallery prices). So come on by the Prudential building and see Poul & An-Magrith's new and old oil paintings! See our work in progress! Check out all our fabulous fine art prints, paintings and An-Magrith's limited edition Tarot decks for sale! (maybe even get your Tarot cards read! ;)

Also, both An-Magrith and Poul are showing their art at SAKE 2 show - http://www.bloodengel.com/sake/SAKE_Web2.jpg
Various degrees of eroticism in art. 18+ only.

and

Chill out with bellydancers and musicians from Twilight Maqsuum - http://www.twilightoasis.com/

Twilight Maqsuum is the beat of a drum on your heart and in your soul.
Cross the desert to the Twilight Oasis.
Rest your weary bones and feel the beat of the drum in your heart.
Dance, fire, passion, music, and stories.
With a cotillion of delights we shall entertain you so that when you again face the heat of the sands,
your soul will be fulfilled until next a cool libation sooth your parched lips.
Non-smoking, kids friendly art, music and dance show.

Luxcollective Gallery / Loft 401

Darin Shuler - Illustrations

The drawings I make illustrate unwritten stories. I have most recently finished "Time Elastic", a series involving time-traveling mummies. The series quietly poses philosophical questions about space and time. Ink and watercolor (being my typical medium) have taken a digital turn in recent months, allowing me a certain depth and complexity that space and time deserve. I continue to ride the digital wave into my next series "Omni".

-Darin Shuler