Gallery - The Artist Illustrator - September 2008

Published by Northwind on August 28, 2008 10:47 pm under Gallery

GALLERY HAPPENINGS IN SEPTEMBER

Barbara Berger

Barbara Berger

“The Artist Illustrator”, an invitational show opening at Northwind Arts Center at noon on Friday, August 29, will continue through the month of September, closing September 28. Explore the personal imagery and art of 6 book illustrators this month at Northwind Arts Center. Illustrators are often well known for a particular style in their commercial work, but their more personal non-commercial work may not be as familiar. In some cases, artists expand in a variety of new media and techniques when not bound by the constraints of a book text or genre. The Illustrator’s Art explores both sides of six local area artists, Barbara Berger, Michael Felber, Max Grover, Pierr Morgan, Jesse Joshua Watson, and Richard Jesse Watson.

Barbara Helen Berger is a Bainbridge Island artist who began as a painter and later branched into creating books for children. Her ten published books are filled with detailed, lyrical images. In her current personal work, she explores the very different media of collage and assemblage.

Michael Felber

Michael Felber

Michael Felber’s detailed drawings and etchings and paintings reflect his interest in the natural world, from grizzlies and otters to insects.

Max Grover
Max Grover

Max Grover is a Port Townsend artist well-known for his whimsical and humorous paintings featuring everything from cats and dogs to tugboats and bathtubs. Less well known are his intricate drawings of the Mexican landscape. Pierr Morgan is a Whidbey Island artist who has illustrated eighteen picture books including award-winners The Squiggle, Cool Time Song, and Dragon Dancing. Her paintings of landscapes and flowers reflect her love of color.

Jesse Watson
Jesse Watson

Richard Watson’s richly colored illustrations in such works as THE MAGIC RABBIT have been said to fuse realism with fantasy. In his personal art, however, he ranges more widely, from from the expressionistic abstracts to to mysterious symbolic works and landscapes. Jesse Watson has followed his father Richard into the book field, both writing and illustrating. His paintings are filled with stong and dynamic imagery.

The opening reception for this show during Gallery Walk is Saturday, Sept. 6 from 5:30 to 8PM.

COFFEE TALK

A panel discussion with the artists will take place Friday, Sept. 19 at 7PM at the Northwind Arts Center.

Want to know more about the artists? Please check out their websites: