On your list of things to do this weekend, should be checking out the show at the Six Rivers Gallery in Hoquiam on Sixth Street. The gallery is open on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 1-5 p.m. Sunday is the last day of the show will be exhibited.
The show was curated by Donna Miller, a graphite artist who said the show went in a different direction than past shows and was “a little risky,” in terms of the content. However, she was pleased with the success of the show, saying the goal of the gallery and artists is to “push ourselves and encourage artists to push themselves with different ideas.”
“It was successful,” she said, “we had a broad array of artist abilities and styles and perceptions and I felt the show portrayed that.”
She mentioned that this may have been a “different direction” for the gallery, but that the goal of the gallery and of the members of the Harbor Art Guild is “to push ourselves and to encourage artists to push themselves with different ideas.
The entire exhibit is about humanity.
Some images are nudes, created with graphite, and pen and inks. Three works, “Meditate,” “Leslie in Profile” and “Dude” by Kathleen Grady are illustrations that are beautifully intimate, as well as calmly expressive.
The featured painting seems to be “Loss of Innocence” an asymmetrical, large acrylic canvas which, upon entry, demands attention from the far wall. The background colors are warm, calm and vibrant and echo swirls of the ornate frame. The gray subject is repelling and uncomfortable, yet the background is inviting. The image is by Douglas C. Orr. Orr has quite a few paintings in the show that are more like mini Baroque altars that speak to death, war and saving the Earth. The pieces are beautiful and decorative, despite the subject matter.
Below one of the altars, be sure to find the piece entitled “Banned Books, Please Read,” an interactive piece by Robin Moore. Moore adds a bit of humor to the body beautiful.
Photographer, Ed Schroll has a few pieces exhibited, a photograph of a young person who seems to be from a third world country entitled “Hope,” juxtaposed next to his photograph of ocean swimming, titled “This Isn’t Kansas Anymore.” He also has a few nude photographs somewhat reminiscent of risque French postcards.
A few folk art sculptures dot the landscape of the Six Rivers Gallery as well.
We don’t celebrate the body enough. Finally, this show pays homage to something we all have, yet do not appreciate enough.
Along with the show, Kathleen Grady taught a human head and shoulders drawing class. The last one is tonight at the Six Rivers Gallery.
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