2016 Gala Catalog - Gage Academy of Art

the 2016
G AG E
COL L ECTOR’S
GALA
art auction & benefit
a n e ve ni ng of music, fin e food, w ine & ar t in
c ele b ra ti o n of the Aristides Atel ier’s 1 5th Year
F R I D A Y, M A R C H 4 , 2 0 1 6
St. Mark’s Cathedral Sanctuary
1245 10th Avenue East, Seattle
presented by
Presenting Sponsor
Laird Norton Wealth Management
Corporate Tables
Laird Norton Wealth Management | Lane Powell Attorney and Counselors
Capitol Cider | Kutscher, Rhodes & Benner, Inc.
Executive Director Sheila Hughes
Artistic Director Gary Faigin
Board of Trustees
Erin Moyer, President | David Dwyer, Vice President
Frederic T. Kutscher, Treasurer | Greg Eastman, Secretary
Will Berkovitz | Gary Bezowsk | Phoebe Brockman
Erik Haroldson | Pamela Johnson | Diane Butler
Scott Schliebner | Anne Steele | Julie Tall | Pamela Taylor
Kristine Travaglini
Connoisseur Guests
Charlotte Behnke | Phoebe Brockman & Marwan Kashkoush
Mariana Burceag & Tom Vogl | Joan Christofferson | Trevor Cobb Anita & Jack Dingrani | John Epping & Susan Weirich
Kathleen & Alfred Lopus | Kyle & Michele Peltonen
John & Lucrezia Paxson | Patricia Pugsley
VIP Guests
Pamela Johnson & Carl Haefling
Founders
Pamela Belyea, Director Emerita
Gary Faigin, Artistic Director
Special Thanks
2016 Gala Co-Chairs
Phoebe Brockman & Pamela Taylor
Gala Committee
David Dwyer, Anne Steele, Kristine Travaglini
Fundraising Auctioneer
Emcee
Music
Matt Smith
Allen Fitzpatrick
Eli Meisner
Table Captains
Alex Dugdale’s Fade Jazz Quartet
Will Berkovitz & Lelach Rave
Phoebe Brockman & Marwan Kashkoush | Diane Butler
Gary Bezowsky & Donna Evered | Ellen & Bill Cooper
DavidDwyer | Greg Eastman | Lindsey & Carolyn Echelbarger
Gary Faigin & Pamela Belyea | Chris & David Gedye
Ruth & John Halsell | Erik & Evy Haroldson
Sheila Hughes & Peter Kepler | Pamela Johnson & Carl Haefling
Ted & Susan Kutscher | Michael Magrath | Erin Moyer
Scott Schleibner & Angela Hungelman | Anne Steele Julie Tall | Pamela & Ron Taylor
Kristine & John Travaglini | Susan Winokur & Paul Leach
General Info
Program of Events
Great things to know about this
year’s Collector’s Gala:
We are happy to announce that The 2016 Gage Collector’s Gala is adding a few new twists to this
memorable event. This year, we are making your silent bidding that much more convenient with
only ONE silent auction, along with our usual live auction to follow.
Gage is also adding a “Win It Now” option to the silent auction. The Win It Now price is the price
at which a bidder immediately becomes the item’s winner with no further bidding allowed. No
need to stress about someone outbidding you on your favorite item, the Win it Now option makes
it yours immediately – AND guests using this option also receive a coupon worth up to $450
towards a class at Gage! And yes, you may transfer this coupon to a friend or a family member.
Where do I pick up my auction items?
Beginning at 9 pm, auction items may be collected in the Northeast corner of the Sanctuary just
opposite the bar. Bring your winning slip to one of the greeters and a runner will then bring you
your auction item. Look for the signs that say Art Pick Up Station. We would be happy to assist
with loading items into your car – just ask us!
6:00pm
• REGISTRATION
• COCKTAIL/WINE BAR/
HORS D’OEUVRES
*featuring signature cocktail by Capitol Cider
• SILENT AUCTION
• LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Eli Meisner
Alex Dugdale’s Fade Jazz
6:55pm
• SILENT AUCTION CLOSES
Your Hosts Tonight:
MATT SMITH-AUCTIONEER
Matt Smith is one of the nation’s most established improv artists, a sought after fund-raising
auctioneer, a film actor, and a solo performance artist. Email him at [email protected].
• THREE COURSE DINING
BY RAVISHING RADISH
7:15pm
ALLEN FITZPATRICK-EMCEE
• WELCOME
Allen is an actor, director, teacher, producer and artistic director. He has appeared on television
and film, and his Seattle work includes 19 appearances at The 5th Avenue Theatre.
• HONORING J ULIETTE ARISTIDES
ELI MEISNER
• LIVE AUCTION
Seattle native, Jazz guitarist Eli Meisner is a graduate of New York University’s renown
jazz program.
9:30pm
ALEX DUGDALE FADE JAZZ QUARTET
Playing modern and classic jazz standards with some groovin’ arrangements, Alex
Dugdale(saxophones/clarinet and tap dance) leads the Fade Jazz Quartet. Their unique sound
includes keyboard, bass, drums and woodwinds, and some righteous tap dancing.
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“
Nature contains
profound truth,
and I believe
it is enough to
sit silently and
listen.”
—Juliette Aristides
recipient of the 2016 Gage Art Award
ACCOMPLISHED ACROSS A VAST SPECTRUM OF TALENTS, a generous mentor to many,
committed to a high level of integrity in her work and teaching, and a superbly skilled realist
painter, Juliette Aristides continues to inspire the next generation of artists and arts appreciators.
We are privileged to honor her this evening.
As an artist, Aristides' work is distinguished by her extraordinary draftsmanship and expressive,
flowing brushstrokes, rendering a sense of movement and life within her subjects. The effect
is effortless and sublime, but deeper
inspection reveals a rugged complexity
and technical mastery. Her palette is lively
and bold, and her work ranges from quietly
composed still-lifes to dramatic figurative
work. Her work evokes an inner world and
takes us into her exploration of identity in
her roles of artist, writer and teacher.
AS A TEACHER, Juliette works to impart the same rigorous and intentional training that she
received. Trained at the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Art, she was an original member of the Water Street Atelier. She shares her perspectives with
audiences around the world, as a renowned speaker, workshop artist, regular contributor to The
Artist’s Magazine and writer, with three published books on Classical Drawing and Classical
Painting, and a fourth scheduled for release in 2016.
Tonight we celebrate the 15th Anniversary
of the Aristides Atelier, Juliette’s labor
of love and a key part of her efforts to
rebuild a traditional arts education in the
United States. The Aristides Atelier allows
a small group of select students to study
classical technique intensively for several
years, and has become a luminous model
for a new Atelier scene taking form in the
Pacific Northwest and the country. The
Aristides Atelier has trained more than 100
young artists and seeded a new generation
of painters grounded in a traditional
curriculum of classical arts.
“
When I started, technical mastery was the main
thing that I cared about. I cared about the art
and the skill, and after 15 years, it’s all about the
people. It’s all about the people.”
—Juliette Aristides
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US to celebrate Juliette’s many accomplishments this evening,
most especially the anniversary of this exceptional and ever-evolving Atelier program.
Congratulations Juliette, and thank you for making Gage Academy of Art your home for
fifteen years.
LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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COCKTAIL PACKAGE
MICHAEL FRIEL
Tray of Vodka Martinis
Skokomish Flats
VALUE: $150
Oil, 17 x 21 in.
Let’s get this party started! Your auctioneer extraordinaire Matt Smith
wants to start the night off right!
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ANTHONY RYDER
Portrait Drawing Class Demo
+ Sketchbook
Pencil on paper, 28 x 21.75 in.
VALUE: $400
“In recent years I’ve been painting on Hood Canal, just south of Union. This painting was done
in plein air from a location along Highway 106, where the Skokomish River flows into Annas Bay
creating a vast estuary called the Skokomish Flats. On this day, looking north toward the Great
Bend of the canal, foothills of the Olympic Mountains can be seen in the background.”
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TOM HOFFMANN
Ritmo del Techo
Watercolor, 24 x 30 in.
VALUE: $975
“These portrait drawings demonstrate various principles
and methods of the drawing process. The class in which
I did the drawings was devoted to the subject of the
block-in of the portrait, which is the preliminary stage in
the portrait drawing process. A great deal of knowledge,
if it is understood, can be applied at this stage. The
purpose of the demonstrations was to share this
understanding with the students.”
This is a truly unique item revealing how an artist
works. Nationally known artist Tony Ryder has
contributed his demonstration sketchbook
from last summer’s sold-out Portrait Drawing
Workshop.
This sketchbook includes one framed drawing and five
additional portrait sketches.
VALUE: $999.99
“Over decades, I've come to believe that a scene like the rooftop view of part of Oaxaca wants to
be treated abstractly for as long as possible. There are far too many individual shapes, each with
its own identity to try to represent them accurately, at least for me. If I look at the scene as pure
form rather than as narrative content, it resolves into a few layers of paint in an obvious sequence.
Ironically, the story still gets told.”
Tom Hoffmann is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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TERRY FURCHGOTT
Pink Flowers in a Yellow Vase
Acrylic on paper, 15.25 x 14 in.
VALUE: $950
“Pink Flowers in a Yellow Vase” as well as my painting in
general is very much about color as both an emotional
vehicle and a statement of pure visual beauty.”
Terry Furchgott is represented by Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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LOIS SILVER
RODGER HAYDEN JOHNSON
Market Highstall
Home Place
Oil bar, 17.56 x 14.56 in.
Oil on canvas, 43 x 62 3/16 in.
VALUE: $1,400
VALUE: $7,900
“I paint all of my paintings with oil bars and my right index finger.
There are layers over layers of color; my goal is to have the fruit
in this painting stand out like shimmering jewels. I paint a layer
of color, let it dry, scrape it down slightly with a razor blade, and
then add another color on top. Oil bars have more pigment than regular oil paints in a tube so the
colors are richer. We had a studio near the market in the 70's and 80's so the market is always like
‘home’.”
Roger Hayden Johnson captures the rich colors of sunlight at dawn and dusk in his architectural
landscapes and seascapes. He travels the back roads of the Southwest in search of old and
indigenous architectural structures.
Lois Silver is represented by Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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Donated by the estate of Richard Hirsch
Roger Hayden Johnson is represented by Arcature Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL, Gallery Valentine, East Hampton, NY, Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe, NM, and Mirada Fine Art, Indian Hills, CO.
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DAVID DWYER
LYLE SILVER
Trio of Pears
Reclining Figure
Oil on canvas, 13 x 18 in.
VALUE: $2,100
Oil bar, 29 x 41 in.
VALUE: $1,200
This drawing is a 45 minute pose, drawn with oil bars
and at times touched with a brush and turpentine. Lyle wanted to capture the strength and
density of the body in a quick and loose fashion.
“Still life painting gives the artist an opportunity to create their own world, and it can have special
intimacy. In our daily life we are often overwhelmed with noise, discordant images, and competing
voices. I try to provide a tranquil, quiet atmosphere in my paintings and let simple objects achieve
a stately dignity and sense of calm.”
David Dwyer was the 2010 Gage Art Award Honoree.
Lyle Silver is represented by Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA.
WIN IT
NOW!
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MAKE IT YOURS IMMEDIATELY
& receive a coupon for $450
towards one class or workshop!
For the Silent Auction only, see pg. 1
for more info.
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LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
KIMBERLY TROWBRIDGE
Cocktails & Private Tour
of Superlative American
Art Collection
Arcadia (Vista)
Oil on canvas, 36 x 40 in.
VALUE: $2,000
VALUE: $150 PER PERSON
[LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE]
SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 6:00pm
Kimberly is interested in the history of consciousness
and how, through art history, artists have documented, revised and shaped our understanding
of ourselves. She uses pastoral, Arcadian themes in her work as a way of exploring her own
relationship to the stories and structures that define us.
Kimberly Trowbridge is represented by Blindfold Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Tour the remarkable private American Art collection and home of local collectors Allan and Mary
Kollar with special guest Juliette Aristides. Allan and Mary look forward to welcoming you to their
Capitol Hill home Wednesday, May 4 at 6 pm.
The Kollar family began collecting in the 1970s and their collection includes primarily 19th20th century (from the Hudson River School forward) American paintings, sculpture, pottery,
furniture and windows (Frank Lloyd Wright, John LaFarge). American artists include John Singer
Sargent, Albert Bierstadt, George Bellows, Reginald Marsh, Jacob Lawrence, Mary Cassatt,
Winslow Homer and some American modernists such as Stuart Davis. Their fine art prints include
Reginald Marsh, Edward Hopper, Rembrandt, Matisse, Picasso, Albrect Durer, and Japanese
Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.
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JOSHUA LANGSTAFF
La Demoiselle en Rouge
Oil on panel, 31 x 25 in.
VALUE: $3,200
“My train of thought ran to Picasso and his famous painting of
prostitutes as bathers, 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'. This in turn
brought up ideas about abstract versus realistic portrayal in art. I don't intend that the subject is
identified as a prostitute, but as a point of reflection on these ideas.”
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PATRICK LOCICERO
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Boat Stack
Oil on paper with collage, 46 x 37 in.
JULIETTE ARISTIDES
VALUE: $3,200
“My paintings refer to the idea of traveling as a metaphor for
multiple kinds of passage – literally, symbolically and culturally.
I am fascinated by the idea of physically moving from one place
to another, as well as the concept of moving through memories
and associations from one time period to another. In my paintings, the use of overlap and collage
is directly related to the images I depict. I use the collage material to guide me to the iconography
that becomes the focus of the painting.”
Patrick LoCicero is represented by Patricia Rovzar Gallery.
The Model
Oil on canvas, 24 x 19-1/2 in.
VALUE: $5,500
“Traditional skills are necessary for developing a foundational
base for the artist to work from. It is craftsmanship that opens the
door to effective self-expression. I am excited about teaching the
methods from our artistic inheritance. I know that once this knowledge becomes commonplace
again, it can only enrich our cultural life.”
Juliette Aristides is the 2016 Gage Art Award Honoree. She is represented by John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
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LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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MARK KANG-O’HIGGINS
Tray of Port
Field
Fonseca Porto Bin 27
VALUE: $ 150
Oil on panel, 24 1/16 x 48 in.
VALUE: $3,200
Courtesy of Sheila Hughes
“Someone once asked me, ‘If you knew you were going to be dead in a year, what would you have
wanted to do with your life?’ Be an artist was my answer. Simple. So I dropped everything and took
up art.”
Mark Kang-O’Higgins is represented by Prographica/fine works on paper, Seattle, WA.
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GARY FAIGIN
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Group Dynamics
FUND A NEED FOR
GAGE ACADEMY OF ART
VALUE: $8,000
MINIMUM BID: $1,500
Oil on panel, 30 x 40 in.
Gage Opens Doors
VALUE: PRICELESS
For over 25 years, Gage Academy of Art has
helped artists from across the Northwest and
around the world find inspiration, connection
and community.
“Still-lifes, the center of my studio practice: fruit as stand-in for the model, vessels as
interchangeable parts in a pictorial machine; the drama of light on form. Endlessly fascinating.”
Gary Faigin is represented by Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Along the corridors of Gage’s building, Lowell
Poisson is considered a hero to many Gage
students. He is a scholarship student who
went on to the New York Academy. It is an
honor to have Lowell Poisson here tonight to
share his journey and experiences at Gage.
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Please show your support by raising your
paddle, and help to ensure many more
generations of youth and adult artists enjoy
the opportunity to study, grow and create at Gage.
Oil on linen, 16.5 x 19 in.
MELISSA WEINMAN
Homage to Aspevig
Includes DVD
VALUE: $1,500
“I painted this Master Copy of Clyde Aspevig's much
larger studio painting ‘On The Way To Heaven’ in May 2015 at the Tacoma Art Museum. TAM took
the painting down off the wall and gave me a special studio in which to paint and study. I made a
DVD about the experience and what I learned about Aspevig's color and composition choices; it
is included with your purchase of the painting.”
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THE ART OF DESSERT
Melissa Weinman is represented by Gail Severn Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Get ready to support Gage AND your sweet tooth by
enjoying one of these delightful desserts.
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LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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MARGARET DAVIDSON
PATRICIA HALSELL
Tohono O’odam Basket
Hydrangea and Celadon
Drybrush watercolor, 16.25 x 18.75”
Oil on linen on panel, 27 x 21 in.
VALUE: $1,200
VALUE: $1,200
“This drybrush watercolor is an accurate and measured ‘portrait’ of a basket made by a member
of the Tohono O'odam tribe (formerly known as the Papago tribe). I hope there is no artistic
interpretation to get in the way of the viewer's enjoyment; the basket can speak for itself.”
“I use nutmegs in my still life work for several reasons: nutmegs are
from Indonesia, a country I'm fond of and have spent a lot of time
traveling through. Also, it's a nod to past Dutch still-life paintings,
which often featured fruit that was native to its colonies. Finally, I
basically needed a pair of spherical shapes to balance out the foreground.”
Margaret Davidson is represented by Sisko Gallery, Seattle, WA. She was the 2014 Gage Art Award Honoree.
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TED KUTSCHER
MICHAEL GRIMALDI
Sailboats at le Grand Bassin
Rond (Tuileries)
Graphite, charcoal, enamel and oil on paper, 24 x 18.5 in.
Oil on board, 30 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.
VALUE: $2,900
Ted’s work is a contemporary amalgam inspired by the
impressionists, the Nabis such as Pierre Bonnard and
Edouard Vuillard, the wellspring American illustrator-painters
Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and NC Wyeth, and painters of the California School
Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebault, all of whom push the interplay of color, realism and
abstraction.
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JOHN RIZZOTTO
Solstice
VALUE: $3,200
“I started as a workshop instructor at Gage in 1997 (as a substitute
for Anthony Ryder when he took a year-long leave of absence from
teaching) and have returned annually as a visiting instructor and guest lecturer.”
SPRING HAS
SPRUNG!
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Registration for more than 80 new spring quarter programs
for adult artists of all skill-levels is open NOW at
Jug With Plums
Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in.
VALUE: $850
John Rizzotto, more and more archaically, is concerned with
technical proficiency, beauty, and narrative in the Still-Life genre.
GageAcademy.org/adult-programs
John Rizzotto is a self-represented artist.
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LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
JON DEMARTIN
Private Art Collection
& Studio Visit Hosted by
Cathy Sarkowsky
Male Nude
Graphite and white chalk, 26 x 18 in.
VALUE: $150 PER PERSON
VALUE: $1,200
[LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE]
“For me, drawing is an integral part of the picture making process. It
provides the opportunity to explore many variations of the subject
I’m about to paint. Through drawing, I can consider and distill an idea,
enabling me to make better creative decisions. Additionally, there is the
added joy of simply drawing for drawing’s sake.”
Special Conditions: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Cocktails & Buffet Supper by Ravishing Radish
Cathy Sarkowsky is a life-long collector. Her art collection began evolving eclectically and
haphazardly in the 1980s. The driving force behind her inspiring and beautiful art collection is
a passionate, intuitive eye. Cathy trusts her gut, approaches her collection with confidence and
humor, and always finds space for the next great piece.
Cathy’s richly varied collection includes artwork by J. G. Brown, Sherry Markovitz, Gregory Halili,
Jazz-minh Moore, Jennifer Knaus, Darren Waterston, Fay Jones, David Kane, Anne Marie Grgich,
Robert Bissell, Ford Crull, Joe Max Emminger, Jason Wheatley, John Rizzotto and Marion Peck,
among many other local, national and internationally exhibited artists.
As a successful mid-career artist, Cathy mixes her collection with her own work, creating an
exciting and ever changing “conversation”. Her work, as well as the artwork she has collected, is
vibrant, colorful, visually stimulating and varied.
In visiting Cathy’s home and studio, you will have a chance to engage with a collector AND
artist, see art in the studio, discuss how an eclectic collection is created and displayed but most
importantly, witness how the life of this artist and collector are fully integrated. You are sure to
leave the evening inspired!
Jon DeMartin is represented by John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
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WILLIAM CUMMING
Figure + a copy of “Sketchbook: a
Memoir of the 30s and the Northwest
School” by William Cumming
Colored pen & paint on paper, 14.25 x 13 in.
VALUE: $875
William Cumming is best known as the youngest member of the Northwest School, the loosely
affiliated group of passionate artists — Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan and Morris Graves — who
staked a claim for modern, expressive art in this region during the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s.
Courtesy of Charlotte Behnke
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LARINE CHUNG
Ceres
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Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.
WINE PACKAGE
VALUE: $1,700
Masterpiece Quartet:
Lynch Bages ’89, ’90, ’96 & ‘99
“Ceres is from the painting series ‘In Search of Self’ where I try
to merge classical techniques with my eastern roots, expressing deeper experience and emotions.
In this series, I try to paint from my imagination, and based my composition on the Chinese
calligraphy and Sumi painting sensibility. Every painting begins with an abstract background and
the realism of fruit materialized reaching out to the viewers.”
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VALUE: $1151
Properly cellared by Ron Taylor, this exclusive wine package features four bottles of Bordeaux
from Chateau Lynch Bages in the Paulliac region of France.
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LIVE AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
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MEG HOLGATE
ANDREW HARE
Morning
Beloved
Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 36 in.
VALUE: $2,800
VALUE: $1,900
Meg Holgate sees our natural landscape as universal
perfection. Her paintings are moments of beauty simply
rendered on canvas with thin veils of muted color and quiet line-form. The framework for her
system of visual storytelling is constructed through a lens that continually explores light and dark,
stillness and movement, and soft focus and sharp shapes.
“I am attracted to the way sunlight illuminates doorways and creates shadows on walls. I was
drawn to this image by the way the shadows seem to slice the composition diagonally.The red
chair is one of my earliest memories as the first chair I was able to crawl up and into. As the
painting evolved, I added parts of different images and elements, real and imagined, hoping to
encourage viewers to create their own story.”
Meg Holgate is represented by Abmeyer + Wood Fine Arts, Seattle, WA.
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PATTI WARASHINA
JOE MAX EMMINGER
Fly Swatter (2007) #9/20
Drypoint w/stencils and hand coloring on paper,
31.75 x 23.25 in.
VALUE: $1,200
“My prints allude to a personal and anxious state of mind in a world
filled with uncertainties and concern. I sometimes think of myself as
a voyeur, looking from the outside into pulsating scenes that have
frequent and underlying feelings of uneasiness. Some of these events can, at times, profoundly
affect the balance of harmony overnight.”
Patti Warashina is represented by Abmeyer + Wood Fine Arts, Seattle, WA.
Family Photo
Acrylic on wood panel, 24 x 18 in.
VALUE: $650
“I am influenced by the totem poles around Seattle. I like seeing
things piled on top of each other. This painting is a family totem. My
painting has grown to be less about learning how to paint and more
about getting down to what I see, feel and experience. The paintings
evolve as I paint them –
I try to stay out of the way and let them happen – I try to leave room for them to breathe and live
in the world.”
Joe Max Emminger is represented by Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
An intimate look inside the artists &
movements that shaped art from the
Renaissance to the 20th Century. Each
week features a new artist & lecturer.
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ART HISTORY:
A PERSONAL
JOURNEY
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Wednesdays
7pm-8pm
SILENT AUCTION closes at 6:55pm
closes at 6:55pm
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D. LISA WEST
YUMIKO H. DORSEY
Women’s Work
Portrait Sketch of Ms. R.C.
Oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Graphite on paper, 17 3/8 x 16 3/8 in.
VALUE: $800
VALUE: $600
“This piece is like many of mine, a painting over
another painting. It started as a list of "women’s work", a comprehensive list of items I'd learned
and jobs I'd done over my lifetime. I then turned it on its side, and painted a still life on it. I wanted
it to look as though there was a shelf on a window ledge, looking out. The words are still there, but
obscured.”
“This particular drawing is from 2011. It is a profile
portrait sketch that I extended to add more detail in
specific areas. I often get happily caught in details since
there is beauty to it, as well as the dynamic movement
and energy the subjects bring in.”
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WINE PACKAGE
TENOLD SUNDBERG
Curated Case of Wine
Untitled
VALUE: $500
SILENT AUCTION
Oil on panel, 15 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.
Jumpstart your wine collection with this curated case of wine donated by Gage’s Board of
Trustees.
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HOLLY WHITE-GHERT
After Merode Altarpiece
VALUE: $950
Tenold Sundberg received his artistic training from a variety
of schools and institutions, including Seattle Central
Community College, Emily Carr Art Institute and Gage
Academy of Art. While at Gage Academy of Art, Tenold
studied with Juliette Artistides in her full-time program
for four years. Since his time with Aristides, he has gone on
to study at museums including the Prado, the Louvre, the
National Gallery DC and the Frye Art Museum.
Egg tempera, 12 x 10 in.
VALUE: $300
“I have been painting and drawing for over 30 years, and in
that time the theme that has been consistent is the search
for a structure beyond the visible. I’ve started painting in egg
tempera because of its qualities that take a slight step out of
naturalism, and into a more unseen or spiritual realm. These
qualities include a more drawing-like, hard edge and closed form, which emphasizes abstraction,
as opposed to soft or lost edges possible in oil paint, which lends itself well to naturalistic
rendering.”
WIN IT
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MAKE IT YOURS IMMEDIATELY
& receive a coupon for $450
towards one class or workshop!
see pg. 1 for more info.
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SILENT AUCTION
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
“Ten Masterworks” Private Lecture &
Studio Dinner for Ten w/Gary Faigin
PAT CLAYTON
Falling
Oil on canvas, 10.5 x 8.5 in.
VALUE: $1000
VALUE: $495
This “Masterpiece Dinner” is designed to immerse ten guests in a
featured artist’s world, pairing food, wine and music to create an
inspired experience. Starting with appetizers and apertivos, the
evening begins with an in-depth art history lecture by Gage’s Artistic Director Gary Faigin
entitled “Ten European Art Masterworks That Everyone Should See Before They Die,” followed
by a sumptuous three- course thematic feast with wine in the candle-lit Madison Studio at Gage
Academy of Art.
"To me it is all about the glow of the color and nothing glows
more than multiple glazes of transparent oil paint. Beginning
intuitively with a multicolored application of thinned oil paint
manipulated by my finger in a torn up T-shirt, I use brushstrokes,
rag blots and fingernail accents to develop the subject. For the glow, I use subsequent layers of
thin glazes with occasional thick impasto to create a final result that is deceptively realistic with
radiant transparent colors that change with the light.”
Pat Clayton is represented by Horizon Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY and Alki Arts, Seattle, WA.
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NED MUELLER
Cliffs-Strait of Juan de Fuca
Oil on linen, 17 x 15 in.
WINE PACKAGE
From O Wines
VALUE: $150
VALUE: $1,800
“I enjoy painting ‘Plein Air’ and I did this on location
during a plein air paint out on the Olympic Peninsula. I
felt that the scene had a lot of wonderful elements to
make a great painting, and I also felt that it was one of
my better efforts that week!”
O is for Opportunity. Established in 2006 in Woodinville by Stacy Lill and Kathy Johanson, O
Wine’s mission is to fund college scholarships for low income, capable young women so they can
achieve their greatest potential through education. Each purchase helps send young women to
college through the O Wines Opportunity for Success Scholarship program. This mixed case of
white and red is not only delicious but opens doors!
Ned Mueller is represented by Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR.
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MICHAEL HOPPE
CHARLES PRUTTING
Miniature Pears
Pond at Magnusson Park
Oil, 12.75 x 17.25
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 14 in.
VALUE: $1,000
VALUE: $700
Michael Hoppe is an alumnus of 2016 Gala Award Honoree, Juliette Aristides.
“I get inspired from observing the natural beauty that
surrounds us. I try to capture a moment in nature that gives us pause and invokes reflection.”
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ANITE H. LEHMANN
SHELLY LEAVENS
The Wanderer
David Bowie’s Makeup Bag
Montype, pastel 16 x 20 in.
Felt, thread, zippers, 12 x 18 x 8 in.
VALUE: $600
VALUE: $400
“In this process of learning about life and art, one realizes the editing process is essential in all
endeavors. Whether a bird or a bookshelf, there comes a time when one must ask, ‘how can I
say this simply and wisely?’ Less is more is the common teaching that comes to mind. Even in my
architectural design, I am (finally) pulling away from those additional scripted lines that don’t
pertain and can certainly be eliminated. Conversation can be edited as well; keeping it to oneself
is most powerful. As this bird went through transformation, I am also taking on the (earnest) role
as supreme editor; at least in my life and work; one in the same.”
“For many people gold represents wealth – a wealth that will never be attained, but is always
strived for. In some cases, it represents a wealth that is visible on the surface, but is only skin deep.
This aspect is not true in the case of the David Bowie. Not only did David Bowie glitter with gold,
he was pure gold. He gave many artists the ability to dream about an unrepressed self, one that
can be flashy in one moment and simple and utilitarian in another.
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Shelly Leavens is represented by PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA.
The David Bowie Makeup bag has an element of ridiculousness to it, sure, but it is also an
incredibly functional and useful bag. Hopefully its next owner will fill it with both hot pink lipstick
as well as chapstick.”
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
One-On-One Plein Air
w/Mitch Albala
EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Includes a gourmet picnic basket and a signed copy
of “Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and
Techniques for Plein Air.”
VALUE: $550
Mitchell Albala’s “Abstract Impressionist” landscapes have
been exhibited nationally and in Seattle’s own Lisa Harris
Gallery. Mitch will work alongside you, and take you through
every step of the plein air process in an afternoon session from 3:30 to 6:30 pm. Held at either
Magnuson Park or Union Bay in Seattle, this session is your time with a consummate plein air
coach, to ask every question you ever had about the plein air process.
Margie Livingston Studio
Cocktail Party for 10
VALUE: $500
Award-winning artist Margie Livingston is known for
her elegant and intricate three-dimensional work. Her
spacious SoDo studio offers an unconsciously structured
progression of her approach to painting. Featuring artistmade appetizers, craft cocktails, beer and wine, this event
is perfect for ten friends to mix and mingle with the artist,
while learning about her process of making objects out of
paint. Date of event to be mutually agreed upon.
Studio address: 111 S. Lander at 1st Ave S., Suite 103
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SCOTT MCCALL
AMANDA TEICHER
Winter at Seward Park
Cotton Ribbon
Oil on panel, 7 x 9 in.
Oil on panel, 10 x 8 in.
VALUE: $300
VALUE: $100
“My work is about continuing the rich legacy of representational art that was created by the
great masters of the past. Painters such as Sargent, Freud, Cole, Carrière, Corbet, Delacroix and
Michelangelo have served as an inspiration for the caliber of work that I strive to produce. The
spirit of these artists was to ravenously seek out the knowledge and tools that would allow them
to best express their artistic vision. I feel a kinship with their appetite for pushing the limits of
one's abilities, and for learning from those who have come before.”
“My work could be described as quiet, beautiful and precise. I prefer
simplicity of composition, clarity of message and emotional appeal.
I create art because I admire the skill and beauty evident in realist
works of antiquity and modernity, and I strive for that in my own
work.”
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MARTIJN CASPAR SWART
GERRY CONLEY
Persimmon Season
South of La Push
Oil on linen board, 9 x 12 in.
Oil, gold leafing, 8 x 10 in.
VALUE: $500
VALUE: $400
“Sea stacks, pristine and full of wild life, hold a special place in my heart. When we observe nature
and its cycles, we see both the intrinsic beauty of the landscape and its importance in our lives.
For twenty four years I have worked to develop the skills to express this. I hope my paintings will
help others to enjoy and preserve our ever-diminishing open spaces, be they home gardens,
parks, parkways, forests or seashores.”
“I was standing in a grocery store, and a specific persimmon caught my gaze, and I studied it at
length. Back in the studio, this piece became the result of my first fully finished painting since
graduation where I set out with a clear goal and followed a strategic approach nearly the whole
way through to a successful result. For me, this painting describes my growth and development as
a painter that could not have happened with the help of Juliette Aristides and Gage.”
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VALENCIA CARROLL
MANDY THEIS HALLENIUS
Spiny Murex
Poppies
Oil, 11.25 x 13.25
Oil on linen, 12 x 14 in.
VALUE: $1,000
VALUE: $650
Mandy Hallenius is a classically trained artist and co-founder and president of The Da Vinci
Initiative, a non-profit art education foundation that provides skill-based training for K-12 art
teachers.
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“In ‘Spiny Murex’ I wished to capture the glow of
light reflecting off the surface of the very unusually shaped seashell and beads. Although the
background is painted a much darker color, I wanted it to appear as if light existed there as well.
When light shines on the surface in a certain way, the entire painting appears to have an overall
radiance. My wish is that the viewer feels a sense of having experienced something “real” when
viewing my work.
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WINE PACKAGE
SALVADOR DALI
SILENT AUCTION
Chant 30: Les hommes qui s’e
tre-dévorent (Canto 30: The Men
Who Devour Each Other)
from La Divine COMÉDIE, 1960
Leonetti Walla Walla
Sangiovese Magnum 2012
VALUE: $205
Courtesy of the Gage Board of Trustees
From “Wine Enthusiast:” "The first vintage to see Aglianico (8%) blended in, this wine brings
aromas and flavors of leather, sour cherry, earth and flowers. Seeing only neutral puncheons and
oval botti, it is fresh and focused, coating the palate with textured fruit flavors brightened by tart
acids and backed by firm tannins. It’s both appealing and serious. Editor's Choice."
(PRESTEL CATALOG #1068)
Colored Wood Engraving, signed S. Dali, 24 x 20 in.
VALUE: $250
Engraving marked H.C. (hors de commerce) in pencil, with signature in engraving and additionally
with crayon. Engraving not examined outside of frame, provenance unknown.
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Donated by the estate of Richard Hirsch.
ELLEN ZIEGLER
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Double Ship Canal
Burned paper & vermilion pigment,
26 x 34 3/16 in.
MICHAEL NALLY
Image from the series:
Wanderlust
VALUE: $1,200
“This drawing is based on the 1911 Master Waterfront Plan of Seattle, showing the Ship Canal
and Ballard Locks. I found these old maps to be a way of exploring line, color, and the fugue state
of traveling by staring at maps. My endeavor is to translate the language of matter itself – with a
lexicon of marks and symbols describing imaginary and inchoate states of its being.”
Ellen Ziegler is represented by SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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Print on heavy weight, archival photo paper,
18 5/16 x 25 3/8 in.
VALUE: $350
“Typically I’m drawn to the common and the everyday, but then attempt to present it in a new way
through light, composition or calling attention to an unusual detail. If something is unmistakably
beautiful, I can take the picture, but it is difficult to bring something new.”
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RICHARD KEHL
Framing the Question
Collage, 28 x 20 in.
VALUE: $1,200
“I love to put disparate images together to form a highly
ambiguous precision. The visible world is no longer the only
reality, and the unseen world is no longer just a dream.”
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Thursday, March 24
ATELIER/
STUDIO ARTS 5:30pm-7:30pm
Geo Studio
INTENSIVE/
SUMMER YOUTH
OPEN HOUSE
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CAROLINE KAPP
JOEY VELTKAMP
False Mirror
Popsicle / Stay Cool
Archival inkjet print, 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
Fiber arts, 50 x 26 x .5 in.
VALUE: $825
VALUE: $700
“My sketchbook is filled with boxes. Scattered squares and rectangles mimic the limited view
through a camera viewfinder, allowing heightened focus on subject matter and how ideas can
resonate - and shine - within rigid parameters. An extraordinarily narrow field of view dims the
importance of surrounding distractions to reveal significance in what is emphasized.”
“I make soft paintings (flags, blankets and banners)
which are meant to provide comfort for the
marginalized. This piece is from a series I did this summer
for Seattle Art Museum's annual fundraiser.”
Caroline Kapp is represented by Prographica Gallery.
Joey Veltkemp is represented by Vignettes, Seattle, WA.
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Bainbridge Bliss
Kid’s Birthday Party for 12 at
Gage Academy of Art
Landscape art workshop for six with artist
Kathleen Moore at Bainbridge’s award-winning
public garden, The Bloedel Reserve, followed
by a tasting at Amelia Wynn Winery; includes
a family membership at Bainbridge Island
Museum of Art
VALUE: $745
Gage instructor Kathleen Moore will guide six friends through a fun and relaxing three-hour plein
air session on landscape painting at Bainbridge Island’s garden jewel The Bloedel Reserve. No
experience is necessary – just a desire for a great afternoon in this stunning outdoor setting. Then,
pack up the brushes and head over to Amelia Wynn Winery for a private tasting and food pairing
of six award-winning wines. Each participant will be given one bottle of wine to take home. Keep
the magic alive with a family membership at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.
SILENT AUCTION
VALUE: $500
Forget the bouncy house or the painting pottery venue. Gage throws amazing parties for up
to twelve kids ages 8 to 12. We create a truly memorable experience with hands on art-making
activities – painting, sculpting, drawing or multi-media – in one of Gage’s studios led by a
professional teaching artist. Package includes gooey cheese pizza and chocolate cake.
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PATTY HALLER
Olympic Spatial Event
Oil on panel, 24 x 24 in
VALUE: $1,100
“I'm attracted to complexity and any opportunity to arrange
shapes and colors in an imagined space. I paint the wild
places, but on a more intimate scale. My woodland paintings are an interior view, not just of the
forest, but also of my own spiritual and intellectual experience of nature.”
Patty Haller is represented by Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA.
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COSTA VAVAGIAKIS
JENNIFER ELIZABETH BAKER
Rainbow XXXIV
der Zauber
Graphite & white chalk on paper, 21 7/8 x 50 3/4 in.
Oil on panel, 10 x 13 in.
VALUE: $2,000
VALUE: $450
“With the focus on the portrait, my aim is to create works
that come alive and step out of the picture plane. I draw the
sitter straight on and objectively, stripped of any narrative
content. The figures exist in confined spaces, lit from above,
which maximizes the sense of intensity and reality. I want the viewer to have the sensation of
encountering a real person.”
Ms. Baker’s work is informed by memory, magic, and
myth; utilizing an intentionally feminine hand, she makes these often imperceptible ideas
tangible.
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JETHANIEL PETERKA
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Specimens
WINE PACKAGE
Wine Basket – a Trio of Wines
from MundoVino
VALUE: $ 115
This package includes: Cousino-Macul Antiguas Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, Juve Y
Camps Brut Rserva 2009 and Catena Alta Malbec 2012.
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Oil on canvas, 10.5 x 18 in.
VALUE: $600
“I painted this piece in a Gage workshop with John Morra in 2011. At the time, I didn't know who
he was; however, I needed to get my creative drive in gear. Two weeks later John became a good
friend and huge inspiration to my work. The subject matter is pulled from my collection of strange
things and curiosities. I live in a mad scientist/curio world and naturally these objects end up as
subjects for my painting practice.”
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LAUREN IIDA
CHARLES SPITZACK
Song of Cambodia
Mind and Body
Hand-cut paper, 11 x 14 in.
Woodblock, 22 x 19 in.
VALUE: $350
“I have lived and worked in art and education in
Cambodia since 2008. Each of my paper cutaways is a memory revisited. As I cut each shape,
line, and shadow, the memories take on a new form. Each piece is a compilation of my original
experience, my photograph and my personal connection to the places and people I depict.”
VALUE: $425
The majority of Spitzack’s work resolves itself in the form of a
print. Dedicated to dissolving barriers in commitment to the
communal whole, Spitzack has found printmaking to be an
excellent way to express these ideas in both subject matter
and process.
Charles Spitzack is represented by Davidson Galleries.
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
WINE PACKAGE
Uptown Package
A Case of Premium Ciders
Curated by Capitol Cider
VALUE: $395
This experience package includes: Henry Gallery Family membership for four; $50 Dining
Certificate at Ten Mercer; Admission for four to the Chihuly Garden & Glass; two Theatre tickets
each to Book-It & Seattle Shakespeare.
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SILENT AUCTION
VALUE: $300
An exquisite case of hand-crafted cider from Washington State, family-owned, orchard-based
cideries.
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KATHLEEN COYLE
View from Jack Block Park
Watercolor, 20 x 25 in.
JULIE PASCHKIS
Paprikina
Gouache on paper, 20.5 x 16.5 in.
VALUE: $485
VALUE: $800
“Working outside in public is different than working in a
studio. Seattle seems to be growing right in front of our
eyes, making it extremely fun to paint. My goal is not make a perfect painting of what I am viewing,
but to try and capture the energy and essence of a location.”
“Miss Paprikina is a sort of an alter ego for me. I painted it at the
beginning of January last year at the same time that I was starting
a web site to sell prints called Julie Paprika. It is a talismanic
image - a wish for happiness, fruitfulness and a colorful life.”
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FONG BAATZ
SAVVY DANI
Contemplate
Burst
Oil, 19 x 15 in.
Oil on linen panel, 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
VALUE: $1,200
VALUE: $950
“This was a portrait I created at Gage during a ten week open
studio series. The title of the piece represents the intense
gaze the model had; piercing and slightly judgmental. I
experimented with and exaggerated the colors to correctly
capture the mood of her intensity.”
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“‘Burst’ was painted in spring 2015. The complexity of the
composition emphasizes the underlying power of these tiny
flowers to end the monotony of long winter days. Their largerthan-life personality impelled to me to paint them larger than
life. The color harmonies the weathered door brought to the painting added the magic I was
seeking.”
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BARBARA THOMAS
WINE PACKAGE
Bird Singing Light
Exclusive from DeLille Cellars
SILENT AUCTION
VALUE: $233
Framed colored print, limited run,
signed by artist, 29 1/8 x 35 in.
VALUE: $325
This package includes: one bottle of DeLille D2, one bottle of Chaleur Blanc, plus a magnum of
Triple Threat – a unique blend not sold directly to the public.
The original egg tempera work “Bird Singing Light” was selected by Bumbershoot, the Seattle
Arts Festival as featured artwork for its commemorative poster in 2003, and produced as a
limited edition for the Seattle Arts Commission. The work is beautifully representative of Thomas’
energetic, lyrical style, and features the reoccurring visual themes in Thomas's art of water, sky,
and birds.
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Donated by Sheila Hughes
TENOLD SUNDBERG
Untitled
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Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 in.
EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Tenold Sundberg received his artistic training from a
variety of schools and institutions, including Seattle Central Community College, Emily Carr Art
Institute and Gage Academy of Art. While at Gage Academy of Art, Tenold studied with Juliette
Artistides in her full-time program for four years. Since his time with Aristides, he has gone on
to study at museums including the Prado, the Louvre, the National Gallery DC and the Frye Art
Museum.
VALUE: $1,000
Suite Deal
VALUE: $525
Let Gage host your two-day weekend downtown! You will spend one night in a beautifully
appointed Suite Guestroom for two people and enjoy two classic cocktails in Olivier’s Lounge.
Package also includes American Breakfast for two in Andaluca Restaurant plus a $100 certificate
toward dinner for two in Andaluca and valet parking.
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STEPHANIE K. JOHNSON
Sustenance
JEREMIAS LENTINI
Oil on board, 22 x 26 in.
The News
VALUE: $750
Ceramics, acrylic & found objects, 22 x 16 x 16 in.
VALUE: $1,900
“My current body of work is a personal experimentation on the
connection between the conscious and unconscious elements of an idea. In the beginning I focus
on observational work and psychological engagement with the subject, I use photos as references
and I portrait that specific person. But it gets to a point where the piece vibrates on its own.
Realism is surpassed to start materializing what is invisible for our eyes. I juxtapose methodical
observational work and more spontaneous, improvised assembling of objects that intent to
embody emotion, to represent a mental image of a feeling.”
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“It is my goal to create paintings that celebrate the beauty displayed in our natural surroundings.
Whether it is a view of a rushing river, treasured shells from the ocean or freshly picked garden
sunflowers, I want to capture the splendor and evocative nature of color and light.”
Stephanie Johnson is represented by Santa Fe Art Collector.
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
WINE PACKAGE
Ginny Ruffner Studio Party for 10
Two Winning Reds from Betz Family Winery
VALUE: $750
VALUE: $300
Ginny Ruffner is a Seattle artist who works in a variety of
media including metal sculptures, glass sculptures, paintings, pop-up books and commissions.
Her glass sculptures helped create the field of torch worked glass art world-wide. Her work is
featured in museums around the globe. From Olympic Sculpture Park to the Huntsville Museum
and points in between, Ginny Ruffner is a celebrated local hero. Here’s a special opportunity for
ten friends to enjoy a private party in the artist’s Ballard studio.
Courtesy of Sherri Swingle & Matt Johnson
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SILENT AUCTION
This item includes: Betz Family 2010 La Cote Patriarche Syrah Yakima Valley, and Betz Family
2010 La Cote Rousse Syrah Red Mountain.
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KEVIN SCOTT MILLER
AKI SOGABE
Linum
Coffee Fever
VALUE: $1,500
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2x 17 1/2 in.
Mixed media, 33 in. circumference x 21 in. depth
VALUE: $500
Aki Sogabe was in middle school when she imitated a
papercutting illustration from a newspaper using origami
paper. Since then, she has continued the practice of cutting
paper to create art.
Donated by Jane Zalutsky
“The foundation of my art is wrapped in the idea of finding
unexpected beauty. In The Flower Project, I take flowers and
put them into inhospitable worlds with the goal of finding beauty in how those two things interact.
My interest isn't in the contrast between the two, but rather in how they change each other and
the unexpected beauty that forms with their interaction.”
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Friday Harbor Night Lights
MARITA DINGUS
Mixed Media 33 in. circumference x 21 in. depth
VALUE: $250
Two nights at the Discovery Inn in Friday Harbor and
admission for two at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
VALUE: $500
Marita Dingus was born in Seattle, Washington in 1956.
She attended Tyler School of Art at Temple University in
Philadelphia and San Jose State University. Dingus currently
lives and works in Washington. She received a Visual Art
Fellowship from Artist Trust in 1994, a John S. Guggenheim
Fellowship in 1999, and the Morrie and Joan Alhadeff
PONCHO Artist of the Year Award in 2005.
Located just minutes from the Friday Harbor ferry landing, Discovery Inn is the only lodging
facility on San Juan Island that offers rooms in a park-like setting. It’s an easy walk to the San
Juan Islands Museum of Art where celebrated Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s current exhibition runs
through April 11, 2016.
Donated by Jane Zalutsky
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ARTIST UNKNOWN
EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Shepherd’s Gate Street
Downtown
Hand tinted European Color Etching, Circa 1940,
17.5 x 19.75 in.
VALUE: $200
Donated by Sheila Hughes
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SILENT AUCTION
VALUE: $389
Two tickets to The 5th Avenue Theatre, tea for two
in the Georgian Room at the Fairmount Hotel, two
tickets to the ACT Theatre and dinner for two at
Portage Bay Cafe.
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MICHAEL MAGRATH
ETHAN LIND
Danielle
Charcoal on paper, 24 13/16 x 18 14/16 in.
VALUE: $350
KOH
Etching, 13 x 10.5 in.
VALUE: $100
“I do not pursue realism for its own sake, but consider clear and
direct observation an intense and deeply rewarding discipline, a
path to uncover something as yet unknown. For me, the study of
specific form and attitude of the individual is a way of exploring
and understanding the deeper structures of reality.”
“The etching is homage to Mark Kang-O’Higgins, my teacher,
mentor and friend. A graduate of the KOH Drawing and Painting
Atelier, I show in local galleries, and print and sell copper
etchings at my day stall at Pike Place market.”
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MIKE LEAVITT
TAMARA STEPHAS
The James Turrell Art Army
Composition: Red Fence
Polymer clay & mixed media, 17 x 12 x 3 in.
Oil on canvas, 12 x 14 in.
VALUE: $375
VALUE: $2,800
“My work explores the relationship between humans
and our environment – man-made and natural – by
combining landscape painting with architectural
elements and text. I am particularly interested in the
interface between urban, rural, and wild in this era of rapid environmental change.”
“My way of connecting art and the rest of the world is by making
handmade, one-of-a-kind ‘action figures.’ The Art Army tells stories
about how the body of an artist is consumed by their work. This
figure of James Turell is carved by the forms represented in his art.
Geometric hollows and natural shafts of light pierce his body. His
cowboy hat is removable to reveal a secret mind of golden minimalism. This is how I re-tell the
story of his art so that his work can continue beyond his own hands.”
Mike Leavitt is represented by the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY.
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Portrait Session w/ Gary Faigin
VALUE: $700
Portraits are symbols of honor, position, tradition and history. In
an increasingly digital world, a portrait painting or drawing is an
emblem of artistic achievement to be cherished for a lifetime.
The artist’s eye captures what the camera cannot. Commission
your own custom portrait sketch from Gage co-founder and
Artistic Director Gary Faigin.
closes at 6:55pm
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EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Dinner for Six at Tom Douglas’
Palace Kitchen + Two VIP
Paramount Tickets to
Loreena McKennitt (Sat, Mar 26)
VALUE: $845
The bustling bar scene and open kitchen with Applewood burning grill sets the mood at The
Palace Kitchen. Serving full dinners and appetizers nightly until 1:00 a.m., The Palace Kitchen is a
favorite with locals and out-of-towners alike.
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H. LEE HOLCOMB
Camel Rider
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Graphite, 29 x 22 3/4 in.
VALUE: $650
BILL EVANS
“Since I was a youngster, I have drawn, painted and designed. I
worked as a graphic designer in New York; taught art in the Lake
Washington and Bellevue School Districts to all ages; was in
Masters of Fine Arts program at The University of Washington;
and have had an interior design business. I am now painting.”
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PETER VAN DYCK
Leaning Bull
Clay, 12 x 16.5 x 6 in.
VALUE: $800
“I believe that various forms of art, drawing, painting, sculpture and even music are directly
related, and that it's important to be as involved as possible in each. The fundamentals of art are
about the same - being able to transcribe what you see and feel into your work. Other than that,
one only needs to learn how to handle the medium.”
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Apoxymenos
Oil on canvas, 25 x 21 in.
EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
VALUE: $3,500
“My work is the manifestation of my most optimistic and
positive feelings about the world and my experience in it. It is
my attempt to generate meaning for myself and hopefully for
other people. For me, painting is the act of reaching out to feel
the world, of trying to organize and dramatize the existent into
a painting.”
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Whidbey Island Wonder
VALUE: $75
This package includes: $25 Dining Certificate at Prima Bistro, and two tickets to Saratoga
Orchestra Summer Concert.
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MARIA OLANO
CHRISTINE OLSON GEDYE
Still Life with Roses
Morning Meditation
Oil, 14 x 14 in.
Oil on panel, 10 x 10 in.
VALUE: $1,000
VALUE: $600
“Life without art would be much duller. Lots of emotions and
feelings would be unexpressed and buried inside ourselves
because words are not always the best way to communicate.
We all see the world around us very differently. With my work I try to express my personal vision of
it, the emotions I feel, the mood I'm in, the thoughts I have.”
“I live across the street from Green Lake. Exploring the shapes
and lines at the shoreline is an almost meditative experience.
Here I worked from back to front, blocking in the background shapes in layers, glazing in the fog,
and then working up the bramble from the furthest branch to the closest. Water droplets came
last.”
Christine Olson Gedye is represented by Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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KATHY LIAO
Cup #3
PATRICIA ORELLANA
Collage, gouache, pen on paper, 14 x 14 in.
Earth & Stone
VALUE: $575
Oil on panel, 12 x 12 in.
“My work is about relationships. I paint from observation
and I want to become familiar with the various relationships that present them in front of me. The
air, color, light, and the distance and space between the sitter and me, shift week to week. More
significantly, time moves on, and people’s lives change. In the end, I only hope to be truthful to
what I see and to build upon that strange, unique, and the temporary relationship that transpires
with each sitting and each moment.”
Courtesy of the artist and Prographica Gallery
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Tom Hoffmann
Anne Petty
John Rizzotto
MARCH 14-25
VALUE: $450
“I am deeply drawn to history and its accounts of what
was learned, forgotten and rediscovered. I paint in
the same vein; my inspiration draws from the past to
create a visual of a person, place or memory that connects my subjects to a present moment. To
reiterate this connection, I layer my paintings with a timetable, figuratively and literally, through
the use of textural backgrounds. This process challenges me to make unexpected connections
between the old and new, and between the two cultures that I inhabit.”
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WINE PACKAGE
From the Cellars of Gage Trustee Greg Eastman
VALUE: $250
A Trio of Doubleback Cabernet 2007, 2008 + 2009
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closes at 6:55pm
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MICHAEL NALLY
GEOFFREY LAURENCE
Reflections, Bainbridge Island
Coby
Print on heavy weight, archival photo paper,
Pastel on paper, 41.5 x 31.5 in.
18 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.
VALUE: $2,500
VALUE: $300
“In this drawing of Coby I have left the blue under drawing visible
in parts and continued on to areas of strong warms and cools,
deliberately working in haste, as if I were steering a small boat
through a stormy sea.”
“Photographing Bainbridge Island can be a challenge for me. I love living someplace beautiful,
but as a photographer, I don’t usually focus my camera on the picturesque. This is why, though
my favorite time to live on the Island is summer and fall, my favorite time to take photographs is
often winter. There is a severe beauty on the Island made more so with the strong, directional
winter light that comes from a sun that never rises very high, if it ever really even appears. Also the
weather blows over quickly, so the way things look continually changes.”
SILENT AUCTION
Donated by Sheila Hughes
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VALUE: $400
Enjoy a zany evening of love, chaos and dinner for four at Teatro Zinzanni followed by a backstage
tour. Some restrictions apply. Not valid Friday or Saturday evenings or holidays.
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MELISSA DYANNE BARTLETT
DP2
Oil and acrylic on panel, 40 x 40 in.
VALUE: $1,750
“All of my work rides the fine line between abstraction and
representation. I like to play with the idea of the physical experience of a subject as well as the
memory of it, and the mental ramblings these places inspire. Painting has the amazing ability
to capture the representation of actual space and remembered space all at once since brush
strokes are a depiction of time.”
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Kathleen Moore | Mundo Vino | O Wines | Portage Bay Café
Prima Bistro | Ravishing Radish Catering | Gary Ruffner
Saint Mark’s Cathedral | San Juan Islands Museum of the Arts
Saratoga Symphony Summer Series | Seattle Shakespeare | Seattle Theatre Group
Sherri Swingle & Matt Johnson | Ronald Taylor | Ten Mercer | The Palace Kitchen
Teatro ZinZanni | Tom Douglas
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Index
Juliette Aristides 10
Andrew Hare 18
Patricia Orellana 44
Amanda Teicher 26
Fong Baatz33
Tom Hoffmann
6
Julie Paschkis
34
Barbara Thomas 35
Jennifer Baker
32
H. Lee Holcomb 41
Jethaniel Peterka
32
Kimberly Trowbridge 10
Melissa Dyanne Bartlett 45
Meg Holgate
17
Charles Prutting
21
Peter Van Dyck 41
Valencia Carroll 26
Michael Hoppe
22
John Rizzotto 13
Costa Vavagiakis 31
Larine Chung
15
Lauren Iida 31
Anthony Ryder
5
Joey Veltkamp 30
Pat Clayton
22
Roger Hayden Johnson
8
Lois Silver7
Patti Warashina
17
Gerry Conley
25
Stephanie K. Johnson 36
Lyle Silver 7
Melissa Weinman 2
Kathleen Coyle 33
Mark Kang-O’Higgins
11
Aki Sogabe 37
D. Lisa West 19
William Cumming 16
Caroline Kapp 29
Charles Spitzack 32
Holly White-Ghert
19
Salvador Dali
28
Richard Kehl 27
Tamara Stephas 39
Ellen Ziegler
27
Savvy Dani34
Ted Kutscher 13
Tenold Sundberg 20, 36
Unknown39
Margaret Davidson
13
Joshua Langstaff 10
Martijn Caspar Swart 26
Jon deMartin
16
Geoffrey Laurence 46
Marita Dingus
37
Shelly Leavens
24
Yumiko H. Dorsey
20
Mike Leavitt
40
David Dwyer 8
Anita H. Lehmann 23
Joe Max Emminger 18
Jeremias Lentini 35
Bill Evans 42
Kathy Liao43
Gary Faigin
12
Ethan Lind 40
Michael Friel
6
Patrick LoCicero 9
Terry Furchgott 6
Michael Magrath
39
Christine Olson Gedye 44
Scott McCall
25
Michael Grimaldi
14
Kevin Scott Miller
38
Mandy Theis Hallenius 25
Ned Mueller 21
Patty Haller
30
Michael Nally 28, 45
Patricia Halsell 14
Maria Olano 43
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