CALL FOR ART!

NW Printmakers Open Call

Smith & Vallee Gallery is in the process of planning an open call June show entitled "On to the Next One - NW Printmakers Open Call". For this show, we hope to show a broad range of work from emerging and establish, local and regional printmakers.


About the Exhibition:
Exhibition dates are June 2 - 24, 2012 with an opening on the first Saturday, June 2nd from 5-8pm. Artwork must be dropped off during our regular business hours (11am - 5pm) May 24 -27, or by outside appointment.

How to Submit:
Send an email with the following information to info@smithandvallee.com:

• 1 to 5 high resolution images of submitted artwork.
• Title, medium, dimensions, and retail price of submitted artwork.
• Your contact information:  Name, address, email, phone number.
• Any supplemental biography, cv, or short explanation of your work is suggested but not required.

All artwork must be framed and ready to hang but will also consider taking unframed examples from the same edition as an artwork on display.

We will review artwork only through digital submission.

Deadline:
Artwork must be submitted by Sunday, May 20th.

Kris Ekstrand Molesworth

KRIS EKSTRAND MOLESWORTH
"From the Flats - New Monotypes"
April 7 - 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7th (5-8pm)

Like many, Kris Ekstand Moleworth’s artwork is inexorably linked to where she lives and what she has learned there. In her solo debut at Smith & Vallee Gallery Ekstrand Molesworth’s artwork combines the aching beauty of a landscape with its invisible, often darker, narrative.

This exhibition will feature a new series of Skagit based monotypes with reoccurring imagery of aging granaries, barns, sheds, and the edge of the land where the river infiltrates the bay. Each unique monotype has been printed using a hand-cranked etching press on handmade rag paper. Ekstrand Molesworth pulls each monotype through the press several times, giving her work ethereal and ghostly qualities.

"Gazing Shed", Monotype and oil, 19" x 20"

"Barn During Supermoon", Monotype and oil, 35" x 28"

"Clearing by the South Fork", Monotype, 28" x 35"

"Skagit Estuary I", Monotype, 19" x 20"

"Skagit Poplars II", Monotype and oil, 35" x 28"

"Spring Barn", Monotype and oil, 35" x 28"

"Sheds, Fir Island", Monotype and oil, 19" x 20"

One After Another: More New Furniture!

Five Drawer Maple Dresser

Five Drawer Maple Dresser

Single Slab Spalted Maple Table with Metal Base

Single Slab Spalted Maple Table with Metal Base

Butterfly Key Detail - Single Slab Spalted Maple Table with Metal Base

Craftsman Style Black Walnut Bed and Nightstand Set

Craftsman Style Black Walnut Bed and Nightstand Set

Craftsman Style Nightstand Set

Craftsman Style Nightstand Set

Black Walnut Mitered Joint Mirror with Wenge Detail

Black Walnut Mitered Joint Mirror with Wenge Detail


Local Cherry Four Sided Live Edge Mirror


Reclaimed Fir Thru-Tenon Benches

Reclaimed Fir Thru-Tenon Bench


Reclaimed Fir Thru-Tenon Benches


Reclaimed Fir Thru-Tenon Bench

Vertical Grain Fir Long Bench

Vertical Grain Fir Desk with File Cabinets and Long Bench

Vertical Grain Fir Desk

Vertical Grain Fir Desk

Vertical Grain Fir Desk

English Walnut Nightstand with Live Edge Detail

English Walnut Nightstand with Live Edge Detail

English Walnut Bookmatched Live Edge Table


English Walnut Bookmatched Live Edge Table

Before & After!

Bookmatched Local Maple Live Edge Table completed just in time for our client's Christmas dinner.

Edison For The Holidays

The holiday season always reminds us why we love our town of Edison, Washington. The Edison Women's Society, who are also in charge of the street light system in the town and run an annual bingo fundraiser, put up handpainted snowmen, candy canes, and Christmas trees throughout all of our main streets. Local residents and businesses deck their halls with lights and lush garlands.

Not a place to miss during this time of year and the perfect place to take visitors and out of town holiday guests! Take in some shopping, get some great food, and do a stroll about town. Nothing like this place and no where we would rather be!