Leaves are falling, the hooded jackets are at the front of the closet, and piles of candy are at the end of every store aisle. That means just one thing. It’s time for Arts Walk! The creative vibe is amping up in downtown Olympia and the gallery is proud to host five amazing and diverse artists this season.

Arts Walk XLIX

We are so excited to showcase Fall Arts Walk Cover Artist, Kristen Etmund and her beautifully detailed woodblock prints. Childhood’s End has been extremely fortunate to have shown Etmund’s work in the past, and can’t wait to see what flora and fauna she reveals for this series. Kristen’s soft, layered imagery of plants and animals are created by a precise and labor intensive technique of carving, inking and hand pressing onto paper – each color requiring a separate pressing. The results are stunning, it’s no wonder Olympia has chosen Kristen to represent out artist’s community.

Stone sculpture will be represented by M.J. Anderson who will have several classic, figurative marble pieces with us for this show. Anderson travels to Italy to personally select the marble used in these classic forms, feeling that stone is the material least artificial and best to represent mankind. These are timeless works that show both the perfection and imperfections of humanity itself.

At first glance, Michael Dickter‘s oil paintings may give the impression that you are looking at an ornithologist’s field studies that got caught in a rain shower. Taking a closer look, it becomes apparent that the drips, smudges and discolorations are as precisely placed as each tail feather or flower petal. Dickter’s paintings show the fragility and beauty of our environment, and how quickly it can change.

Keith Lazelle‘s deep appreciation of the natural world shines through in his bold photographs of regional images. It’s easy to take for granted the spectacular environment of the Northwest until we see these stunning reminders of something as simple as a fern, or the bark of a tree framed. Keith’s work has been used by the Nature Conservancy, Eddie Bauer and Microsoft.

The mixed media shadowboxes from prior Arts Walk Cover Artist, Chris Maynard, are unlike anything else we have exhibited. Each box holds many single, intricate components, painstakingly cut from a feather that create a scene when placed with precision. From a single feather, Maynard’s final outcome may bring a flock of birds fleeing a branch, a mythological dragon or a heron eyeing a school of fish.

We hope you will be able to join us Friday and Saturday, October 3rd & 4th for Arts Walk XLIX, with live music from the C Notes, Friday 6-9 pm.

Click here to watch a video of Chris in action!

 

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