Woodwalk Gallery News

Somewhere between the glorious Memorial Service for Bill Kuhn’s and the “haunting” MidSummer’s Music concert of Schulhoff, Mozart and Lachner, the 1,000th guest of the 2011 season walked through Woodwalk’s door.

Checks went out to 15 artists who had had sales during May, several of them for major pieces.  A great start….

Nostalgia by R.Crowell

Taking A Spin by A. Winkler

Detail from Nancy's Favorites by A.Winkler

Woodwalk Gallery presents its second exhibit of the 2011 season, ”Bounded Movement” featuring new works by Rebecca Crowell and Anita Winkler.  The opening public reception will be Sunday, July 3 from 4:30- 7:00 with food, beverages and music.  At 6:00 the artists will talk about their work for the exhibit.

Each of these two artists captures moments of movement in their works- movement of time, space, emotion, memory and nature.  Crowell’s work in oil paint and cold wax evoke a struggle for balance and symmetry.  Major elements are joined by etched scribbling and splashes of color.  Translucent layers of wax and color invite the viewer into the figures creating “bounded movement”.

A highly awarded artist and influential faculty member at Peninsula School of Art, Crowell inspires students and viewers with her sense of abstraction and dissonance freeing them to move outside the lines and closer to the boundaries of their own personal experience.

Winkler’s works for the exhibit are filled with meaning highlighted by her unique artistic techniques. For “Taking A Spin” she has carefully captured spider webs, dyed them then mounted and sealed them with hot wax.  Fragile yet encased, evocative of the weaving spider at work yet beautiful in its own captured moment, the pieces are memorable in or out of their context in nature.

“Nancy’s Favorites” incorporates fabric squares from Winkler’s mother’s wardrobe, each square showing wear and typical decade-specific patterns.  The viewer cannot help but remember a dress “like that” worn by mother or grandmother, or, at least, available in a vintage clothing store.

Barb and Greg Luhring at 3W Design have worked their magic and the new Woodwalk website is up and running offering a dramatic new design, several new features and access to more Woodwalk resources…

Thank you Barb and Greg!

Christian Egger "Fossils"

Chris Egger is having a wonderful early season at Woodwalk having sold 9 of his wall platters that he calls “Fossils.”

Using his own unique process, Chris presses natural materials into clay slabs then low fires the material and clay.  He then applies glazes and surfaces over the impressions and ash remains.

Often there is a wildness and earthiness to his work  that feels right at home at Woodwalk but also in collections at Acuity Insurance, homes on the North Shore and up and down the peninsula.

Bill was always a special person at Woodwalk… so special he even had his own reserved table for Friday night concerts.  Friends of Bil and Woodwalk are invited to remember him and celebrate his life, Saturday, June 18 from 5:30 until.  There will be lots of music and reminiscences… bring pot-luck to share.

The stage is set

but the story goes on told by his horse Rocinante.  The stage is set, the actors ready (well, sort of)… join us for great singing and silliness.  You are the stars getting to sing Tonight, Some Enchanted Evening, I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’, etc.   Friday, Saturday and Sunday- 7:00 pm.

It was a grand opening reception with over 320 people in attendance! Sales were excellent, brat sliders were a hit and David, Lynn, Patrick, Hans, George and Len were magnificent!