Urban Light Studios & the Seattle Arts Coalition present:
Opening Reception:
Friday, 14 July from 6-10pm
"Mechanical Aviary"
by Braden Duncan (ClockworkArt)
Watercolour birds augmented with mechanical accoutrement
Braden Duncan (a.k.a. Clockwork Art). Artist & curator. Watercolour & oil. Steampunk & circuitry. She is inspired by the intricate elegance created by the convergence of biological and mechanical elements, and fascinated by the effects of transformative technologies on contemporary society. She aims to take over the world with the strange and the adorable.
Her current bodies of work focus on kittens, birds, bunnies & bugs augmented with mechanical & pop culture accoutrement.
Braden is the co-founder of the Seattle Arts Coalition, writer of Art Scene Seattle, curator of Steamposium's Artist Alley, and a member of the international Strange Dreams Surreal Artist Collective. She lives and works in Seattle and regularly assists with curating & art installation for a number of galleries around the Northwest. She can usually be found covered in oil paint, watercolour, engine grease, and cat hair.
Braden's little black kitten, Diesel, is her constant companion & artistic muse. Ghost & Earl Grey are her newest studio assistants and aspire soon to follow in Diesel's paw prints.
More info:
www.clockworkart.com
The Seattle Arts Coalition & the Georgetown Liquor Co present:
"Goddesses & Monsters"
Laura Diane Cameron
Opening reception:
Saturday, 7 July from 6-9pm
Showing through 3 September 2017
Even monsters get to be the Heroes of their own stories. Goddesses and Monsters have trampled all over my two-decade-plus art journey, showing up to frequent my inner landscape until I create a painting to tell their tale. A few favorite characters are featured here: Raven Goddesses, Tree Spirits, Daemons & other assorted Mythic Beings.
The word “daemon” is a curious thing—common vernacular translates the word that invokes an evil monster: “demon”. But go back far enough to the original Greek (Daimon) and Latin (Daemon) root itself, “Daemon” means indwelling spirit or deity. In modern times, a daemon is a computer program that runs in the background. My daemons provide never-ending inspiration, and, occasionally, exasperation.
Bio:
Laura Cameron is a Seattle-based artist, receiving her BFA in Painting from Washington State University. Currently, her studio resides in a large building full of other artists and dreamers along the north shore of Lake Union. Laura also teaches private lessons as well as "paint and sip" events at various public and private venues around the south Puget Sound area. Laura has also created private commissions ranging from Tarot decks, movie props, portraits of people and animals, as well as book illustrations. She lives with her wife Rowan and cat Tyger in North Seattle.
More info:
http://lauradianecameron.com
