Please join us on First Friday Art Walk for the opening reception of this outstanding and eclectic group art show.
Featuring new work by
Claire Frederick
Nora Ayers
Rachel Rothberg
Regan Russell
Maxwell Green
Claire Frederick
As a person processing newly discovered labels of queerness and neurodivergence, I have thought about the ways my identities inform my artistic practice. In my paintings, I explore familial narrative with paintings of a still life I built out of a crochet blanket, a cardboard box, and three stuffed animals. An exploration of set design, lighting, and color, I became fascinated by the personalities I can build for these characters and the relationships they develop as I paint them in different scenes. Alienation is a very fundamental part of my relationships with my peers growing up, how can I extend that feeling to this household? As you look at these works, I invite you to let your imagination go wild. Who are these characters? What are their relationships to each other? Live in this world with them for a moment and feel what they’re feeling, explore their home and put yourself in their shoes and look at the world through soft fabric skin.
Claire Frederick- Bedtime, acrylic on wood panel, 2023, $800
Clair Frederick- Dinner Time, acrylic on wood panel, 2023, $800
Claire Frederick -The Talk, acrylic on wood panel, 2023, $1200
Regan Russell is an artist from the Southwest desert, currently based in the Pacific Northwest. She has been painting for over 20 years, and works in several other mediums such as; stained glass and weaving. Most of her inspiration comes from her deep passion for music. The lyrics, sounds, and emotions enhance her everchanging artistic style. The highlight of her career is being able to immortalize a special subject or moment into a piece of art that will be cherished forever by others. When she is not creating, she spends her time gardening, mountain biking, and kayaking with her husband.
Regan Russell- Tangerine, Acrylic, 2023 $300
Regan Russell - Last True Confessions, Acrylic, 2024, $500
Maxwell Green
In this series of relief prints, I explore themes of mischief, greed, companionship, magic, ritual, folklore, discovery, and the cycle of life and death in the natural world. Each print offers a glimpse into a swampy tableau of flora and fauna, celebrating the fleeting, enchanting, and sometimes unnerving spirit of existence in this world.
Maxwell Green -Lunch with Heron Linocut on Kitakata 2024 $80
Maxwell Green - Hand of Power Linocut on Kitakata 2024 $80
Maxwell Green-Stalactite Blues Linocut on Mulberry 2024 $200
Maxwell Green - Gators Respite Linocut on Kitakata 2024 $150
Rachel Rothberg
My oil paintings of deceased birds explore both the tension and tenderness that exist within mortality. I am influenced by a deep love of all living things and my experiences of loss and grief. Birds have captivated me since my earliest memories: their marvelous capacities and their fragility. I want to bring viewers face-to-face with the interconnectivity of the world and stir empathy towards these delicate beings. Observing environmental patterns reaching back for millennia reminds me of the beauty that can be found in death, and that life always finds a way to emerge. A Song Sparrow is surrounded by lush foliage and berries in its death from an outdoor cat. A Common Murre floats in a bed of bull kelp; thousands of overlaid dots painted red and white represent a 92% decline of murres in Bellingham Bay over 50 years. Hummingbirds, a goldfinch, and others are laid to rest on glass windows, the most prominent cause of bird death. My work provides a space to recover sensitivity and attentiveness to the natural world at a global turning point for ecological conservation.
Rachel Rothberg-Semaphore, 2024, Oil on canvas, 24” x 24”, $800
Rachel Rothberg-Lights Off II (Ruby-throated Hummingbirds), 2022, Oil on glass window, 5” x 8”, $400
Rachel Rothberg-Lights Off IV (Lesser Goldfinch), 2022, Oil on glass window, 5” x 8”, $400
Rachel Rothberg-Lights Off V (Ruby-crowned Kinglet), 2022, Oil on glass window, 5” x 8”, $400