SWATCHES OF COLOR WASHING OVER OUR VIEW, INTERACTING AND JUMPING OFF OF EACH OTHER. AN EXERCISE IN SIMPLICITY AND A CHALLENGE OF BALANCE AND CONTRAST. LET THESE PIECES SPEAK TO YOU FROM THE LIMITLESS LANGUAGE OF COLOR.
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JOEY SCHNUCK
KELLY SORBEL
ANTONIO MENDEZ
Antonio Mendez Artist’s Statement:
As a minority child maturing in a majority Caucasian community, I wanted to subdue who I was to blend into the community, to conform. As I matured, I realized that I am different and do not easily relate to many others. I would embrace my differences. I believe places have a type of “spirit,” people have shaped the culture that holds a place together. I clear my mind and put that on a surface.
Bio:
Antonio A. Mendez III
May 10, 1981
Born: Everett, WA
Based: Bellingham, WA
American, Designer, Rapid-Prototyper, Hammock Champion, Astrophysics, Eagle Scout,
Explorer.
Sometimes I make funky stuff. I realize that when I am out of my cozy place, I make some amusing stuff as well. Live like a world citizen, look externally. My latest work is inspired by places traveled. I deconstruct with texture and color, then contextualize my feeling of the place.
Preferred Medium:
Ink and Paper
Style:
Exploring color theory now with non-traditional tools, computers and plotters. I have always created work similar to Tsutomu Nihei.
Time to try something different.
MARGARET WILD
Margaret Wild Artist Statement:
I played outside a lot when I was little. I remember building with sand, mud, snow, and sticks by a brook near our house and then decorating it all with leaves, flowers, and berries. These creations became a village, city, or fairy tale land, accompanied by a story made up on the spot. Later I did beadwork and by high school I was completing larger ceramic work. In college I did sculpture. During the pandemic used mostly free magazines and produced over 200 collages and wrote over a dozen poems. It has been energizing to have my artwork recognized at this stage of my life. Creating is instinctive for me. It’s an activity that became a habit. I have a desire to make something new.