As dazzlingly laid out in a summer blockbuster show at Seattle Art Museum, “Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: The Mythic and the Mystical” adheres to a tighter curatorial logic than its 2003 predecessor…
Acclaimed Northwest artist Johsel Namkung died Monday, July 22, 2013. He was known for his large-scale, deeply textured photos of the artistic patterns found in nature.
A Seattle art dealer has brought home a large “obos” fountain by the acclaimed artist George Tsutakawa. He is having it refurbished and hopes to find a place where it can be installed and enjoyed by the public.
Alden Mason, 93, lived, painted with a flourish…
Seattle painter Jared Rue infuses scenes from nature with troubled family resonances in his new show, “Broken Line” at the Woodside Braseth Gallery.
Known for his intricate metal spheres and monumental spires, Hosey used industrial welding equipment and plasma cutting torches to shape pieces that reviewers called “mysterious” and “complex.”
At the time of his death, Hosey had just completed a commission for the Yakima Giving Circle in Yakima, Wash. It is a sphere he titled “Transcendence,” and is to be installed in front of the Larsen Building in downtown Yakima
The career of Seattle photographer Johsel Namkung will be celebrated with the publication of a sumptuous new book surveying his career.
“Paul Havas, the prolific painter of serene Northwest scenes, died Feb. 16th 2012”, An Appreciation in the Seattle Times by Gayle Clemans
“Seattle photographer Joshel Namkung, now in his 90s, has an instinctive eye for the insistent shapes in nature: a sandbar’s ripples, a fir forest’s verticals, a grass field’s breeze-combed swilrs.”
A review of “Masters Behind the Lens: Works by Johsel Namkung and Ansel Adams at the Woodside Braseth Gallery.