The Art Walk is September 14th from 5-8pm (check venues for specific times).
For all intents and purpose, summer is over and the crisp, chilled air of fall is upon us. As the leaves start to float down, stroll through our neighborhood businesses to view our amazing musical and visual artists. As always, make sure to stop by our great neighborhood sponsoring eateries for food and drink as you check out the artwork in our neighborhood.
Art will be on display at 40 participating businesses and you can enjoy a wide variety of “Art Walk Specials” at 15 bars, restaurants and cafes (Check out our Facebook post for more info). So grab a Walking Map at any of the participating businesses below to plan your route!
This post’s hero artwork by Kalina Winska. Kalina is showing this month at ArtsWest .
Please note: We will be updating the businesses and their artists as the week goes on. Please check back before Second Thursday evening!
Can’t Join on September 14th? Our photography team will be covering some of the receptions and will post photos and a recap in a post on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. Check out the social accounts of your favorite exhibiting business – they may post photos or video, too!
We also want to remind our Art Lovers that this event is powered by our participating artists, businesses, and restaurants. Thank you for all you do to celebrate our vibrant art scene in West Seattle!
Click here to view the Google map for businesses that are open and exhibiting.
Walking Map for September Art Walk!
Art of Music @ September Art Walk
The upcoming September 14 West Seattle Art Walk will feature Art of Music with events in the Admiral District and Alaska Junction!
September 14 Performer Guitar Gil @ CAPERS in the Alaska Junction. Guitar Gil performs rhythmic and melodic solo guitar arrangements of swing, Latin, jazz, rock and pop tunes and has performed throughout the Northwest for several decades. The song arrangements in his repertoire are drawn from the music of Duke Ellington, Elton John, The Beatles, Jim Croce, Frank Sinatra, The Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, Nat King Cole, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and other great songwriters and performers of vintage pop tunes. Guitar Gil will be performing tunes from his debut album Dreamin’, available for streaming or downloading at www.guitargil.com. Click here to view Guitar Gil’s flyer. Jump down to Caper’s post to see more about Guitar Gil, including a video of his music.
September 14 Catchy melodies, thoughtful lyrics, and soulful delivery; performer Trevor Ras @ Welcome Road Winery in the Admiral District. Funky beats and campfire sing-a-longs land Trevor’s music between Zac Brown, Van Morrison, and James Taylor. Drawing inspiration from sailing the islands of Puget Sound and the Gulf Islands, he’s come to view life as a seaborne adventure. Where the musician meets the sea is where his 3rd solo album, Life at Sea was born. Click here to view Trevor Ras’ flyer. Jump down to Welcome Road Winery’s post to see more about Trevor Ras, including a video of his music.
Each musician will be performing family-friendly content for 90 minutes at their Art of Music event, from 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm, with one 15-minute break at the midway point.
Featured Q3 Artist! Congratulations to our second quarter featured artist Debbie Bianchi. The West Seattle Arts’ Council loved the vibrant colors and layering of Northwest images to make a brilliant, cohesive collage depicting our West Seattle coastline. Debbie will be showing her art at the Southpaw Barbershop in September.
ALKI POINT & LUNA PARK
Brought to you by the West Seattle Junction Association
Infinity Shore Club
1250 Alki Ave SW
Kate (Flückinger) Petty INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Kate (Flückinger) Petty was born in West Seattle and has lived and worked here for the last twenty years. Kate finds inspiration in our spectacular landscape. Equally profound and interesting to her are our shifting emotional landscapes. She sees paintings as private narratives — a place, moment, memory in time. Her work explores themes of renunciation, movement, intensity, and impermanence, and her compositions join loose brushwork and rich color with an uninhibited physicality. A longtime volunteer supporting women in prison, Kate is currently creating a new program to share the transformative process of painting. See more of her work or learn more about this project at katepettyart.com.
Learn about Kate’s work on her Instagram and Website.
Lake Washington Physical Therapy
1309 Harbor Ave SW Ste A, Seattle, WA 98116
Lake Washington Physical Therapy will not be showing this month.
Lily’s Salvadoran Restaurant
2940 SW Avalon Way
Food & drink specials during the Art Walk include $2 off any liquor/beverage or a free empanada dessert with purchase and is available 5-8pm.
Izaya Colson INDOORS SHOW + RECEPTION 5pm – 8pm
Visit Lily’s not just for their wonderful cuisine but to see their large wall mural depicting the city of Guazapa where the owner, Lily, grew up. Below is the description of the art murals:
The inspiration for this painting was to replicate a peaceful, small city in El Salvador, called “GUAZAPA”. Lily, owner of “LILY’S SALVADOREAN RESTAURANT”, was raised in Guazapa before moving to USA in 2004 and then to Seattle in 2007. One of the first and most important things to notice is the woman in the lead. She is wearing a blue and white dress to represent the El Salvador flag. In the center of the painting is the lifeline river “RIO GUAZAPA”. A river like this is where Lily’s family would wash clothes and bathe. The yellow flowers in each corner of the painting are the national flower, called “FLOR DE IZOTE”. Unlike flowers which face up, these face down, almost as if they are relaxing. They vary in color from vibrant yellow to soft off white. One the far right, you will see the national bird El Salvador, called “TOROGOZ”. Lily recalls how the birds would sometimes peck at her window, which she found humorous. She felt a friendly connection the the birds, as if they were very aware of each other’s presence.
Look closely at the mountain in the background, you might see the “sleeping lady”. This mountain view is only visible from some angles. When the civil war started in 1979, the fighting was fierce in Suchitoto on the other side of the mountain. Many people fled Suchitoto for the safety of Guazapa.
The painting took ten full days of hard work to realize, from building the frames, painting and installation. Izaya’s intention is for the viewer to feel as if they are stepping into Lily’s world, to experience where she’s from and the things that made her happy. This captures the place where Lily learned about herself and shaped how she relates to the community, family, food, and her culture.
Learn more about Lily’s Salvadorean Restaurant at their Instagram and Facebook pages.
ADMIRAL JUNCTION
Brought to you by the Admiral Neighborhood Association
West Seattle Grounds
2141 California Ave SW
Suzanne M Uschold INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
The Pacific Northwest offers endless inspiration for my art with its majestic mountains, towering evergreens, crashing waves, roaring rivers and beautiful wildlife. My husband and I enjoy capturing this beauty with our cameras as we walk around our local parks and gardens or go on scenic drives. I love the challenge of turning a photo into a quilt using a variety of techniques including collage, applique, thread painting and free motion quilting. While some art quilters embellish their work with paint, I prefer to “paint” my quilts, using only fabric and thread, and the occasional addition of lace or cheesecloth.
Learn more about Suzanne’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
The Nook
2206 California Ave SW
Small craft cocktail bar specializing in house infusions and light snacks. Banana Bread Old Fashioned for $12!
Zelda Zonk
2210 California Ave SW
Matt Shaw INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Matt is a portrait and commercial photographer based in West Seattle. At a very early age, Matthew had an interest in the arts. His theatrical nature, attention to detail, and sensitivity to everyone’s unique story have driven his business. Managing a portrait studio, working as a Nikon photographer, and providing various photography services all over the country, he is constantly developing new skills and techniques and taking risks with his work.
Learn more about Matt’s work on his Instagram and Website.
4213 SW College Street
Art Exhibit + Art Walk Special! Free Happy Hour size pizza with purchase of any appetizer or pizza.
Linda Kemp Scheiber INDOORS 4pm-9pm
Still Life with Meadow Lark Lemon
Linda Kemp Scheiber is a native NW artist that has been showing her pastel and oil paintings in the Puget Sound region since the 1990’s. A graduate of Seattle’s Burnley School of Art she worked professionally as a graphic designer. She studied with Ron Lukas and Henry Stinson. Her works have been shown in galleries and restaurants her in Seattle and The Gallery of Great Things and Up Country in Hawaii. She is also my mother which makes her the greatest artist in the history of Pizzeria 22 gallery.
SOPRANO’S ANTICO PIZZA & PASTA RESTAURANT
2348 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food and Drink Specials! Please mention “The Art Walk” and ask your server about the rotating Art Walk Specials!
Otter on the Rocks
4210 SW Admiral Way
Art Walk Special: $2 off specialty cocktails on Art Walk night.
West Seattle Realty (PARTNER)
2715 California Ave SW, Suite 105
Jan Brown INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-9pm
Abstract , working with several mediums.
Seattle Dive Tours
4217 SW Admiral Way
Stacey Sterling INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
I have been painting since I could hold a brush and selling my Art since 1980. My art career started on the Santa Monica boardwalk while attending California State University Northridge. Through these experiences and volunteering for ocean conservation groups, I found my passion to advocate for clean oceans and to protect Sealife. Since 2020, I have been painting entirely about the Salish Sea. I am fortunate to live close enough to the Puget sound to swim and get instant inspiration. I paint seascapes to Sealife. I love translating the colors and images I see from above the water and the colors and Sealife below the water to canvas. With my paintings I hope to trigger a bigger love of the ocean and with this help save the beauty and biodiversity of the Salish Sea and beyond.
Learn more about Stacey’s work on her Instagram and Website.
The Good Society Brewery and Public House
2701 California Ave SW, Unit A
Jessica Tulloch INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm (Good Society is open until 10pm)
Bringing together a passion for art and a background in science, Jessica Tulloch’s captivating acrylic pour art seamlessly unites both worlds. After navigating through a challenging period, she discovered solace and inspiration in the realm of fluid painting, a medium that mirrors life’s inherent uncertainty. With a relaxed approach, Jessica finds beauty in the unknown, embracing the unpredictability of each artistic endeavor. Her acrylic pour creations reflect an organic aesthetic shaped by the principles of chemistry and physics. Colors, textures, and flows emerge which mirror the beauty of the natural world, space, and even the intricate details of molecular biology.
Learn more about Jessica’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Learn more about Jessica’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
My Necessitea
3237B California Ave SW
My Necessitea will not be showing this month.
WEND Jewelry
3278 California Ave SW
Caroline Autenrieth INDOOR SHOW& RECEPTION, 5pm-8pm
This new series of paintings by West Seattle’s own, Carolyn Autenrieth, looks at trees with fascination as if the stance and posture exacted on them with weather and time presents a narrative to be discovered. Her subjects are the trees of Alki and the trees of Twisp.
About Carolyn Autenrieth Her work as a ceramic artist and painter, contemplates the transformative process in the natural world and celebrates the nuance and surprises found in the ‘ordinary’. The work is part of an investigative process of discovering narrative, metaphor, and beauty (sometimes terrible beauty) in her life and the world around her to invite a deeper response.
Learn more about Carolyn’s work at her Instagram and Website as well as WEND’s Facebook.
Soiree
3278-B California Ave SW
We want to welcome Soiree to West Seattle and West Seattle Artwalk! Click on link above to visit their website and here to see their Instagram page to learn more about their exciting curated provisions and party essentials. Soiree will be hosting an artist next month. Stay tuned!
Molly’s Bottle Shop
3278 California Ave SW Suite C
Cat Brooks INDOORS + RECEPTION 5pm – 8pm
Cat Brooks, a fresh face in the art scene at 53 years old, is debuting her work as an abstract painter and digital artist here in West Seattle. Born and raised in New York, she didn’t pick up a paint brush until she was in her 40s as a therapeutic exercise after being diagnosed with Endometriosis. Her new series, primarily digital, reflects the journey of a woman living many years in pain with an invisible disease. Using a darker palette and leaving the figures faceless is reflective of feeling unseen and dismissed. Subjects are skewed, a little contorted, or fading into the background, yearning to reclaim visibility and agency.
JETT Landscape Architecture + Design
3445 California Ave SW
Stuart Kleiger ARTIST OPEN STUDIO 5pm-8pm
Select pieces from the collection, Collateral Discoveries. This body of work is about crossing over the last two years and the unexpected discoveries that were made along the way. Discoveries of ourselves, of others, of sorrow, and of isolation. We also began to see again what we forgot, what we took for granted, and were reminded of what was overlooked. I hope you find in these works shared expressions of what we have endured and moments of gratitude we had among such loss. It is my hope this body of work can create community out of experiences previously held in isolation. We all went through something, let us now “common thread” our burdens, and commune in joy. Let us remember what we found as much as what we wish to forget.
Learn more about Stuart’s work on his Instagram and Website.
Southpaw Barbershop
3614 California Ave SW
Debbie Bianchi INDOOR + RECEPTION 5-8pm
Debbie is our Featured Artist of the Quarter. Make sure to stop by Southpaw Barbershop to see her fascinating work!
Thank you so much for joining me Thursday September 14. At SouthPaw I will be hanging my framed canvas prints. These are perfect for the collector who wants to own a picture from a local artist yet doesn’t want the cost or commitment of original art. The prints encompass my octopus series and me earth and sky series- all unique and limited prints.
Learn more about Debbie’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and website.
Welcome Road Winery
5910 California Ave SW Ste B
$1 off of glass pours
Deb McCarroll, permanent collection visual artist and Trevor Ras, musical artist. Music will be performed from 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm, with one 15-minute break at the midway point.
Deb McCarroll’s bold work embodies the Northwest’s regional culture. Patterns are created with Seattle’s ubiquitous falling rain. Paper is integrated into wet paint and then set on fire. Metal leaf is frequently woven into scenes and selectively oxidized with acid to add patinas in glittering greens and browns. Local flora and fauna are painted in startling realism and then pared with raw abstract practices.
Learn more about Deb’s work at her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Trevor Ras’ funky beats and campfire sing-a-longs land Trevor’s music between Zac Brown, Van Morrison, and James Taylor. Drawing inspiration from sailing the islands of Puget Sound and the Gulf Islands, he’s come to view life as a seaborne adventure. Where the musician meets the sea is where his 3rd solo album, Life at Sea was born.
ALASKA JUNCTION
Brought to you by the West Seattle Junction Association
And Arlen Jewelry
Will be not participating in this month’s Artwalk.
LARS GESING FINE ART NATURE IMAGES
4413 42ND AVE SW
INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 3pm – 8pm
Visit Lars Gesing’s fine art nature photography gallery in the Junction and immerse yourself in the calming natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
Learn more about Lars’s work at his Instagram, Facebook and Website.
John L. Scott West Seattle
4445 California Ave SW
Matthew Harkleroad INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
My work is about materials, shapes, edges, colors and textures. It is meant to be experienced and enjoyed in a very direct, visceral way. This is also how I make it. My intention is to reveal more than invent, to allow more than force, to feel more than think. I choose media, techniques and marks that feel honest and natural, building surfaces that appeal to my love of patina, accidents and the aesthetics of layered histories. My joy is in the act of responding– What is needed here? What would make this image hum? Sometimes personal or narrative associations arise from this process. But usually the experience is more like smelling a fragrant rose, with a depth of experience that is valuable enough on its own, free of association. Either way is fine.
Learn more about Matthew’s work on his Website.
SEATTLE FISH COMPANY
4435 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food and Drink Special! $5.00 House red & white, $1 off on-tap beers, 5pm to close.
SHADOWLAND
4458 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food and Drink Special! $1 off glass of wine on Art Walk night!
Alki Arts Pop-up Gallery (situated in the Senior Center Annex Pop-Up Space)
4500 California Ave SW
Alki Arts Pop-Up Gallery will not be participating in Artwalk this month.
Verity Credit Union (Art Walk Partner)
4505 California Ave SW
Marie Skoor INDOOR SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
The Night Garden
“The Night Garden” is a collection of work that highlights the artist as an illustrator. Color, design and an attention to detail are featured in these acrylic paintings. Accompanying the floral paintings are three line drawings of the night garden’s “moth mummies.” Join us as we fall down the rabbit hole into the exquisite world of the artist’s night garden.
Marie Skoor is an artist living and working in the Seattle area. After graduating from Evergreen with a B.A. in Fine Art she worked in graphic design as well as taught for a non-profit organization spearheaded by Dale Chihuly called “Seniors Making Art.” She now works in advertising and continues to draw, paint, photograph and produce art.
Check out her art at: https://www.facebook.com/SkoorStudio/ and on Instagram: @marietheartist10
Contact her with questions at: marietheartist@yahoo.com
Learn more about Marie’s work on her Instagram and Facebook.
Quail Park of West Seattle
4515 41st Ave SW
We will have wine and light refreshments available.
Katie Blanchard BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 4pm-7pm Artist will not be in attendance.
Katie is not only the Health & Wellness Director for our amazing community she is also an artist. Her paintings are colorful, playful, and enchanting.
Capers Home
4511 California Ave SW
Capers is excited to show case visual artist Melanie Brauner and Guitar Gil as their musical artist for this month’s ArtWalk. Melanie Brauner is a metalsmith, papermaker and artist. In addition, Capers Home is hosting Guitar Gil who performs rhythmic, melodic solo guitar arrangements of swing, Latin, jazz, rock and pop tunes and has performed throughout the Northwest for several decades. Also, Capers has new art from Evan Hilsenberg-Riley… It is a special night at Capers, indeed!
See more details about Capers at their Website.
Melanie Brauner INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Melanie Brauner is a metalsmith, papermaker, and artist. She holds a BFA from Oregon College of Art & Craft, where she studied books arts and metals. Her papermaking and metals studios are in Everett, Washington, tucked at the back of the garden of her 1928 storybook cottage, where she lives with my bagpipe teacher husband, Kevin, and big orange cat named Higgins.
Learn more about Melanie’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Guitar Gil, musician
Guitar Gil performs rhythmic and melodic solo guitar arrangements of swing, Latin, jazz, rock and pop tunes and has performed throughout the Northwest for several decades. The song arrangements in his repertoire are drawn from the music of Duke Ellington, Elton John, The Beatles, Jim Croce, Frank Sinatra, The Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, Nat King Cole, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and other great songwriters and performers of vintage pop tunes. Guitar Gil will be performing tunes from his debut album Dreamin’, available for streaming or downloading at www.guitargil.com.
Wild Roses New & Vintage for Your Home
4529 California Av SW
Denise Currier BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 11am-6:00pm
Mae and Mr. Our Crows
Mae and Mr. “our Crows” and occasionally their babies are around every part of our day. They seem to know exactly where we are in the house at all times, weirdly. When we are outside they quietly sit on their perch we made for them. Mae loves watching our dog Chappie play and likes to engage with us whenever we are outside. She especially loves when I am making or creating something new, weather it is an art project or just working in the yard she is always right next to me with Mr. usually watching from above. I have learned all their clicks and banter and I usually talk to them daily. I’m sure the neighbors think… I am a crazy crow lady! These crows are my inspiration for this show. ❤️
Making and creating is something I love to do. My next project is going to be called The faces of Nature. Amazing what you can see on a daily walk. if I let my mind be free… that’s exactly when I start creating.
COMPASS REAL ESTATE
4531 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Laura Van Horne INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Laura Van Horne is a mixed-media artist who works in encaustic, acrylic, watercolor, ink, resin, paper and textiles. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and moved to Seattle, WA in 1994. She has her MA in Speech Pathology, and has studied acrylic and encaustic painting at Pratt Fine Art Center. Since childhood, Laura has been passionate about art. When she is not creating on canvas, she is creating in her head. Her body of work includes a wide range of styles and mediums. Many of her pieces are mixed media and include found organic objects, textiles, pages from books, or items from flea markets. Laura has participated in a number of group and solo art shows over the past 20 years. She owns Gray Sky Gallery, located in the Historic Pioneer District of Seattle. She is also represented by SAM Gallery in Seattle, Third and Wall Art Group in Seattle, and Summit Gallery in Park City, Utah.
Learn more about Laura’s work on her Instagram and Website.
Swan Dive
4537 California
LA Wiltbank INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
LA Wiltbank is a Kirkland based artist with two young children who loves all things creative. Her art: floral designs, painted or drawn, a repetitive mark making motion. Each flower painted is counted and documented, at over 10,000, what number will you get? She focuses her time at home creating and sharing positive affirmations of love and happiness through art. This September, at Swan Dive, LA Wiltbank Art will display pieces of her archived flower collection in a photo booth setting with painted clothing for a mini immersive experience. Collaging queen Splicy will also be featured in collaborative pieces. Additionally, artist and maker, Mary Carpenter of Give Paper Flora, will be selling her handmade crepe paper flowers during art walk, and is offering a poppy making class the following evening. More info at shopswandive.com.
To learn more about LA’s work please see her Website.
Discovery Shop
4535 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Anna Sparks Indoors Show & Reception 5pm-8pm
Anna Sparks is a mixed media artist, designer, photographer, and all-around ‘arranger’ of things. She is also a cancer survivor and uses art as part of her recovery practice and therapy. She combines her love for traveling, visual storytelling, and collecting things with her desire to spread a message and document the changing environment. Her collages reflect aesthetic play and media exploration. In her mixed media pieces, she intuitively approaches the canvas with acrylic paints, combining recycled elements, vintage National Geographic magazines, newspapers, and other found items into abstract compositions or designs. She likes to include aspects of her own photographs, oil pastels, textured paint, and pens in her canvases, panels, or works on paper. Additionally, she uses layers as a means to create texture and depth, lines to evoke emotion, and finds the relation to society and our natural environment always present. As a street and culture photo documentarian, she approaches her subjects with respect, grace, and understanding. Her eye is drawn to lines and colors that create balanced and asymmetrical compositions in the frame. Rarely does she post-edit her photographs as she loves experimenting with analog methods and relishes finding tiny surprises in film, including light leaks and double exposures.
Learn more about Anna’s work on her Instagram and Website.
Easy Street Records & Cafe (PARTNER)
4559 California Ave SW
Bob Tackie Tees, King & Country, DJ Fishlure & Mike Steve INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 7PM-9PM
Bob Tackie Tees: Old Skool Hand Silkscreened, Queercentric, Vintage style apparel. King & Country: New & vintage handbags/cases; refurbished and upcycled with a Barbarella make-over. “For you, by me, with love.” DJ Fishlure & Mike Steve: Will be celebrating the life & music of the late Sinead O’Connor, with a2HR DJ set of favorites & rarities.
Food and Drink Art Walk Special: Happy Hour from 5pm-9pm on Art Walk night! $5.00 Draft & Wells, $7.00 Wine Pours.
DARBY WINERY TASTING ROOM
4306 SW ALASKA STREET
Food and Drink Art Walk Special: $6 glass pours 5-8pm, 15% off bottles
Wildflour Gluten Free Bakery (formerly Flying Apron)
4709 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Liz St. Andre INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-7pm
It’s no coincidence that plants dominate Liz St Andre’s work. Her garden and the surrounding forest are an extension of her art studio. Specializing in printmaking using a modern approach with Gelliplate and an antique photographic process known as Cyanotype, Liz gathers flowers, fallen branches and stems, and forages for interesting shapes and textures to spark the beginning of every new painting and printmaking session. Every piece is a collaboration filled with surprises from Mother Nature.
Learn more about Liz’s work at her Instagram, Facebook and Website. See Liz’s video of her process here.
ARTSWEST
4711 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Kalina Winska BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 4pm-7pm. The artist will not be in attendance during Artwalk.
Kalina Winska is a Seattle-based artist whose paintings, created on canvas, wood panels, and paper, present speculative landscapes in which the artist blurs reality and representation, the environment and its technological translations, with imagery taken from weather patterns, climate models, and futuristic landscapes. Kalina grew up in Poland and has actively exhibited her works in the US, Poland, Germany, Canada, and Japan. Her recent commissions include a three-dimensional installation for San Juan Island Museum Atrium and large murals for Meta Open Arts and Google’s Artist in Residence Programs. She has been showing her art with SAM Gallery at the Seattle Art Museum.
Carbon Magic
Inspired by David Sergeant’s poem “A Language of Change,” my works delve into the meaning behind one particular phrase: “translated by carbon magic,” exploring the intricate and dramatically changing interplay between human actions and the environment’s response. I express this powerful transformation through abstraction, inviting viewers to form their more personal reflections. In “Carbon Magic,” each painting becomes a testament to the transformation’s duality. Take meticulously drawn lines and shapes reminiscent of contours taken from weather maps or repeated over and over tiny marks that are actual greenhouse gas formulas forming cloud- or smoke-like shapes. The crisp graphic elements merge with painterly soft surfaces underneath. This interplay mirrors the fragile harmony of our world, where the equilibrium can be disturbed by our own hands. My artworks embody both beauty and caution, much like the poem itself. This exhibit serves as a reminder of our choices’ repercussions and the whispering winds of change. “Carbon Magic” invites us to reflect on our role as Earth’s stewards, interpreting the effects of transformation that shape the environment, us, and the course of our future.
Learn more about Kalina’s work on her Instagram and Website.
See Artwest’s Instagram page for more information on this show.
CUPCAKE ROYALE
4556 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food & Drink Special!
10% off during Art Walk until closing.
Windermere West Metro Real Estate, brought to you by brokers Shari Kruse and Sally Hardwick
4526 California Ave SW
Engrid Hooper and Aimee Harding INDOOR SHOW+RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Engrid Hooper, Painter
Favorite parks have inspired these paintings. Working the way shapes fit together to feel solid, yet still have movement is what I am exploring with these works. Painting and being with nature gives the same inspiration. I work in both watercolor and acrylics. I try to paint every morning, that is the best way to begin the day.
Aimee Harding, Potter
Many teachers over the years have inspired my passion for ceramics. It is an art that I lose myself in. When I am working with clay, the world falls away and I am completely transfixed with creating. I find joy in bright colors as well as the soothing colors of the sea. My favorite day is a day spent in my pottery studio.
MOTO Pizza
4526 42nd Ave SW
MOTO Night Market is proud to host our final market for the summer! Come visit to hear the acoustic sounds of Orville Johnson from 5-7pm, and see our eclectic mix of artists, lead by Mud and Mortal Ceramics. Remember, 10% of all sales including walk in sales by MOTO are being donated to the West Seattle Food Bank – $510 donated so far! Remember, the holidays are coming, come find great unique art for your loved ones!!! xoxoMOTO
Jet City Labs
4547 California Avenue
Artist Pop Up Event! INDOOR SHOW and RECEPTION 5pm-9pm.
Join us for the monthly edition of the collaboration between Clay Cauldron & Jet City Labs. A pop-up shop featuring creations from multiple artists in our new creative & event space at 4547 California Ave SW. Wine and snacks are provided by Jet City Laboratory. This event happens during the monthly West Seattle Art Walk (2nd Thursdays of each month). Located in the former Lika Love space. This event replaces the event typically held at Jet City Labs.
Check out this link for info on the current Art Walk Line up at Jet City Labs.
The Clay Cauldron is a small, private pottery studio that will be offering classes for up to 4 students at a time. Open studio time, kiln firings, studio use and private instruction options available. Learn more about the Clay Cauldron at their website.
Learn more about Jet City Labs at their Facebook, Instagram, and Website .
THE MATADOR
4545 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food and Drink Special! $7.00 Art Walk Margarita – Just be sure to mention “The Art Walk Special!”
Junction 47
4700 California Ave SW
Welcome Junction 47 Apartments to the West Seattle Art Walk!
TALARICO’S PIZZERIA
4718 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Nita Coby BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 12pm-11pm.
Her painting styles are abstract, and the portraits are a cross between pop and realism. The work reflects human connectedness, and inspirational people – positive energy is a strong influence in the work. Her works are part of the collections of several fine art galleries.
ELLIOTT BAY BREWING CO.
4720 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food and Drink Special! $1 off of a beer on Art Walk night.
GREAT AMERICAN DINER & BAR
4752 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food & Drink Special! $6 AW cocktails, $ 5.50/2 beers (Stella, IPA bottle), $3.50 assorted hard seltzers, $9.95 classic burger ‘n brew, $19.95 large Mimosa pitcher.
Laura Hoynes ARTIST OPEN STUDIO 5pm-8pm
A Navy veteran, and painting since she was a girl, Spilling Colors artist Laura Hoynes is showcasing all of her bold, vibrant, unique, (mainly acrylic) art styles with tons of colors! With a love of all things galaxy, Laura has a knack for fun, and random art. Inspiration from her surroundings and then meshing ideas together, she is always on the lookout for her next creation!
Spilling Colors Art
Learn more about Laura’s work at her Instagram.
Doll Parts Collective
4832 California Ave SW
Violet McKernan INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5:00pm-8pm
V3 Arts
Violet McKernan is a first year high school student at Chief Sealth High School. Over the last year she discovered a passion for crochet. Violet taught herself to crochet last fall and instantly fell in love with the craft. She has been creating clothing, hats and plushies for friends and family. This is Violet’s first opportunity to share her art with the broader community.
Learn more about Violet’s work on her Instagram.
Follow @dollparts on their Instagram.
MORGAN JUNCTION
Brought to you by the Morgan Community Association
Inner Space Designs
Lenna Petersen INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
WHAT BECAUSE
Deeply in touch with process & history, weaver Lenna Petersen creates functional art, engaging with color and utilizing repurposed textiles. She finds, “there’s joy in slowing down… for how will we know when we have arrived if we do not slow down along the way?”
Learn more about Lenna’s work on her Instagram and Website.
To learn more about Inner Space Designs’ featured artist go to their Website.
Canna West Seattle (Art Walk Partner)
5435 California Ave SW
Canna West Culture Shop and Canna West Seattle are excited to showcase West Seattle photographer Dawndra Budd for the month of September and September 14th’s Artwalk. Well known for both her artistic and commercial works, the Canna family is very pleased to present this inspiring and empowering collection.
Dawndra Budd INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Unveiling Series
In the mystical realm, the whispers of nature intertwine with the ethereal world. Dawndra uses her lens as a portal into this world. Dawndra’s work speaks to the bewitching interplay between light and shadow, unveiling hidden truths that reveal the primal energy that courses through the universe. Dawndra seeks to remind the viewer of the enchanting potential in everything in the world that surrounds us, to look beyond the surface, and to seek to find the extraordinary within the ordinary. To reclaim one’s own mystical connection with the universe. Dawndra’s imagery is a meditation on the interconnectedness of all living beings and the sacredness of every moment. Feeling the power of nature – seeing the magic it holds on a soul level – is her divine truth. Her work bears witness to the unveiling of the power that lies within each and every woman of the universe. The magic of nature and the feminine divine is a force to behold.
Learn more about Dawndra’s work at her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
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West Seattle Cellars
6026 California Ave SW
At our Art Walk event on Thursday, September 14, our weekly tasting will feature ciders from Dragon’s Head Cider on Vashon Island. Come by and check out Ellen’s artwork while you sample some delicious ciders—just in time for fall!
Ellen Zrimsek INDOORS + RECEPTION 5:30pm-8pm
I am a longtime West Seattle resident, former educator, mom of three, traveler, outdoor enthusiast, and an artist who has been finding inspiration in the natural world all of my life. The paintings displayed here are my attempt to honor trees, our source of oxygen, food, shelter, and solace. I use oil + cold wax medium to achieve vibrant dolor, texture, and dimensionality. Cold wax, (unlike encaustic) is a whipped wax medium that is mixed 50-50% with oil paint and applied without heat. In support of the trees, I will be donating 20% of all sales toward carbon credits.
Viscon Cellars
5910 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Wine tasting fees waived for Artwalk participants!
Jenna Brechbeil INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-9pm
Local artist and educator, Jenna Brechbiel, will be showcasing a new collection of modern watercolor paintings on wood panel at Viscon Cellars.
Learn more about Jenna’s work on her Instagram and Website.
Beveridge Place Pub
6413 California Ave SW
Food and Drink Special! West Seattle’s favorite pub! 37 taps of craft beer & cider, 100+ bottles, great wine & cider! Get $1 off draught pints and wine glass pours during Art Walks!
Whisky West
6451 California Ave SW
Food and Drink Special! We are a whiskey bar with a full bar including beer and wine with a very extensive food menu.
$2.00 off wine pours and $1.00 off draft during Art Walk.
Zeek’s Pizza
6459 California Ave SW
Zeek’s will not be displaying art this month but come by during Art Walk and have one of their great pizzas! Food and Drink Special! $3 off any Large pizza, and $1 off beer pints and wine pours during Art Walk night.
Peel & Press
6503 California Ave SW, #1899
Food and Drink Special! Half-price Appetizers on Art Walk Night!
Mailbox West
6523 California Ave SW
Mailbox West is excited to showcase two artist this month, Diane Bellisario and Glenda Weibel.
Diane Bellisario WINDOW SHOW ONLY
A collection of marquetry art, bring together different woods and grains to create beauty.
Learn more about Diane’s work on her Instagram and Website.
Glenda Weibel BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY
Glenda is a watercolor artist who has lived in West Seattle for over 20 years. She loves the immediacy and fluidity of watercolor. She also had dabbled with acrylic and one of those pieces is included in this show. She also has original greeting cards available at the store for purchase. You may contact her by email at: grw4art@yahoo.com.
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