The Art Walk is December 14th from 5-8pm (check venues for specific times).
And, just like that, we find ourselves in the middle of winter holidays. We’re all looking forward to the festivities of the season. So, please join us for December’s West Seattle Art Walk. This is the time to visit all the art venues and find that special gift for that special someone. As always, make sure to stop by our great neighborhood-sponsoring eateries to warm up and enjoy food and drink as you check out the holiday 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 is by Rena Haveson. Rena’s art is showing this month at Infinity Shore Club.
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 December 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.
Featured Q4 Artist! Congratulations to our fourth quarter featured artist Maggie Sharar. The West Seattle Arts’ Council loved the fluidity, the colors and the bright eyes of woman shown in “The Loop.” Maggie will be the featured artist at Jet City Labs in December.
Art of Music @ December Art Walk
The upcoming December 14 West Seattle Art Walk will feature Art of Music with events in the Admiral District, Alaska Junction, and Morgan Junction!
December 14 Performer Sue Quigley @ West Seattle Grounds in the Alaska Junction. Raised in the nuclear plains of Eastern Washington, Sue stole her sister’s guitar (abandoned for boys) at 13 and started writing songs about getting out of town and living another life. After graduating from college, fighting forest fires all over the west, and getting some heartbreak in, she settled in Seattle and started doing some open mics. It was finally after seeing mutual friend Brandi Carlile play that she got the guts up to put a band together and make an EP. Then a full-length CD “Perfect Chaos”. The single “Paper Tiger” from that CD was Runner Up for Song of the Year (Songoftheyear.com). She was one of the Top 15 finalists in Carla DeSantis’ (Rockergrl) “Discoveries” Contest and has played the Viper Room in Hollywood, showcased twice at SXSW in Austin, TX, and solo-toured the West Coast and Ireland. She has performed locally in her beloved Seattle at the Hard Rock, ConorByrne, Tractor Tavern, Crocodile Cafe, Showbox, and for 6,000 Seattle Storm fans as halftime entertainment. Click here for Sue Quigley’s flyer.
December 14 Performer Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces @ Great American Diner & Bar in the Alaska Junction. Like jazz, but not. Rik Wright is an award-winning guitarist known for his genre-bending performances – worldbeat one minute, rock the next, a touch of jam band, and back to the core of jazz. Blending forward-thinking arrangements with a solid groove that listeners can tap their toe to, his Fundamental Forces quartet has an undeniable allure that has propelled them all the way to the top of the public radio charts.
Wright has taken his love and passion for the guitar to just about every corner of the Pacific Northwest, performing at Bumbershoot, Northwest Folklife, Bite of Seattle, and enumerable other community and arts festivals throughout the region. He has placed four albums in the Top 10 of both the Roots Music and CMJ radio charts, including a #1 spot on the CMJ Jazz chart. Rik has been honored with numerous awards including both an Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award for “Best Alternative Jazz Group”, and as one of Seattle Weekly’s “Best of Seattle” jazz performers. His efforts have been generously supported by 4Culture, the Seattle Public Library’s PlayBack program, and the Jack Straw Foundation. Rik is listed in both the Arts Northwest on Tour and the King County Touring Arts rosters, which are juried directories of the Pacific Northwest’s very best performing artists. You can view videos of Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces performing here, here, and here! Click here for Rik Wright’s flyer.
December 14 Performer Matt Cecil @ Zeeks Pizza in the Morgan Junction. Matt Cecil is a highly praised lute player in the Pacific Northwest’s Living History community, playing prominent performances at major events for the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international Renaissance and Medieval recreation organization. Most recently his musical performances achieved the highest score in their annual Arts and Sciences competition. He specializes in the lute music of John Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare. When he’s not making music, Matt works for Amazon and lives in the Admiral district of West Seattle with his wife and two sons. Matt’s music represents the soundtrack of life in Elizabethan England, and would have been heard by Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. The Renaissance lute is the ancestor of the modern guitar, and the repertoire from its Golden Age around the year 1600 displays incredible virtuosity and melancholy beauty. Matt performs a combination of self-accompanied lute songs and lute solo pieces on a beautiful lute which is a detailed recreation of the instruments of the time. Click here for Matt Cecil’s flyer. For a preview of Matt Cecil performing click here.
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.
ALKI POINT & LUNA PARK
Brought to you by the West Seattle Junction Association
Infinity Shore Club
1250 Alki Ave SW
Rena Haveson INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Rena Haveson has been painting for 25 years. She began her education at Boston University studying Art and Art History. From 1988 to 1996 she owned and operated an art gallery in Pittsburgh, PA., displaying works by contemporary American painters, including her own. Strong color and passion for life are evident in her work. Subject matter is often expressionistic, with dream-like qualities. She often uses a palette knife or collage techniques to enrich the canvas. This is to allow the viewer to constantly wander in and out of reality while perceiving the painting. The Faces series is a collection of feelings and emotions that lend themselves to an abstract vision. The paint is built up with layers of acrylic and oil and then it is painted over again so that there is a sense of mystery of what was before, beneath the layers of paint.
Learn more about Rena’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.
ADMIRAL JUNCTION
Brought to you by the Admiral Neighborhood Association
West Seattle Grounds
2141 California Ave SW
PNW OPS Photography, visual artist and Sue Quigley, musical artist INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
PNW OPS Photography, visual artist
SHE ANSWERED THE CALL OF THE WILD!
Brittany Noelle is the founding/principal artist of PNW Orca Pod Squad Photography. Raised in the green mountains of Vermont, her love of nature began as a child while exploring the wilds of Acadia National Park in Maine. After witnessing their breaching in the Salish Sea her love of whales was solidified. Now a whale enthusiast and conservation activist, she spends countless hours along the west coast documenting these majestic creatures, when not focused on the challenges of Harborview Medical Center’s Emergency Department . You can usually find her with her two “”land Orcas”” (Heli and Roosevelt), camera in tow, along the shores of the Pacific, roaming from Oregon to the San Juan Islands. As a wildlife photographer, naturalist and conservation advocate she enjoys connecting people with our local ecosystem and the animals that call the Salish Sea and the Pacific Northwest home.
In 2023, 5% of all sales will be donated to Killer Whale Tales and Salish Wildlife Watch. Killer Whale Tales is a local non-profit environmental education program that uses storytelling and field-based science to inspire students to take an active role in the conservation of Southern Resident killer whales and their habitat. Salish Wildlife Watch is a local non-profit group that manages a WhatsApp notification platform dedicated to alerting members to whales (Orcas, Humpback whales, Grey whales) and rare/unusual marine mammals and birds in Central Puget Sound. They strive to make it easier for residents around Puget Sound to have wondrous experiences with our local wildlife and to inspire people to advocate and protect the environment and wildlife of the Salish Sea.
Learn more about PNW OPS Photography’s work on their Instagram and Website .
Sue Quigley, musical artist
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
Carolyn Autenrieth INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm – 8pm. Artist will not be in attendance.
My work contemplates transformative processes in the natural world and celebrates nuance and surprises found in the ‘ordinary’. The work is part of an investigative process of discovering narrative, metaphor, and beauty, to invite a deeper response. This group of works celebrates forms and subjects of the PNW through color and contrast. Altered ceramic forms derived from nature, explore metaphor through balance of texture and light, inviting a tactile response. Sea star paintings, inspired by recent wasting disease, bring into focus some of the delicate and resilient aspects of our tidal areas.
Learn more about Carolyn’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Hawthorne Massage and Self Care
2237 California Ave SW
Brittney High INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-7pm
I began my art journey as a form of spiritual awakening and art therapy and in 2020. During both the calm and turbulent eras of my life, I escaped to my artsy world and explored ways to express my emotions, anxieties, hopes, joys, and fears through acrylic pouring and fluid art. The colors that I use in each piece usually correspond to my general mood over a period of time (like feeling “blue”) or a genre of music that I am exploring over a period of time (like psychedelic doom metal). I focus on the meaning behind the colors, moods, and emerging themes in each of the unique paintings in order to better understand my emotional, mental, and spiritual states at the time of painting. Since fluid art is notoriously difficult to control, each piece is a one-of-a-kind interaction between my artistic side and the laws of fluid dynamics. Each piece also taught me to just “Let go and let it flow” both in my artwork and in my daily life. Once I stopped trying to control the process, the artwork began to flow more naturally and I began to express myself more effectively. I was inspired by a verse in Psalms 62:8: “Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: for YHWH is a refuge.” I later incorporated what I call mirror sessions where I imposed symmetry on an original painting using a digital software (check out my Esty account for mirror session prints!). Outside of creating art, I am a graduate student at the University of Washington where I study philosophy. My main areas of interest include philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, and metaphysics of science. To see more of my artwork, check out my Instagram page or my Esty shop. Hope yall enjoy!!
Learn more about Brittney’s work at her Instagram.
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.
The Good Society Brewery and Public House
2701 California Ave SW, Unit A
Diane E Culhane INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm (Good Society is open until 10pm)
Diane Culhane uses paint/ acrylics & mixed media to explore the surface with color & form, developing narratives that celebrate community and connection to our environments of neighborhood & the great outdoors.
Learn more about Diane’s work on her Instagram and website.
West Seattle Realty
2715 California Ave SW, Suite 105
Brandi K Quinn, visual artist INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Brandi K Quinn
My name is Brandi Quinn and my medium is mixed media and acrylic, abstract on canvas. I am self taught and have always had the passion for creating. I’m always trying new techniques and pushing myself to grow with my art as well as heal, as I believe art is therapy.
Learn more about Brandi’s work on her Instagram.
WEND Jewelry
3278 California Ave SW
Kristi Nakata, fiber artist, and Nicole Pepper, ceramist INDOOR SHOW& RECEPTION, 5pm-8pm
Nicole Pepper creates handcrafted ceramic service ware that draws inspiration from her heritage and surrounding beauty in the Pacific Northwest. All her work is unique and handcrafted in her home in West Seattle.
Kristi Nakata is a Yonsei (fourth generation) Japanese American fiber artist born and raised in the Seattle area, on Duwamish and Coast Salish land. Kristi creates macraweave wall hangings combining techniques of macramé and weaving. This collection of landscape macraweaves captures the beauty of the Pacific Northwest across all seasons.
Learn more about Kristi’s work at her Instagram and Website as well as WEND’s Facebook.
Soiree
3278-B California Ave SW
Soiree will not be participating in this month’s Artwalk.
JETT Landscape Architecture + Design
3445 California Ave SW
David Kimble ARTIST OPEN STUDIO 5pm-8pm Artist cannot attend
I started painting during the pandemic. Exploring a creative ‘itch’ that I’ve had since taking a photography class in college. I enjoy the combination of clear photographic images in contrast to the abstract oil/acrylic paints.
Southpaw Barbershop (Partner)
3614 California Ave SW
Southpaw Barbershop will not be participating in this month’s Artwalk.
Welcome Road Winery
5910 California Ave SW Ste B
$1 off of glass pours
Deb McCarroll Permanent Show INDOOR SHOW Business Hours
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.
Forever Young Aesthetics
3813A California Ave SW
Sindi Somers INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Learn more about Forever Young Aesthetics on their Instagram.
Learn more about Sindi’s work at her Website.
Abstract Art
ALASKA JUNCTION
Brought to you by the West Seattle Junction Association
And Arlen Jewelry
4130 California
Isabella Harris Hamlin INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Isabella Harris Hamlin is a Pacific Northwest-based artist specializing in portraiture using various mediums including acrylic paint and linocut relief. She draws inspiration from her stylized portraits from striking faces and distinctive features and utilizes bright pops of color, deep shadows, and playful angles to bring her paintings to life.
To learn more about Isabella’s work see her Instagram. Please see And Arlen’s Blog for more information on this show.
LARS GESING FINE ART NATURE IMAGES
4413 42ND AVE SW
Lars Gesing, 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
Desmond Hansen INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Desmond Hansen
The artist most known for the portraits you see painted on the electrical boxes around West Seattle. Rare art with various subjects and mediums influenced by graffiti art and portrait painting. Artist also does many commissions and large scale murals. See more at desmondhansrnart.com or on Instagram @desmondhansenart
Learn more about Desmond’s work on his Instagram, Facebook, and 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!
Verity Credit Union (Art Walk Partner)
4505 California Ave SW
Shelley Irish INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Through my art, I explore the web of psychology and meditation. I am an artist obsessed with neuroscience and how art effects the brain. I aim to paint beautiful things that act as a bridge between the rawness of feelings and their healing power.
Learn more about Shelley’s work at her Website.
VAIN
4513 California Ave SW
The Phoenix and the Fool INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Join us at VAIN for a fragrance show case with West Seattle based The Phoenix and The Fool. This will also be an opportunity to meet some of the makers behind the Seattle Perfumers Discovery Set!
The Phoenix and the Fool
These handcrafted scents are made for ritual, for ceremony, each bottle intentionally blended to amplify the magic in your life. Fragrance should be an intensely personal experience. The Phoenix and The Fool takes their inspiration from the major arcana of the tarot and that marriage of belief and wild crafted plant wizardry sows the seeds of perception. These scents can be worn as lures, as shields, as spells. They are a way to empower your daily journey. They also smell amazing. The Phoenix and The Fool is handmade in Seattle and will celebrate 5 years of creating natural indie fragrances this December. Proudly emboldened by the transcendent art of soothsaying, everyday hocus pocus and boundless joy of creation.
Learn more about the Phoenix and the Fool on their Website.
Seattle Perfumers Discovery Set
This limited edition collection celebrates the olfactive artistry of nine exceptional perfumers from the Greater Seattle area, encapsulating the essence of the city’s diverse and captivating character. Each fragrance comes in a 3ml sample vial. Fragrance test strips included with your sample set.
Learn more about Seattle Perfumers on their Website.
Quail Park of West Seattle
4515 41st Ave SW
We are featuring a variety of works from our residents at Quail Park Memory Care of West Seattle BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 9am – 5pm. Artists will not be in attendance.
Capers Home
4511 California Ave SW
We are in full swing for the holidays! You should be here; don’t miss! See more details about Capers at their Website.
Leon Lowman and Melissa Misoda, Misoda Glass INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-until late. Both artists will be in attendance!
Holiday Brights
Melissa Misoda runs Misoda Glass Studio with her husband, Andy, in West Seattle. During her days she teaches glassblowing at Sammamish High School in Bellevue, WA. She absolutely loves that she is able to pass this amazing art form onto younger generations! “It is so important to give kids skill-based art options, especially for those who do not feel like they are ‘good at art’. It helps build self-confidence, team working and communication skills, and critical problem solving!”
The vibrant abstract art of Leon Lowman has been installed at Capers for the months of November & Dec. Bold contemporary acrylic/mixed media on canvas paintings. Stop by to view them! Leon Lowman is an acrylic painter, devoted to color and texture, the combination of which create a beautiful juxtaposition of transparency and density in his work.
Learn more about Melissa’s work on her Website. Learn more about Leon’s work on his Instagram.
COMPASS REAL ESTATE
4531 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Compass will not have shows this December. Look for their next show in January 2024!
Swan Dive
4537 California
Megan Skinner, INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Megan Skinner will be at Swan Dive showcasing her new collage artwork series: The Couture Angels. The Couture Angels are a followup to her popular Couture Tarot deck and artwork. Once again, Megan has used her on-going inspiration from fashion magazines (hence “couture), this time combining it with the timeless imagery of Greek sculpture to capture the essence of each angel. Megan’s intention with the Angels is to offer a connection to the wisdom, grace and solace the angelic realm may bring. The Couture Angels will be available for purchase, including signed prints in vintage frames and individual angel cards. In addition, Megan will also have autographed decks of the Couture Tarot and her new Couture Tarot candles! Megan Skinner is a clairvoyant, astrologer, Tarot card creator, author and author with a private practice in spiritual counseling. Through her work, Megan hopes to inspire others on their journeys by providing spiritual insight and deeper access to their own inner-wisdom. Her websites are meganskinner.com and couturetarot.com.
To learn more about Megan’s work please see her Instagram. To learn more about Swan Dive please see their Instagram.
Discovery Shop
4535 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Florence Weintraub BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 5pm-8pm
Mill Pond, Oregon & Other Places
Photos & explorations of light and color taken with high resolution Nikon 700 camera. Further study of color using Photoshop.
Learn more about Florence’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Easy Street Records & Cafe (PARTNER)
4559 California Ave SW
COME CELEBRATE THE SEASON DURING ARTWALK! 7PM-9PM
Food and Drink Art Walk Special: Happy Hour from 5pm-9pm on Art Walk night! $5.00 Draft & Wells, $7.00 Wine Pours.
During our Holiday Bazaar, Easy Street will be hosting Bob Tackie Tees: Queer-centric hand printed vintage style apparel; King & Country: Kitsch refurbished handbags, as well as fine quality photo prints by renowned photographer Karen Mason Blair. Also, join Babe DuFresne and Theodore King for more entertainment and enjoyment. Michael Doyle (local West Seattle Artist) – will be selling fun whimsical postcards and greeting cards along with art prints and original painting.
DJs: Fishlure and Mike Steve – spinning all your holiday favorites.
We are also re-introducing our Easy Street Irish Stout in collaboration with Elliot Bay Brewing Co., for a limited time only. 21&over and Jet City Beignets – they will be selling their beignets from our kitchen!
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
Artswest announcement for Thoa Nguyen’s show!
Thoa Nguyen INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5:30 pm – 7:00pm Artist will be in attendance during Artwalk reception!
Common Thread
Familiar is how I feel about my art, it is personal and familiar. It is not too far from reality, and it is common. A repeat memory, a common dream, that I see throughout my life. A recognizable recurrence of places and time, familiar faces, and people. It is what I adore and is comforting. It is how I see my world. I paint the way I feel. The essence of it all, the life, the world, the smiles, and the expression. I invite you to see more around you, and to breath and live in it. My art is heavily influenced by Impressionism. Subjects are based on real-life scenes, objects, and people. Through my painting, I enjoy injecting an energy and vibrancy to these everyday subjects. My paintings typically omit the superfluous, and capture just the essentials, arranging them into a more powerful and significant whole. Concentrating on the essentials is where I believe I can be more thoughtful and expressive. As a young child, I was always drawing and recognize that from then to now, art is an essential part of who I am. I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver in 1989 in Communications Multi-Major, with a concentration in visual communication.
Organizations: American Impressionist Society, Northwest Oil Painter Guild, Plein Air Washington Artists, Puget Sound Group, Northwest Artist Oil Painter of America, Mercer Island Visual Art League, Columbia City Gallery
Learn more about Thoa’s work on Instagram.
CUPCAKE ROYALE
4556 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Food & Drink Special!
10% off during Art Walk until closing.
Windermere West Metro Real Estate
4526 California Ave SW
T.Frick INDOOR SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Hosted by Sally Hardwick and Shari Kruse / Windermere West Metro
Please join us for a festive artisan holiday market with original paintings, handmade soaps, pottery, handmade cards and jewelry! What a great time to pick up gifts for friends and family!
Coastal Expressions
“T. Frick is a local West Seattle artist. A Landscape Architect by profession, T. has always been fascinated by the powerful yet subtle qualities of the landscape. T’s artwork is an abstraction of the world around us and her experiences both in nature and in the urban environment. T is an intuitive painter, starting with no preset direction or destination. “”Each piece is a journey – I let the painting guide me and use the canvas to express what I often cannot in words. My goal is to create something that evokes emotion and inspires the eye to go wherever it wants to go.””
For the December show, T. will be sharing her new Coastal Expressions series. “”I am constantly in awe of the coastal landscape – the rugged and wild moments juxtaposed with its serene, almost therapeutic nature. I can hear the waves speaking to me during each visit and when I’m back in Seattle, I can hear the coast beckoning me back. I decided to capture some of the qualities on canvas to bring a piece of the ocean here to the city. I hope you’ll come check out this new exhibit!”
Learn more about T. Fricks’s work on her Instagram and Website.
Jet City Labs
4547 California Avenue
Maggie Sharar, West Seattle Artwalk Featured Quarterly Artist and 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. 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 .
Maggie Sharar, West Seattle Artwalk Featured Quarterly Artist
A channel to the divine. A mother. A creator. This is Maggie Sharar. Her watercolor paintings illustrate lost and found souls. They invite you into a healing journey. A woman’s truth. Her feminine portraits and forms embody sovereignty and the potent experience of being human. Each piece holds the energy of love, magic, healing, and connection. But most of all Maggie’s work is a kinetic way to create and release energy. Maggie’s creative journey began long ago in the land of sand and sun. Florida. There she grew up on the nature coast soaking in the sights and sounds of cicadas, alligators, moccasins, and manatees. She attended Savannah College of Art and design in 2004. In 2007 the artist found herself in the Orlando area, there she got her feet wet showing in over 20 exhibitions with a series called The Birds. In 2010 the artist slowed down creatively and turned towards motherhood. When Maggie’s daughter was 6 months old her young family made their way west to Seattle. In 2017 her world shifted when she became a single Mother of two children and began her road to recovery from years of abuse. It was then she poured her heart back into her paintings. These works illuminate a lust to let go. To leave the physical body and find the roots of the subconscious. And then, to come home to the body and heal. Presently Maggie is selling her art work full time and thriving. She is also teaching both technical watercolor classes, energetic healing watercolor classes, and private fine art sip and paint parties.
Learn more about Maggie’s work on her Instagram, Etsy 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
Kimberley Turnbull INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm – 8pm
Learn more about Kimberley’s work on her Instagram.
TALARICO’S PIZZERIA
4718 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Christopher B. Coleman BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY 12pm-11pm. Artist cannot attend.
A Seattle-based painter inspired by his daily interactions throughout the city. He has always had a passion for art and music. It wasn’t until 2015, after deciding to leave a career in music, that he started focusing more on painting. He chooses not to identify with one style over another but instead pursues that personal connection between you and his pieces. It is his hope that you see yourself in his work and that themes such as daily life, icons, and self-love found throughout his paintings create space for you to connect to the world at large in a meaningful way.
Learn more about Christopher’s work on his Instagram or website.
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, visual artist and Rik Wright, musical artist ARTIST OPEN STUDIO 5pm-8pm
Laura Hoynes, visual artist
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.
Rik Wright, Musician
Space Gallery
4801 Fauntleroy Ave SW Ste 111
Twenty Artists INDOOR SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm – 8pm
Dana Blume Jose Rodriguez iii Hank reavis jon Boetes ezra dickinson sean lafferty nicole trimmer codyak dunham Nikita ares zac boetes jon chan john atkins girlspit Ian “bub” davis giselle nazir Landon mcallister mackenizie boetes Calvin jones harro
Resolutions
“Resolutions” is Space Gallery’s second bi-monthly show. 20 artists interpret the concept of a Resolution: old, new, broken, kept, abandoned, and forgotten.
To learn more about Space Gallery’s shows and artists go to their Instagram and Website.
Doll Parts Collective
4832 California Ave SW
Nicole Laub, Reel Eyes, BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY
As a neurodivergent person, I view and process the world differently from others. Making art has become a form of therapy former and helps ease my anxiety. Everything makes sense and feels right when I’m creating. While drawing and collaging, I am inspired by colors, shapes, movement, feelings, and numerous other variables. My hope is to bring people joy, humor, and a variety of other emotions through my art.
Learn more about Nicole’s work on her Instagram.
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MORGAN JUNCTION
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Pine Lake Cellars
5405 California Ave SW
Drink Specials! $9 Glass Pours and 10% off Bottle Purchases 6pm-8pm during Art Walk! Pine Lake Cellars will be open to the public during our normal business hours during Art Walk Thursday’s. Come by to enjoy our featured artist while enjoying some fabulous wines available for purchase by the glass pour and by the bottle as well! Reservations are encouraged but not required. https://pinelakecellars.com/visit/
Learn more about Pine Lake Cellars on their Facebook.
Alizah Naomi Olivas, ANO Jewelry INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Hi friends! I’m Alizah Naomi Olivas, designer/creator of ANO Jewelry (aka: Alizah’s Jewelry). My jewelry journey began in the early 2000’s when I took a French beaded flower class with my sister. I then took wire wrapping & various beading classes at a local bead store. I learned what I liked as well as what I would never try again…seed bead woven bracelets anyone? Turns out the class that taught me how to fuse fine 99.9% silver was the most inspirational. Fusing can only happen if the metal is pure enough to have the same melting point…the ends join or bond together. No chemicals other than a butane flame was needed. Mind blowing! I could make big silver hoops in my living room! And I liked working with the silver…I liked that it was cold, liked bending it, hammering it, linking it…design possibilities were popping into my head. I’ve been selling for the last 10 years at Capers in West Seattle. All jewelry is made by me in my home studio with the endless support from my husband Paul and yellow labs Gracie & Jones. Without them, this would not be as fun!
Learn more about Alizah’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Canna West Seattle (Art Walk Partner)
5435 California Ave SW
Peter Lathourakis INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8 pm (Must be 21 and over, with ID)
Canna is very excited to present Captain Pete’s unique, creative vision for December’s West Seattle Artwalk.
Go Fish Art
I am a Bering Sea fisherman, involved with the pollack fishery. I am very proud to part of a well regulated and very sustainable fishery. I care about conservation very deeply for all the good reason as well as livelihood depends on it. I have quite a fascination with the beautiful structures that nature gives us. I started my art journey by assembling articulated fish skeletons using only sea life that had died by incidental bycatch of commercial fishing boats. Using these creatures, I feel that it celebrates their life. Now, I secure the skeletons from top experts in the field. Steve Husky PHD at South Kentucky University has prepared most of the skeletons. Most taxidermist will not prepare fish skeletons. Of those who do there are only a very few that can make them well enough for my purposes. Presently, I am making less than 20 pieces a year, some of which are made at sea. I really enjoy creating these composition, the fluid art, working the steel and design. My objective here is to share these pieces with everybody. It really shows all creatures are beautiful and no artist can out-do natures designs. Captain PETE
Learn more about Peter’s work at his Website.
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Viscon Cellars
5910 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Wine Tasting fees are waived for participants in the WS Art Walk at Viscon Cellars
Sandy Simpson and Grandchildren INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Legacy
Artist statement: I have been doing encaustics for 6 years, after many years of photography and other paint mediums. Now my Grandchildren have surpassed me in a short time. Excited to do this show with them.
West Seattle Cellars
6026 California Ave SW
At our Art Walk event on Thursday, December 14, our weekly tasting will feature wines from France—an always-popular theme. Come by and check out Debbi’s artwork while you sample some delicious French wines!
Debbi Murray INDOORS + RECEPTION 5:30pm-8pm
Debbi’s current series was born out of the isolation and smallness of life during the pandemic. Working with a theme of controlled chaos and a riotous neon palette, she realized she was simply painting what she needed to get through the darkness of those times. A corner of control within the chaos. These very opposites are reflected in the dialog between the light and the dark. The neon color contrasting sharply within this conversation. Debbi’s work explores the space where vibrant delights dance with our inner shadows. Happy colors lurk, evoking emotional struggle—a paradox on canvas. A former graphic designer with a passion for the unexpected, Debbi finds that structure elevates whimsy. Acrylics, markings, and collage elements combine to form layers and texture, creating a rich outer landscape for the expression of inner ideas. Debbi lives and creates in West Seattle, often accompanied by her twin shadow cats, Dexter and Pepper.
Learn more about Debbi’s work on her Instagram and website.
Alki Arts Gallery
6030 California SW
Along with guest photographer Patrick Robinson, guests can view our ongoing show ‘Confluence’ a group show by seven talented local artists!
Patrick Robinson Photography INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Alki Arts is proud to host locally acclaimed photographer Patrick Robinson to join us during the December Artwalk! For one night only Patrick will visit with a variety of his most popular spectacular photos. Stop in, say hi, and talk with Patrick about his inspirations & talent.
Inner Space Designs
6031B California SW
See Inner Space Design’s invitation to this month’s Art Walk here!
Hailey Lindsay INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5pm-8pm
Reverie
With roots firmly in the Pacific Northwest, a deep appreciation for nature is the cornerstone of Hailey’s story. As a self-taught artist, she draws on the inspiration of local landscapes to fuel expression and experimentation. Her passion is in capturing every scene – from the craggy coast to the mirrored lakes and mountains – in a variety of mediums that stir the soul. Hailey’s mission is to convey the awe, wonder, and joy of nature with 3D, textural pieces that reflect the organic movement of the outdoors. Every piece of abstract landscape art is entirely one-of-a-kind to portray your most powerful personal memories.
Learn more about Hailey’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 is happy to present Matt Cecil, musical artist during the December Art Walk. Food and Drink Special! $3 off any Large pizza, and $1 off beer pints and wine pours during Art Walk night.
Matt Cecil. musical artist
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 artists this month, Sara Everett and resident artist Glenda Weibel.
Sara Everett and Glenda Weibel BUSINESS HOUR DISPLAY ONLY Artist will not be in attendance
Sara Everett
Mending Measures
Sara Everett stitched her found landscapes together as an act of mending, trying to make sense of the shifting environmental impacts of climate change.
Learn more about Sara’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.
The Building
7150 44th Ave SW
Artists’ Collective Show INDOORS SHOW & RECEPTION 5-8:30pm. Artists are listed in alphabetical order by last name or company name.
Flora Carlile-Kovacs
I use the most ancient and possibly the most endangered textile technique: combining hand-dyed wool and silk fabrics with water, soap and vigorous kneading, I create a durable, unwoven material: felt. After felting wearable art for more than a decade I developed a new technique to create 3-D wall textiles, in which I hand-fold the strips of silk fabrics into tiny pleats that stand up like little scales after the felting and shrinking and thus give a third dimension to these large wall-pieces. The size, the frequency and the direction of these scales outline a pixeled picture for the distant viewer. Depending on the position of the viewer – or the movement of the Sun – the light breaks differently on these silk scales and fills the piece with life. Handmade felt is an underestimated and underrepresented medium in the art world. My mission is to break the boundary between fine craft and art and bring felt back to the modern living spaces and interior design, and to find its audience.
Learn more about Flora’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Nichole DeMent
Nichole DeMent presents her mixed media encaustic art and other 2D works in her open studio and sale alongside an assortment of works from artist husband Stephen Rock (see below).
Learn more about Nichole’s work on her Facebook and Website.
PRDG Architects
On the Boards and New Projects
“Renowned local Architects showcase “”On the Boards”” & “”Current Completed Works””…
Our boutique firm focuses on various scales and styles of architecture. We feel that good design should create responsive, dynamic environments that stimulate the human spirit, are sculpted by the site surroundings and client’s distinct attributes. The proper balance of inspiration and forward thinking allows us to constantly challenge each other to produce a successful collaboration.
Learn more about PRDG’s work on their Instagram, Facebook and Website.
Stephen Rock
Stephen Rock will be sharing an eclectic mix of drawings, paintings, pen & ink drawings, prints and mixed media works. I will be showing at the Building in Nichole DeMent’s studio.
Learn more about Stephen’s work on his Facebook and Website.
Rebecca Woodhouse
Rebecca Woodhouse is represented by WaterWorks Gallery in Friday Harbor. She just had a show at Domicile Gallery in Madison Park and has a Seattle Restored activation space in Pioneer Square till January 7. She showed at West Seattle’s Compass in March, and she just got accepted to an art residency in France . Check out her studio full of abstract linocut paintings and college!
Learn more about Rebecca’s work on her Instagram, Facebook and Website.
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