Opening October 6, 2000 at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner
are three exhibitions each called Heads Up but with quite different
content. Museum of Northwest Art
La Conner, WA
360-466-4446
Heads Up
Opening October 6, 2000 at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner
are three exhibitions each called Heads Up but with quite different
content.
Heads Up: Alden Mason presents a series of fantastically exuberant painted heads by this Skagit Valley native son. (left: Alden Mason, Cousin Claudia, 1991, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 70 inches, Courtesy of the artist)
Heads Up: Portraits is a group
exhibition including formal and informal works by Kenneth 
Callahan,
Richard Gilkey, Paul Havas, Helmi, Clayton James, Leo Kenney, Gwendolyn
Knight, James Martin, Neil Meitzler, Joe Reno, 'l'om Sherwood, Mark Tobey,
Tom Wood and other Northwest artists. In the Benaroya Glass Gallery,
(right: Mark Tobey, Portrait of Elizabeth, 1950, pastel, 14 5/8 x
10 3/4 inches, Collection of Mary Randlett, Photo: Mary Randlett)
Heads
Up: Gregory Grenon includes psychologically charged
portraits of women reverse painted in oil on glass or Plexiglas.
(left: Gregory Grenon, Modesty, 1999, oil on Plexiglas, 52 3/4 x
48 3/4 inches, Courtesy of the artist and William Traver Gallery, Seattle)
Gregory Grenon will lecture and lead a gallery talk on Friday, October 6 at 2pm. The public is invited. The artist's reception for museum members and invited guests will be held on Friday evening, from 5 - 9pm.
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