Join me at Gallery 110, Seattle

Seattle’s Gallery 110 (110 Third Ave. S.) presents a show of 18 paintings in my series The Impossibility of Knowing, 5-28 October.

I’ve mentioned this series before – it seems to be a favorite of art jurors and curators. The gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 12-5pm.

I’ll be there:

Thursday 10/5, 4-8pm for Pioneer Square’s First Thursday artwalk (see this site for a list of galleries and garages offering free parking -- including the Frye Garage across the street from Gallery 110)

Friday 10/6, 12-7pm – for the show’s opening reception!

Saturday 10/7, 12-5pm

Saturday 10/21, 12-5pm, including a special Q&A with Nick Riesland from 1-2pm

Saturday 10/28, 12-5pm.

Please come by, and recommend a visit to friends: what makes this worthwhile is seeing and talking with people about images, reactions, and interpretations. I titled the series The Impossibility for Knowing because it brings lots of questions to viewers (including to me, and I painted the pieces!).

Interview on Northwest Public Broadcasting

Reporter Lauren Gallop interviewed my Gallery 110 colleague (and fellow Tacoman) Dorothy Anderson Wasserman and me in the Tahoma Center Gallery last month.  The resulting 3-minute clip can be heard or read at https://www.nwpb.org/2022/08/24/in-conversation-with-artists-jw-harrington-and-dorothy-anderson-wasserman/ .  See some of the work, and learn a bit about our inspirations and goals for our work.

Images from G110 at SAF 2022

Busy times at the Gallery 110 booth at the Seattle Art Fair, 21-24 July. It was good to have the SAF back in these still-pandemic times. I felt there was a larger participation by Seattle-area galleries, which is certainly good for regional artists. I also felt some, few, more nods to the disturbing (some might even say disgusting) times we’re in.

Here I am on opening night — with two Impossibility of Knowing paintings.

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Below left, through the viewers you can see paintings by Gallery 110 members Bonnie Hopper and Michael Abraham. To the right, Michael Abraham is visible behind two of his sculptures, with his finger pointing toward his painting behind the viewers.

Five upcoming shows!

Greetings!  I’ve been busily painting and documenting, and haven’t written in a while.  I’ll be brief with some great news, and will follow up later with more details and thoughts.
 
I’ve got two solo shows soon in the South Sound (as we call Pierce, Thurston, and southern King Counties).  Tacoma Community College’s Gig Harbor campus (3993 Hunt Street NW, Gig Harbor – near the Wollochet Dr. exit from SR 16) has a building with a bright, airy atrium, white walls, and high windows, perfect for showing artwork.  I’ll be exhibiting a dozen paintings in “The Impossibility of Knowing” series from 20 June to 11 August.  I’ll be there to greet visitors and ask your thoughts on at least two late afternoons or early evenings – dates and times in my next correspondence.  The space is open to visitors Mondays-Thursdays 9AM-6PM.
 
The Tahoma Center Gallery is housed on the second floor of the Tahoma Family Center at 1323 S Yakima Ave, Tacoma.  This is the former St. Leo High School, and the second floor hall is a very wide, very long space lit to show off artworks.  Twenty of my “MBTW” paintings will be on display in July and August.  These are 3-foot square abstractions that I produced joyously in 2021-22.  I’ll have an evening opening event in early July, and the space is open during business hours.
 
Bremerton is at the same latitude as and a breathtaking ferry ride from downtown Seattle, or a 35-minute trip up SR 16 from Tacoma.  The Collective Visions Gallery (331 Pacific Avenue) is two blocks from the ferry terminal.  In July, it’s featuring works from local artists in a wide range of styles:  I’ll be displaying Le Nuvole di Como there.  The gallery is open 11-4 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and 11-7:30 on Fridays. 
 
Back in Seattle, the Berkano Gallery has opened within the re-developed Seattle Labour Temple (2800 First Avenue).  Gallery director Trevor Doak has selected a dozen of my paintings to join those of several other artists.  It’s worth a trip to see how beautifully this historic building has been redeveloped.  These pieces will be on display through the summer, during business hours – and during the Belltown First Friday artwalks. 
 
Finally, Gallery 110 will have a booth at the Seattle Art Fair,  21-24 July at 800 Occidental Avenue S.  The gallery’s curator will select 1-2 of my works to show.  If you love visual art and have not been to the SAF before, please go!  I’ll be at the booth through most of the show.  Buy tickets in advance and allot some quality time to see artworks from around the world. 
 
If you’re in the greater Seattle region this summer, I hope you can find time to view some art and purchase something from (especially) local artists!  Every piece tells at least two stories – within the composition and about the person who created it.