Ballard Artwalk! Improbable Landscapes, by Jessica Weathersby

Please join us this Saturday--December 8th from 5 to 8 p.m., for Ballard Artwalk as Kick It showcases Improbable Landscapes: new works by Seattle-based collage artist  & print maker, Jessica Weathersby. Wine & Chocolates will be served.
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About the Works on Display
Jessica created the 11 works on display by deconstructing an 8 foot earlier work produced for her MFA thesis.  Jessica writes,  "It was just sitting rolled up in a drawer, taunting me, so I started looking at it, figuring out how to work from both sides of the translucent surface.  I envisioned smaller scale compositions, then reworked the layers and surfaces by adding color, texture, and material.  Also, by removing material, delicate cut forms create depth and luscious intricacy." 

Using varnished mulberry paper, ink, hand coloring and Xacto Knives, Jessica creates these compositional puzzles on an intimate scale that allows for areas of concentrated visual language.  Jessica notes, "Each piece now has separate poetic and spatial concern to share with the viewer, like the privacy of receiving a precious secret. ..I seek an intimate visual conversation between the work and the viewer." 

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Born in Tiffin Ohio and raised in the Southeast, Jessica earned her BFA in printmaking at the University of Montevallo, Alabama; and later earned an MFA in Printmaking from WVU, Morgantown, WV.  She now calls Seattle home.
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Improbable Landscapes will be on display
December 8 through January 31, 2013