Gallery4Culture
2006-2007 Season

Elise Richman:
Force of Nature
June 7 - June 28, 2007

reception JUNE 7, 2007, 6 – 8 p.m.

Gallery4Culture is pleased to present new paintings by Elise Richman.

Constructed out of beads, dollops and pools of oil and/or acrylic paint, Richman creates dimensional paintings, geographies that simultaneously express hope and anxiety. The material aspect of the paintings is an important part of Richman's work. Over the course of weeks or months, the individual bits of paint accumulate and evolve into a palpable, chromatic environment. Each layer of paint, however, maintains its integrity as it is subsumed into a larger whole.

Richman's work is about more than process; the environments created in her paintings reflect not only a reverence for nature and natural processes, but also anxiety about one's effect on - and place in - the world.

A reception will be held on June 7, 2007, the first Thursday of the month, during the Downtown Artwalk, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend. The exhibition will run from June 7 - 28, 2007.

Gallery4Culture is located within 4Culture offices at 101 Prefontaine PL S, at the corner of Third and Prefontaine, in the Tashiro/Kaplan Building. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed government holidays; the gallery is open and free to the public. For more information about this program visit our Gallery Info page or call 206.296.8674.