November 14 5:30 pm
Enjoy a drink and a snack, take in Enid’s beautiful work, and meet the artist on November 14th from 5:30 – 7:00pm.
ArtsWest is a proud participant of ArtWalk, happening throughout West Seattle on November 14th.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“We are all a product of landscape. My goal is to make the universal personal through the creation of places for the eye and heart to travel. At a time where the environment is threatened there is a pressing imperative to find a common vocabulary, to create a reminder of the solace often found in nature. My work, semi-abstracted landscapes, depicts multiple layered views of the environment in a single space. The sharp edges of the interior panels represent the human perspective, the geometric meshing with the organic, humans responding to nature in a constantly changing dialogue. These divisions reflect how we interact with the world around us on a daily basis, through the lenses of time, space and scale as we frame our experience though the screen of a mobile device. I paint in acrylic on canvas.”
ARTIST BIO
Enid Smith Becker works in the Seattle area. Inspired by the complex dynamic between humans and the surrounding world, her paintings remind us of the powerful capacity of nature’s beauty to transform the self. Working from a contemporary understanding of the sublime, she presents a fluid, multifaceted experience that mirrors our own interactions with place and time. The layering of multiple perspectives invites the viewer to see the world through shifting lenses of time, scale, and space. Painted in acrylic on canvas, the work is often heavily textured in places, with layers of acrylic paint, fabric, natural materials, and paper. She studied art at the University of Washington and has taught in the northwest. Her work is in numerous collections around the US and abroad. Enid is represented by the Seattle Art Museum Sales Gallery.
www.enidsmithbecker.com
Instagram @enidsmithbecker
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ArtsWest’s Gallery is free and open to the public Thursday – Saturday from 2:00pm – 7:00pm and Sundays 11:00am – 3:00pm.
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