We are pleased to present our third solo exhibition with Northwest artist Victoria Adams. Victoria’s newest body of work continues to focus on the landscape, offering panoramic views made up of expansive horizons, soft clouds, water and atmospheres of light.

Adams’ luminous landscapes are created from her imagination and are often inspired by memories and fragments of photographs, which she then distills into a concentrated image of reality. Victoria hopes that her paintings have the effect of “an elegy for nature—elegy both as a lament for a tragic loss, but also as a reaffirmation of the importance of viewing landscape as an essential human need.” Infused with glowing light, Adams’ works are devoid of human intervention and provide the viewer an opportunity to fulfill one’s need to connect with nature and to envision an untouched wilderness.

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY
APRIL 18—MAY 26, 2006
Tom Baril
Rena Bass Forman
Kris Cox


Winston Wächter is pleased to also present a group exhibition in the back gallery. On view will be new work by Tom Baril, Rena Bass Forman and Kris Cox.


Tom Baril is best known for his black and white botanical photography. His work captures complex and unique forms, often focusing on the unseen elements of a composition, reminding the viewer that the most alluring facets of beauty are found in the least obvious places. Baril gained experience by working and printing for artist Robert Mapplethorpe in the 1980’s. He draws on both contemporary and traditional techniques in photography, which often include soaking his prints in a tea bath. Visually rich, his works display the rawness of printing, yet also focus upon the gentle luminosity, graceful and contemplative quality of the process.

Rena Bass Forman, a New York based photographer, is known for her visually stunning sepia-toned images of the natural landscape. Her process is quite intricate, as she documents the changes of light, water, and climate and their effects on the landscape. Bass Forman’s large-format photographs, taken with a 2 1/4 camera, present dramatic images while also offering a profound meditation on light and the natural elements. Her photographs present a tranquility, which results from the pristine natural settings Bass Forman studies, as well as from the compositional balance between land and sky.





Kris Cox’s photographs of the majestic Cardon cacti were taken on the artist's 2005 trip to Baja, Mexico. Cox spent a considerable amount of time observing, photographing and absorbing the environment in which the unique cacti grow. During this experience Cox was moved both spiritually and emotionally which is reflected in his dramatic photographs. The images of these Cardon cacti, which are the world's largest cacti, are extremely detailed and capture the intense sculptural presence of each plant. Cox used a large format camera to photograph the cacti and used Photoshop to digitally manipulate them. These images seduce from a distance with the forms of the Cardon cacti and the mandalas that are created with the confluence of the image.







For more information call the gallery at [206] 652-5855.