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Isa D'Arleans | Christoher Reilly

Isa D'Arleans
New Work
9 January – 22 February 2008


Seattle-based artist Isa D'Arleans draws much of her influence from the School of Paris. Born in France, Isa studied beneath renowned painter Patrick Breyse before emigrating to the United States in 1985. Following her success as a painter, D’Alreans has more recently begun exploring her vision in a mixed-media format.

Her latest body of art incorporates clichés, cultural icons, and masterpieces. Her overall tone, while enigmatic, is light and often humorous. Eclectic snapshots create surreal environments, and her subjects appear either entranced or in crisis: D’Arleans leaves it up to the viewer to decide which.


Isa D'Arleans
Sunday Afternoon at Le Louvre
2007
Mixed media
50 x 38 inches


Isa D'Arleans
How Much for this Wheel in the Window?
2007
Mixed media
36 x 50 inches


Isa D'Arleans
I Told You So!
2007
Mixed media
28 x 74 inches


Isa D'Arleans
Whistle While You Work
2007
Mixed media
27 x 50 inches


Isa D'Arleans
Palm Beach High
2007
Mixed media
26 x 74 inches



Christopher Reilly
New Work
9 January – 22 February 2008

Artist Christopher Reilly is particularly well known for his depictions of nature. His medium is a delicate mixture of gypsum, watercolor, tree-sap resin wax, and gesso, which he layers upon the canvas. Following Reilly’s intensive scraping, reheating, and additive and reductive techniques, a uniquely rich surface unfolds.

Reilly’s pieces are deeply and elegantly expressive, and they illustrate his reverence for beauty. His subject matter calls upon an organic realm, as flowers, branches, insects, butterflies and leaves embellish his serene color fields. His art explores the dichotomy of the physical and spiritual worlds.

Says Reilly of his work, “It is the inherent life force in all things and the transcendent mystery that creates, preserves, and dissolves.”  It is the power and unpredictability of the wild that inspires Reilly: “We can diagram it, plot it, and cut it up, but we can never fully understand nature.”

Christopher Reilly
Untitled (Moss)
2007
Encaustic, mixed media on panel
40 x 48 inches


Isa D'Arleans
Orchid Heart
2007
Encaustic, mixed media on panel
60 x 48 inches


Isa D'Arleans
Siddhartha II
2007
Encaustic, mixed media on canvas over panel
42 x 31.5 inches


Isa D'Arleans
Untitled (Dragonflies)
2007
Encaustic, mixed media on canvas over panel
41.5 x 37.5 inches



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