Tony Scherman
New Paintings
3 September – 10 October 2008

Winston Wächter is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Canadian artist Tony Scherman. Scherman is well known for his masterful encaustic techniques where pigment and wax are combined to create lush, textured, and heavily layered surfaces.

His portraiture and still lifes are carefully imbued with a dream-like intensity and the force of his vision. While Scherman calls upon literary and historical figures and periods, he chooses to embellish his subjects with modern themes—thereby evoking symbolism and deeper meaning. This exhibition will feature new paintings from a number of Scherman’s series, each reflecting intense emotion and drama through their striking subject matter as well as the artist’s skillful encaustic technique.












Winston Wächter Fine Art is also pleased to present a group exhibition featuring the work of Brian Murphy and introducing the work of Margeaux Walter and James Allen to the gallery.

JAMES ALLEN
Excavations
Seattle artist James Allen creates intricately detailed and unexpectedly sculptural "excavated books." Using vintage books, Allen cuts through the pages to reveal carefully composed scenes of overlapping illustrations, embracing the elements of chance and randomness in his work.

MARGEAUX WALTER
Photographs and Lenticulars
Photographer, designer, and digital artist Margeaux Walter creates images that explore human relationships and the impact of technology on the individual and society. In addition to her photographic montages, Walter creates lenticulars, interlaced images that are laminated beneath a lens. This format allows the viewer to see multiple frames in a single image creating the illusion of animation.






BRIAN MURPHY
Recent Watercolors
Seattle artist Brian Murphy uses watercolor to create introspective self-portraits. Using fleshy, bold colors, Murphy creates invisible and reductive areas, which allude to the mass and solidity of the human form. Murphy’s work has been included in numerous museum exhibitions and in 2001, Murphy received the Seattle Art Museum’s Betty Bowen Memorial award.





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