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V I G N E T T E S • Nov/Dec/Jan 2011/12WashingtonaLLyn cantoRKENT LOVELACE: PEREGRINATIONS Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Nov 3–27 Kent Lovelace has worked with oils on copper as his preferredmedium since 1998. Transparent glaze on a metallic surface gives adeep sense of luminosity and radiant lighting for the dream-like qualityof his paintings. Peregrinations refers to the exploration and inspirationfound in his physical travels at home and abroad and in theintellectual journey undertaken in the creation process. Ultimately,observation and imagination are serenely blended in Lovelace’s eloquentsubject matter.SEEING IMPRESSIONISM: EUROPE, AMERICA AND THE NORTHWESTNorthwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, Oct 14-Feb 25, 2012Impressionism emerged in late-19th-century Europe and can betraced back to Claude Monet’s 1872 Impression, Sunrise. In reactionto the traditional approach to painting, the Impressionists experimentedwith innovative approaches to paint, brushwork, subjectmatter and elements of light. The exhibited works by Degas, Pissarro,Renoir, Cassatt, Sargent, Hassam, Ingres and others form a substantivecross-section of this historically significant movement.Kent LovelacePierre-Auguste RenoirJOANN VERBURG: INTERRUPTIONS G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Oct 14-Nov 19 JoAnn Verburg’s new photographs are a departure from herpreviously exhibited landscape-based subjects. The cityscape imageson view are of the architecture and inhabitants of Spoleto, Italy; a citythe nationally-recognized artist and her poet husband have visited forover 25 years. With a strong yet intimate sense of place in theseworks, Verburg offers an engaging visual experience for her viewers.Interruptions is also the title of a recently published book on the seriesavailable at G. Gibson Gallery.ROBERT C. JONES: RECENT WORK Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle,Nov 4-Dec 24 Paintings by Robert C. Jones are more concerned withthe structure of the figure and of the page than with rendering reality.The respected Seattle senior artist is well known for naturalisticabstractions and a process-oriented painting style. With time, hisfinished canvasses become a unified collection of moments visuallycharacterized by simple curves, assured mark-making, strong linearstructure, and a distinctive active palette. Paintings produced in thelast three years are presented here with a small grouping of etchingsand woodcuts.AN ARCHITECTURAL VIEW Prographica / fine works on paper, Seattle,Oct 29-Dec 3 The four artists in this show use elements of architecturein their work but do not necessarily share stylistic connectionsother than suggesting a human presence in their subject matter.Steve Costie’s abstractions in heavily worked graphite suggest theweightiness of buildings and Eric Elliot merges form with gesture indiffused studio interiors. Laura Hamje similarly treats the paintedsurface to connect the natural world with man-made structures whileElizabeth Ockwell’s images are of European architectural sites shehas visited.JoAnn VerburgRobert C. JonesElizabeth Ockwellwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 81