FRIDAY COMMISSIONED ARTISTS
FRIDAY AUCTION ITEMS

Dean Hanmer - FL-39
Minneapolis native, Hanmer creates constructed assemblages. “Art for me is marking sacred space,” he said. “Each piece is a prayer.” Hanmer’s commissioned piece, “Red, White & Blue,” incorporates a cement base sculpture intricately tiled with oblong slate pieces, bits of ceramics and several painted icons of Hanmer’s America; Reno, three American Presidents and a miniature scene of the Revolutionary War. “Slate is my main material. I also use bits of pottery, glass, marbles, anything that catches my interest. I want people to get sucked in; I want people to look for the mystery in it, engage their minds.”


Brian Fisher - FL-48
Brian Fisher’s monoprints retell Greek myths, especially the political and dramatic ones, with intensity, accuracy and beauty. His commissioned artwork, “Clew,” for auction Friday night, tells the story of Minotaur’s end, in Fisher’s signature bold lines. Fisher has lived on Vashon 18 years. He earned a BA in Interior Architecture and was inspired by Ilse Reimnitz to join Quartermaster Press nearly a decade ago. “I continue to be confounded by and delighted with the variety of texture and imagery made possible through the manipulation of these simple materials,” he said.


Mike Urban - FL-54
As a child he imagined himself an archeologist exploring the beaches of Vashon. He collected Native American arrowheads and bones of seals, herons and seagulls. Mike Urban, also an award winning photographer, still finds himself connecting to his childhood dreams through his sculpture. And so his “Xiphactinus” was born, made from “70 some odd lawnmower blades, 40 pairs of hedge trimmers, half a dozen or more hay scythe blades, a few brush axes, and several hand saws. The head is made from an old storage tank, nails, rebar, stainless steel, and regular steel.”
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F1-01: Pizza Party for Six
Ron Gawith & Linda Weiss
$250

F1-02: Season of Flowers - Three Floral Arrangements
Blooms & Things
$120

F1-03: Kurdish Tribal Rug from Iran
Treasure Island
$375

F1-04: Custom Framing
Frame of Mind
$100

F1-05: Home Décor Consultation
Mary Ellen Peterson, Brenda Misel
$500

F1-06: K2 Snowboard
K2 Corporation
$400

F1-07: “Mannerist Prints” Art Book
Vashon Bookshop
$60


F1-08: Deer Ears, Evening Repose
Lithographic Print
Nancy Taylor Stonington
$65

F1-09: 4 Tickets to The Wizard of Oz & Dinner for 4
Drama Dock, Back Bay Inn
$350

F1-10: Cinephile Package
Vashon Theatre, Movie Magic
$125

F1-11: Oscar Night with Glamour Package
Studio 202, Vashon Film Society
$150

F1-12: Tour of Microsoft Art Collection
Microsoft
$350


F1-13: Italia
Watercolor
Benjaporn (Apple Cox)
$600


F1-14: Dream Body
Mixed Media, Stitched Canvas
Hannah Albert
$525


F1-15: It’s Raining Henna
Henna on Tea Stained Canvas
Kara LC Jones
$195

F1-16: 1979 Print Portfolio by Kenneth Callahan
Seattle Art Museum
$200

F1-17: Drive a 1947 Tractor in the 2008 Strawberry Festival
Duane Deitz & Patricia Kane
$100


F2-01: Old Man in the Shell
Sculpey & Acrylic Paint
Bill Jarcho
$150


F2-02: Forest Flowers
Textile
Terry Jarvis
$225


F2-03: Artist at Work
Photograph
Hawk Jones
$250


F2-04: Split Personality
Pit-fired Ceramic
Amy Kitchener
$100


F2-05: Like Any Other Morning
Acrylic on Panel
Michael McDevitt
$250


F2-06: Sparrow and Blossoms
Pyrography On Italian Poplar
Charles Gardner
$375


F2-07: Spring Dogwood
Oil and Acrylic
Elizabeth Grzybowski Morris
$450


F2-08: Untitled
Acrylic on MDF Clock
Pascale Judet
$100


F2-09: Sunflower, 2002
Encaustic on Paper & Board
Mindi Katzman
$780


F2-10: Silver Hairpin Lace & Seed Pearl Bracelet
Kathy Pine
$250


F2-11: Rocks at La Push
Watercolor
Marj Watkins
$300


F2-12: Still Life with Flowers & Brush Oil
John Woodard
$500


F2-13: Garden Art
Cement, Copper
Michelle Berlin
$79


F2-14: House Warming
Fused Glass & Textile
Sooze bloom de Leon Grossman
$120


F2-15: Hydrangea
Prismacolor Pencil on Grocery Bag
Nannette Cotton Pawlowski
$150


F2-16: 6 Individual Tiles
Ceramic
Irene Otis
$264


F2-17: Red Vase
Glass
Bill Akers (1964-2006)
$150


F2-18: Butterfly Collection III
Encaustic & Dye on Paper
Deanne Belinoff
$600
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