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All pieces from the Seattle show are available for viewing/purchase here!

“Thought Processor leads a mostly sentient existence. It is available to bounce ideas off of, also has been known to just float and listen. Beware! Don’t try to play mind games! For it ALSO has been known to cause brainstorms. Or worst yet, roll all over you and your stuff with its think tank.” – PHONETICONTROL

Eric “PHONETICONTROL” Broers is the robot-friendly artist out of San Francisco who created the “Thought Processor” character and subsequently, the traveling exhibition. He collaborated with artist Sjors Trimbach, who designed the template for the paper sculpture.
For the Seattle show over 15 local artists were asked to use digital media to create their own Thought Processor colorway, which came to life as it was folded into a 3D robot. All of the colorways are available for free download at www.phoneticontrol.com. Print out and assemble your own Thought Processor! Each artist has also created an accompanying 2D piece of art for the exhibit.
Thought Processor is focusing on collaboration one city at a time, showcasing local artists in their respective cities at local galleries. The tour thus far includes San Francisco www.super7store.com , Los Angeles www.munkyking.com, Chicago www.ohnodoom.com, Seattle urbanlightstudios.com / halogengallery.com, New York www.myplasticheart.com, and Manilla. More are being added all the time.

“THO PRO” is designed by PHONETICONTROL and sculpted by Sjors Trimbach

Sjors Trimbach – http://www.sjorstrimbach.com/
PHONETICONTROL – http://www.phoneticontrol.com/

tutu paint chip

things are pretty hectic now… getting ready for our last opening of the year. And at 2316… we’ve decided to shut down halogen… at least for awhile. Time for a break and some new adventures. It’s bittersweet… excited at the possibilty of more time to spend on other things, but we’ve had a lot of fun putting together shows and met a lot of great people. We’ll probably still be putting on a couple random shows in other spaces next year – and who knows… maybe halogen will be back someday…

Kelly’s solo show opens this Friday! The pieces are amazing. In person they are even better. All on custom made circular, wood panels. The collection is so beautiful… some are so hauntingly sad… i love her color palette. If you are in Seattle i’d highly recommend stopping by!

It’s been so long since i’ve written on here… been busy lately i guess… where does the time go? :) I have to get going on a bunch of pieces for novemeber and december shows myself – yeeks!

thanks to everyone who came out last night for the opening! It was super fun, albeit it slightly warm in the gallery! :) Taking it easy today…. you can see all the works here.

“the well-intentioned rescue plan”
16″ x 20″
acrylic on canvas

one of a couple new pieces available at “the Good” show this month at Halogen

max kauffman, one of the artists in the variety show, came in from denver for the opening and has been working on an installation piece for our back wall… here’s a sneak peak :) come check out the finished piece Friday night, during the Belltown art walk. it’s looking amazing!

“Violet hides her pretty head”
marker on reclaimed music book page (6.25″ x 8″)

The Violet.
p. 150

The Modern Music Series, Second Book
by Eleanor Smith
copyright 1898, 1901

what a beautiful saturday! the sun is out.. the weather finally feels like spring. A great day to be sitting at the gallery… it is. really. the door is open. lots of people are walking by. i hear birds chirping. a few people are coming in….
and then there are the gawkers. the people that will not come in.
they stand outside and peer thru the windows. Sometimes they will stand there for a few minutes, nose pressed up to the glass, hands up to shield the light from outside so they can see in better, all a few feet away from the wide open door. with the sign on it that says open. in clear few of me. back here at the desk. and lovey music playing. isn’t this welcoming? i don’t stare… most of the time i’m clicking away on lappy. i don’t think it’s too intimidating.
we don’t get it.
i mean — i guess there is always a little pressure, if you walk into a place and you feel you have to give the art a long enough look… or pretend you’re thinking deep thoughts about each piece and critiquing each based upon the cobwebbed memories of that distant art history class you had in college, thereby committing yourself to a substantial amount of time on each piece and therefore an unacceptable chunk of your day will be lost…. but it is really, er, amusing at times :)

10"x10", acrylic on canvas

for "The Good" show at Halogen in July
(part of a 3-gallery show entitled "The Good The Bad The Ugly"; with Bherd Studios and Twilight Artist Collective.)

This piece, along with one piece from each of the other two galleries, is going to be a contest prize. To be eligible for the drawing one must attend each of the 3 shows and get your Good, Bad and Ugly card stamped at each gallery! :)

“‘Til Dawn”
Emma Overman
Acrylic on Masonite
17″ x 15″ (framed)
$500.00

We’re so delighted to have Emma showing with us again, this time with a whole wall of wonderful pieces! She is also part of the winsome playground show and will be traveling from Indianapolis to be with us at the opening tonight. If you are in Seattle, definitely stop by and say hi!

It’s easy to see how Emma’s background in illustrating children’s books fits with her work. Her pieces are very story-like, creating scenes and lands where little girls and animal friends mingle, often in friendship, sometimes in mischievous confrontation. The content is always adorable, sometimes with a hint of sadness, but it’s impossible not to get pulled in to her work. Her brushwork is clean and the paintings have a soft velvety look to them due to her use of color and light. The colors are muted, especially in backgrounds, almost monochromatic except for specific touches of vivid color, but the soft mottled texture mixed with subtle lights and darks give them a rich, inviting feel.

And then there are the frames. We’re not sure where she gets them… she says she is always searching for the perfect frame and we think she’s found a number of them! Large, heavy, intricate, antique frames go perfectly with the storybook nature of her paintings and give them each a distinctly unique character.

The opening reception is tonight from 6 – 10 pm.
Halogen
2316 2nd ave
during the Belltown Art Walk

it was finally time to paint over the technical difficulties mural the other day. bye-bye ninja and turtle! :(
But saying goodbye has to be done sometimes, right? :) Time to make room for the new… and tomorrow show is going to be well worth it! Winsome Playground opens tomorrow night at 6pm.

if only i could get rid of this sickness…. been coughing for 2 weeks now! It really is exhausting…
But i think we’ll get it all done in time :)