Seattle - Art

Gerard Tsutakawa is best known for his numerous monumental corporate and public commissions throughout the Northwest US and Japan. One of his more recent iconic forms is found in his 'SeaWave' series, with the full-scale sculpture installed at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena in 2021. Here we have made available a cast bronze edition of the maquette of the already acclaimed public art sculpture. An edition of 20, this maquette is a rare opportunity to own a cast sculpture by the cherished Seattle sculptor! Finished in the artist's signature dark blue patina with brown and gold tinges and signed and numbered along the bottom edge. Gerard Tsutakawa’s designs are a confluence of the cultures and traditions of the Pacific Rim. Tsutakawa grew up with a rich heritage of Japanese design creativity and sensibility combined with a lifetime spent in the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful natural environment. Exposure to the esthetics of cultures around the Pacific Rim instilled a humanistic approach to his creative process. He gathers images as bold as a Tongan war club, or as sensitive as folded origami paper, and creates a subliminal integration as a new art form.   Tsutakawa apprenticed with his father, the late George Tsutakawa...

The history of photography is replete with examples of image capture without a camera. My present focus, ‘From a Scanner, Darkly,’ began when I had no time to work with film. Ins...

This pedestal sculpture is finely hand-crafted in fabricated bronze, as opposed to cast, and is therefore one-of-a-kind and not an edition. With the artist’s beautiful, rich, dark patina with bluish details and metallic tinges. Gerard Tsutakawa’s designs are a confluence of the cultures and traditions of the Pacific Rim. Tsutakawa grew up with a rich heritage of Japanese design creativity and sensibility combined with a lifetime spent in the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful natural environment. Exposure to the esthetics of cultures around the Pacific Rim instilled a humanistic approach to his creative process. He gathers images as bold as a Tongan war club, or as sensitive as folded origami paper, and creates a subliminal integration as a new art form.   Tsutakawa apprenticed with his father, the late George Tsutakawa...

*Scientists at Mount Sinai are working to identify and block COVID-19 while many are still at risk from the disease. We (the artist and gallery) will be donating 30% of all income fr...

Many of Gerard Tsutakawa’s home-sized sculptures, and some of his public ones, have a geometric window that allows the viewer to go through and beyond the form. In “Moonlight,” this small circle becomes the moon and one can go through its phases simply by moving from side to side, the highly polished edges of the circle’s edges mimicking delicate moonlight peering through the night of the dark patina surrounding it. "Moonlight" is finely hand-crafted in fabricated bronze, as opposed to cast, and is therefore one-of-a-kind rather than an edition. Finished with the artist’s rich, dark patina with bluish tinges and a polished inner circle. Gerard Tsutakawa’s designs are a confluence of the cultures and traditions of the Pacific Rim. Tsutakawa grew up with a rich heritage of Japanese design creativity and sensibility combined with a lifetime spent in the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful natural environment. Exposure to the esthetics of cultures around the Pacific Rim instilled a humanistic approach to his creative process. He gathers images as bold as a Tongan war club, or as sensitive as folded origami paper, and creates a subliminal integration as a new art form.   Tsutakawa apprenticed with his father, the late George Tsutakawa...

Bed, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2012 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) This muted, dream-like surrealist painting by artist Megan Frazer can be compared to both the subject matter and painterly style of the work of Leonara Carrington...

Found It, Original Signed Contemporary Satirical Surrealist Painting, 2014 18" x 11" x 1.625" Gouache on Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist. When socks go missing, this disarticulated human arm can find them! In this dream-like surrealistic painting by artist Megan Frazer a laundry basket full of blue, red, and yellow clothing...

Medium: Archival pigment print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 60 x 60 in. Depth: 1/8 in. Signed by the artist. Edition of 3. RIOUX's Seer Masterprints: With NFT and Certificate ...

Archival photo print under museum acrylic. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Edition of 5 Montreal-based artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux has been creating virtual wor...

Preserving, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2012 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist. This muted, dream-like surrealist painting by artist Megan Frazer features a small, pale girl sitting upon an oversized hand that is jutting out from the gray Earth. The child is licking a large red lollipop, staring out at the viewer, as she sits below a night sky that glows from the light of the full moon. Artist Commentary: Surrealistic image of a young girl with a lollipop conveyed above the night sea...

Love, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel A conceptual surrealist painting by artist Megan Frazer, this composition feature...

Artist Commentary: The intricate and complex branching patterns of a giant willow tree stand out in ghostly contrast to storm clouds in the background. A patch of illuminated sky in...

Artist Commentary: Bare branches carve through and explode against the gradient sky behind while complimentary colors accentuate the vibrancy of the natu...

Watching, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2014 11.25" x 18" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel This surreal gouache painting features a woman laying on top of her bed...

Archival pigment print under a 1" thick diamond acrylic block. Dimensions: 9 15 in x 15 in. Depth: 1 in. Space in between each panel: 1.5 in. Total dimensions: 48 x 48 in. With ...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Three prints 3 x 48x48" (each) Height: 48 in Width: 48 in Depth: 1/8 in Signed & Numbered by the artist Edition of 3 Total: 156 in ...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutting-edge media technology as well as his expertise in photography cast him as pioneer in digital art and allow him to develop virtual matrix from which he extracts his images. In his works he explores a universe that lies at the crossroad of abstraction and the figurative, inviting the viewer to determine if what he sees is a reflection of reality or imagination. Through is truly unique approach RIOUX is one of the most innovative artists in digital creations and one of the few creative minds able to blend with such keenness aesthetics research and critical distance. Whether they translate into a Dantesque urbanity or the infinite horizon of a turquoise ocean, the urban territory reflected by his creations offers a dystopian view of the world, challenging our attitude towards the environment and the future. From the onset, RIOUX has no intention of matching IRL expectations of what digital art 'should' look like, but strives to play with our notions of what's real, what's not, how we remember, and how we infer meaning into imaginary visual constructs. --- RIOUX started the Renaissance project in 2016. Renaissance further develops themes explored by RIOUX in his earlier series Turquoise Default. It is not merely a progression however, but also a contrast. This new series poses questions about hope, which is perhaps now more relevant than ever. “Renaissance invokes in us a sense of uncertainty and a self-awareness of our limits, of an infinity made apparent by the horizon line, the vanishing point, the moment in any spatial or temporal projection beyond which we can no longer see, but from which, nonetheless, we know the universe carries on. At the same time it poses a choice to us: do we accept the openness of abstraction or do we insist on imposing a (false) certainty of representation in what we see in these images. Hope is a faith made possible by uncertainty and the unknown, by an understanding that history and the future are creative acts, works of art in which we all participate.” Neal Rockwell There are 18 pieces in the RENAISSANCE collection. Each archival pigment print is produced under the supervision of the artist. The print is mounted under a single piece of 1/4"/ 6 mm gallery...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutting-edge media technology as well as his expertise in photography cast him as pioneer in digital art and allow him to develop virtual matrix from which he extracts his images. In his works he explores a universe that lies at the crossroad of abstraction and the figurative, inviting the viewer to determine if what he sees is a reflection of reality or imagination. Through is truly unique approach RIOUX is one of the most innovative artists in digital creations and one of the few creative minds able to blend with such keenness aesthetics research and critical distance. Whether they translate into a Dantesque urbanity or the infinite horizon of a turquoise ocean, the urban territory reflected by his creations offers a dystopian view of the world, challenging our attitude towards the environment and the future. From the onset, RIOUX has no intention of matching IRL expectations of what digital art 'should' look like, but strives to play with our notions of what's real, what's not, how we remember, and how we infer meaning into imaginary visual constructs. --- RIOUX started the Cloud project in 2022. Paul-Emile Rioux’s series Cloud, like his other work, is a kind of aesthetic thought experiment. Each square image is bisected symmetrically, or nearly symmetrically, by a tidy horizon. The upper half display forms that appear as clouds, the bottom as an underwater seascape, yet at the same time mimics the cloudlike formations of above. Formally these works reference hard-edged abstraction, minimalism and abstract expressionism, though juxtaposed with a sort of Instagram lifestyle sensibility. When shown as a gridded series, they recall the Instagram account @insta_repeat which curates gridded typologies of nearly identical influencer photos – for instance sunsets on a beach, or campfires with hiking boot clad feet visible in the foreground, transforming images, which individually are meant to signify the good life, into symbols of stifling homogeneity, cynically trying to capitalize on mass-produced sensations. Unlike past movements in abstract or minimal art, however, Rioux is not striving to create self-contained objects, but windows into deeper currents that churn in the dark spaces where culture, technology and the subconscious flow together. Rioux’s digital works are not specifically images, but notes, ways of thinking. They connect to a larger discourse. With Clouds, Rioux thinks aloud about what is hidden and what is revealed in our relationships to technology and nature. It is a meditation on “the cloud,” which, like real clouds, seem immaterial, but in fact are physical and have a material impact on the world. Rioux considers the juxtaposition between weight and weightlessness – the apparent weightlessness of virtual reality, against the mass, the inescapability of the material world. Technology promises a world of lightness, connectivity and the bounty of limitless growth, or if it cannot quite muster that illusion, at least the offer of escape into a simulated universe of carnivalesque distraction shepherding us away from the environmental catastrophe our economic system inflicts on the earth. In this series Rioux asks us to reflect on what the clouds hide. There are 18 pieces in the Cloud collection. Each archival pigment print is produced under the supervision of the artist. The print is mounted under a single piece of 1/4"/ 6 mm gallery...

This work is one of the slimmest in Tsutakawa’s Uzumaki Series, which includes a public artwork in Clayton, MO, that is over 12 feet long. The warm honey patina is also unusual in th...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

In "The Beginning," Gerard Tsutakawa continues his witty interpretations of geometric forms while taking inspiration from nature and natural phenomena. An obvious reference to the sun, it is also presented here as a biped, squarely standing on a wood base and accessible to us on earth. The sculpture is finely hand-crafted in the artist's studio from sheet bronze...

Gerard Tsutakawa's playful interpretation of a window frame, "Curvature Box," is finely hand-crafted in fabricated bronze, as opposed to cast, and is therefore one-of-a-kind and not an edition. Finished with the artist’s beautiful, rich dark patina with gold tinges. Gerard Tsutakawa’s designs are a confluence of the cultures and traditions of the Pacific Rim. Tsutakawa grew up with a rich heritage of Japanese design creativity and sensibility combined with a lifetime spent in the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful natural environment. Exposure to the esthetics of cultures around the Pacific Rim instilled a humanistic approach to his creative process. He gathers images as bold as a Tongan war club, or as sensitive as folded origami paper, and creates a subliminal integration as a new art form.   Tsutakawa apprenticed with his father, the late George Tsutakawa...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Edition of 5 Dimensions: 3x 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. RIOUX started the Cloud project in 2022. Paul-Emile Rioux’s series Cloud, like his ...

Archival photo print under museum acrylic. Three prints, 3 x 24x24" (each) Signed & Numbered by the artist Edition of 5 Montreal-based artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux has...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 24 x 72 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

Abstract depiction of a bird's nest. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Ye...

Soft palette depicting abstraction of a cloud filled sky. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to H...

Colorful abstraction inspired by a spring quince branch. There are two paintings, Quince I and Quince II. They work well as a diptych. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes...

Abstract painting inspired by a quince branch. Quince I and Quince II can work well as a diptych. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authent...

Archival photo print under museum acrylic. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Edition of 5 Montreal-based artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux has been creating virtual wor...

Artist Commentary: Robert Schoenfeld is a master Color-Field Artist from Seattle and a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. Robert’s large Color-Field paintings can be viewed ...

Artist Commentary: Robert Schoenfeld is a master Color-Field Artist from Seattle and a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. Robert’s large Color-Field paintings can be viewed ...

Abstraction of plant forms and creatures underwater. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...

Of the series, From a Scanner, Lightly.' Image captured with a flat bed scanner :: Photograph :: Color :: This piece comes with an official certificate of au...

Counter, Original Contemporary Conceptual Surrealist Painting, 2014 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel A confusing and seemingly impossible juxtaposition of subject matter, this conceptual work features her signature muted color scheme, incredible use of texture, and an intensely surrealist composition. The work is slightly reminiscent of the surreal painting *The Persistence of Memory...

The painting is part of my The Edge of Passion series. Palette is daffodil and white. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Three prints, 3 x 48x48" (each) Signed & Numbered by the artist Edition of 3 Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, C...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

Artist Commentary: I enjoy creating dramatic feelings with my art - Feelings such as Joy, Power, Up-Liftment, and Serenity. Keywords: Abstract, minimalist,...

Artist Commentary: Magnolia blossoms and branches recede into a twilight sky gradient from deep blue to pale green. Words that describe this piece: flowers, magnolias, nature, twil...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

Artist Commentary: This painting is dominated by a sky filled with variegated and undulating storm clouds broken by the light of an unseen sun. The hillside below is scattered with typical Seattle dwellings whose lighted windows suggest residents within taking shelter from the storm...

In Case of Need, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2014 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel Hand-signed. by the artist. A conceptual surrealist painting in a muted color scheme, this work makes the viewer think about the juxtaposition of subject matter present in attempt to piece together a logical narrative that appears to be out of reach. Two hands poke out from beneath an undulating sandy landscape. One rests upon the ground's surface, the other sticks straight up, delicately holding a baby bottle...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 36 x 72 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

*Scientists at Mount Sinai are working to identify and block COVID-19 while many are still at risk from the disease. We (the artist and gallery) will be donating 30% of all income from this work to Mount Sinai to support their efforts saving lives… Picadas creates photographs and video installations of places, situations and architecture that not only reveal their inner essence but also hint at dark unknown recesses. By partially stripping away the surface features of an image, the artist unearths visions that give rise to both a secret countenance and a psychic inner landscape. The artist explains, “In my photographs I examine and reveal the ways in which one can freeze both space and time by re-contextualizing different parts of reality and recombining them in new ways. The result is that both objects, and even situations, can be transformed into a kind of sculpture, providing us access to new knowledge about the nature of our reality.” The current works on view include photographs from Costas Picadas...

This image is a part of the body of work, 'From a Scanner, Darkly,' with apologies to Philip K. Dick. Still life images are captured with a scanner rathe...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 24 x 72 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

Medium: Archival pigment print under museum acrylic glass. Dimensions: 18 x 15 x 15 in. each Depth: 1 in. Space in between each panel: 1.5 in. Total dimensions: 48 x 97.5 in. Ar...

Medium: Archival pigment print under museum acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Signed by the artist. Edition of 5. Paul-Émile Rioux is a Montreal-based artist a...

Archival pigment print under a 1" thick diamond acrylic block. Dimensions: 9 15 in x 15 in. Depth: 1 in. Space in between each panel: 1.5 in. Total dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Wit...

Medium: Archival pigment print under museum acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Signed by the artist. Edition of 5. Paul-Émile Rioux is a Montreal-based artist a...

*Scientists at Mount Sinai are working to identify and block COVID-19 while many are still at risk from the disease. We (the artist and gallery) will be donating 30% of all income fr...

Medium: Archival pigment print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Signed by the artist. Edition of 5. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Mo...

Medium: Archival pigment print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Signed by the artist. Edition of 5. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Mo...

Archival pigment print under 1 inch acrylic glass. Fifteen prints, 15 x 15x15" (each) Depth: 1 in. Space in between each panel: 1.5 inch Total dimensions: 48 x 81 in. Signed & Num...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 24 x 72 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...

Masterprint with NFT and Certificate of Authenticity Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Edition of 3 Masterprint + NFT Dimensions: 2x 60x40 in. Depth: 1/8 in. About the Mas...

*Scientists at Mount Sinai are working to identify and block COVID-19 while many are still at risk from the disease. We (the artist and gallery) will be donating 30% of all income from this work to Mount Sinai to support their efforts saving lives… Picadas creates photographs and video installations of places, situations and architecture that not only reveal their inner essence but also hint at dark unknown recesses. By partially stripping away the surface features of an image, the artist unearths visions that give rise to both a secret countenance and a psychic inner landscape. The artist explains, “In my photographs I examine and reveal the ways in which one can freeze both space and time by re-contextualizing different parts of reality and recombining them in new ways. The result is that both objects, and even situations, can be transformed into a kind of sculpture, providing us access to new knowledge about the nature of our reality.” The current works on view include photographs from Costas Picadas...