Red Raven Gallery presents New works
by Seattle artist Patrica Ariel
“Whenever I wanted answers or inspiration for life and art,
it was not in the mundane or in the ordinary life that I looked for them, but
in the unlimited world of my inner reality. This world, inhabited by mysterious
places and people, has its own stories, its own rules, its own wisdom. I am
only the storyteller.
I think of my work as a celebration of the human experience
in what they have of sacred and profane. My language is the one of beauty and
emotion, composed upon a hybrid of drawing/painting. Graphite drawing of
classically constructed bodies, rendered with oil, acrylic washes and abstract
embellishment, reflect the point of contact between the physical and the
reality of dreams, spirituality, and abstract perceptions. I create my own
mythology; characters, stories, fables, worlds that speak and connect with the
viewer through the language of symbols and archetypes. Themes like transformation and transitions,
the human duality, spiritual and emotional experiences, and the ties of man
with nature and the raw forces of life are often explored. Since I focus
primarily on the female figure, I can say that my work is also about the the
female experience according to my own vision of the feminine: power, creation,
energy, witchcraft, life. My women are forces of nature, sorceresses, bearers
of darkness and light.”
Artist of surrealist and visionary themes, Patricia was born
in 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she lived and worked until moving to
the United States. Since she was a little child, she has been enjoying to give
life to her private world through her drawings and writings. She has been
drawing since the age of three, never remembering a single time of her life
when she was not exploring some type of creative language. She has been also a
performing artist, acting, dancing, and singing since her late teens. Although
in part self-taught, she has had some formal training in visual arts that
included academic drawing classes and a background in Fashion Design. Her love
for teaching took her to a bachelors degree in Art Education with a
specialization in History of Art from the Rio de Janeiro State University. But
it was just after leaving her homeland that she considered the possibility of
becoming a fine artist more seriously. Currently she has been consistently
working as a fine artist, illustrator, and designer, basing her images on her passion for the
figurative art combined with ornamental abstracts. Her inspiration and
aesthetic references come from several sources, from the theater and ballet to
Eastern Art, from the Art Nouveau and Jugendstil to contemporary Pop Art,
including occult symbolism, Tarot, Astrology and metaphysics.
Brazillia R. Kreep New Icons
Brazillia R. Kreep aka R. Richard O'Donnell.. coming fresh
off his smash hit cabaret play last week, 'Bite Me!' He debuts his 2d work for the
first time in Port Townsend. His
recognizable portraits stand out as pop culture icons in his own unique style
of macabre tongue in chic retro.
The Kreep first appeared on Halloween, 2007 as a weekly
column published by webzine Static Multimedia. The column, under the banner of
Kreep's Korner, reviewed classic and contemporary horror films in rhyme which
were also linked to a weekly podcast on iTunes, voiced by creator O'Donnell and
engineered by Eric Hoffhines.[1] Formatted to resemble a penned letter to its
readers, Kreep’s Korner included historical facts and an original poem about
the film with the reoccurring sign-off of "In Eternity".
In 2008, O'Donnell began blogging regularly under "The
Kreep" banner. Gothic poems in verse dubbed "Kreeplets" appeared
almost daily, illustrated with original art, and covered a variety ofmacabre
topics such as vampires, ghouls, and goblins. Other topics outside the sphere
of horror included homelessness, love, war, and poverty. Additional blogs began
reposting The Kreep such as In Shadows, Dirty Wings, and Gothican on a regular
basis.
Opening Reception for the artist is March 2 2013
5:30-8:30 pm
Red Raven Gallery
922 Water st. Port Townsend
360.385.1493
