Art on Display

Treehouse Café features artwork from local artists rotating through our walls each month.  We showcase all types of artwork from photography, to charcoal artists, to painting.  Here is our schedule of featured artists:

 

January, 2012: Michael Nalley

 

Michael Nalley is a photographer/art director and has lived on Bainbridge Island since 2005. The multi-disciplined and crossover approach of photography and advertising have been at the core of Michael’s work ever since he acquired a double-major in design and photography from the University of Michigan School of Art in the early 80’s. Michael believes that whether he’s designing a poster, developing an ad or composing a picture, there are a constant stream of decisions, matters of exclusion or inclusion, juxtaposition, color and composition, that are made in order to best tell the story or communicate the idea.

 

For more of Michael’s photography, check out michaelnalleyphotography.com. For frequent photo updates, search for Michael Nalley Photography on Facebook. To see Michael’s design and advertising work, visit www.michaelnalley.com.

 

February, 2012: Walter F. Ball

 

Walt is a third generation, lifetime islander. He is self taught and has been painting since early childhood. Some early influence were Mark Tobey and Jasper Johns.  His works include watercolors, acrylics, encaustics and sculpture and are hung in many states.  Walt never had the patience for oils. He is of Irish descent with a finely sharpened tongue, Even admirers are advised to approach carefully.

March, 2012: Michael Pointieri

 

Michael Pontieri lives on Bainbridge Island. He studied non objective painting in Spokane and has adapted those techniques to make representational narratives.  For more information, visit Michael’s blog.

April, 2012: Donald C. Roake

 

I’m a professional fine art landscape photographer from Bainbridge Island Wa. For over twenty years, I have been pursuing my love of nature and the outdoors through photography. My work is about capturing those defining moments of light found out in nature. I strive to to create images that engage and draw the viewer in. All images are captured in the wild using one exposure. In recent years, I have become drawn to candid street photography and embraced digital imaging. Within the candid street genre, my goal is to record unique and unusual occurrences during everyday life scenes. For more information, visit www.dcroakephoto.com.

 

June, 2012: Minor Moriarty

 

Photographer Minor Moriarty will show photos of architecture, sports (sailing, skiing, Motocross), birds, scenic views and more.

July, 2012: J.C. Figueroa

 

Featuring underwater photography from the Caribbean, the Galapagos Islands and the Pacific Northwest, J.C. Figueroa shares a little bit of a part of our world few people get to see.

August, 2012: Tim Connolly

 

Tim has been taking photographs for more than 20 years and, whenever he travels for work, he always takes his camera along. In August, Tim will show a variety of photos from trips to China, Croatia, Korea, Russia, Italy, and some from places closer to home. The photo shown right is of a young girl looking through binoculars at North Korea.

September, 2012: Susan Arens and Cindy Ford

 

Susan Arens is a Bainbridge Island artist working in both oil paint and the ancient art form of encaustics—pigmented beeswax on a wooden support. She creates abstract images of the figure using paint, graphite, thread, found paper, fabric and other items. To see more of her work go to www.susanarens.com or contact her at susanarens@gmail.com.

 

Cindy Ford’s current work in mixed media, collage, and encaustic involves an exploration of traditional quilt patterns.  It includes all the elements that intrigue any artist—balance, color, space, line, shape, contrast—and challenges her to find new ways to present well-known patterns in new ways.

November, 2012: John Hemmen

 

John Hemmen is a Bainbridge artist who paints in both acrylic and oil, and draws mostly in oil pastel. He works with a variety of subjects, depicting them often in representational style but tending sometimes to the abstract. He renders the images with bold color and dramatic composition. In this show he features a variety of works from pastel landscapes to still life in oil. Visit his website at www.johnhemmenart.com to view other works.