At The Gallery

 

MATZKE FINE ART GALLERY AND SCULPTURE PARK

Matzke Gallery is committed to representing the best and the brightest talent from the Pacific Northwest, the United States and Japan. Phillip Levine, Hiroshi Yamano, Tracy Powell, Kevin Pettelle, Betty and Russell Frost  are among over 65 emerging, mid-career, and established artists exhibiting at the Gallery and Sculpture Park. Our goal is connecting artists and collectors through our special events, exhibits, art production, and art education programs.

See Current Show for more details. March 1st Opening; 25 of the …”100 Northwest Artists” 

We would love to help make your next event, meeting or workshop a memorable occasion. For more info.,

please click on For Your Next Event.

 

2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, Wa.     Open weekends 10am-5pm,

weekdays by appointment 360-387-2759

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“Spring Cavort”

Opening April 26th; Party and Potluck 5:30 to 9:00

 April 26th continues through June 8th.

Group show with artist working in glass, metal, ceramic, stone and Northwest paintings.

New sculptures in the ten acre sculpture park.

Artists: Betty Frost, Patsy Thola Chamberlain, Charlie Bigger, Lance Carleton, Don Haggerty, Ria Harboe, Shirley Erickson, Janie Olsen, Karla Matzke, Alexandra Morocco, Merrilee Moore, Richard Nash, Susan Cohen Thompson, Donna Watson, Ruth Westra and Leon White.

 Open weekends:  10 to 5 and weekdays by appointment.

360-387-2759

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2014 Stone Carving Retreat

April 25 through 27 on beautiful Camano Island, WA

at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park                 link here for more info.

Sketching in stone.  That’s the best way I know of describing the process I experience when putting chisel to stone.  The original shape of the stone itself seems always faithful to recommend the gesture that’s to be pursued.  This suggested gesture then sets into motion a period of pondering–of envisioning what twists, turns and intertwinings might be held within the stone.

Then comes the first tap of the chisel.  And with that first tap, the “conversation” is begun.  As with any good conversation, the pauses prove every bit as rich as the thoughts that are exchanged.  Listening precedes each word that’s spoken  Listening leads to the next tap of the chisel, which is followed yet again by a listening pause.  One thing leads beautifully and mysteriously to another.

I love the progressive process of conversing with the stone.  Planes intersect.  Surfaces merge and again part ways.  Forms emerge.  But I must say that I enjoy just as much the simple pleasure of watching the tool marks as they appear in the stone.  Light plays against shadow, smooth against rough.  Like the cross-hatchings made in a drawing by a stick of charcoal, or line work created using pen and ink–just as beautiful are the marks left in stone by differing chisels.

Interestingly, the conversation never seems to end.  Even when the chisels have been set to rest, my eyes continue to roam, happily exploring the outcome.
– Don Haggerty

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 We have over 70 artists showing, including new sculptures in the ten acre Park !

"Figure in the Forest", by Don Haggerty,Powder coated steel 63"H x 61"W

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MATZKE FINE ART

A gallery featuring Fine Art exhibits as well as a ten acre Sculpture Park under a natural temperate canopy, a place for artist workshops and classes, indoors or outdoors. A designated place for art lovers to view or purchase fine art.

Currently featured in the Sculpture Park are works by Sabah Al-Dhaher, Kevin Pettelle, Reg Akright, Verena

Schwippert, James Lapp, Don Anderson, Merrilee Moore, Shirley Erickson, Tracy Powell, Paul Larned, Aaron Haba, Paula Rey, Debbi Rhodes, Kirk McLean, Sue Taves, Terry Slaton, Tom Small, Lin Mcjunkin, Arno Zielke, Lane Tompkins, Lance Carleton and Richard J Nash.

Hours:
Open weekends, 11am-5pm
Weekdays by appointment, call 360-387-2759

Background:
For eighteen years, I owned History of the World Fine Art Gallery on the south end of Camano Island. I received my MFA from the University of New York at Albany, NY in 1983. In 2008, the doors opened to my new gallery, Matzke Fine Art Gallery. Our mission is to promote, encourage, and serve as an advocate for fine artists and to make contemporary art a relevant part of our cultural experience.  I expect that this magical acreage will nurture the careers of many artist and provide a place for others to expand their horizons as well.

Karla Matzke