LGG Artist of the Month, January: Ron Simmons

Ron Simmons

www.RONSIMMONSSTUDIO.COM

Divine Messengers

Reign of the Rooster Kings

That Which Dwells Within

Eternity Pond

Ron was born in the small farming community of Sunnyside Washington in 1957. Moving to the Yakima valley in the late 1960's, he got involved with art at an early age. He spent many of his days photographing and painting landscapes from the beautiful hills and valleys of the Yakima Valley including the farmlands extending south across the Horse Heaven Hills out to the Columbia River Gorge and beyond.

Through the years more time was spent traveling, exploring his inner self and contemplating the relationship between his spirituality and a passion for the landscape. As he continued to experiment with different mediums and techniques in which to express himself more fully, he began creating his art digitally. Paint, brushes and canvas were substituted with a digital camera, digital pen and pad.
Ron continues to work on his art daily, exploring new landscapes, discovering a deeper understand of his spirituality and experimenting with ways to push the boundaries of his art. He currently lives in the Seattle area with his wife Laurie and their two cats Bella and Elektra.

LGG Permanent Collection

Abaya and Beyond

Video from the reception for the current exhibition, "Abaya and Beyond," featuring paintings and photographs by Dr. Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield.



The exhibition continues at Larson Gallery through March 9, 2013. Larson Gallery is always free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm and Saturday 1-5pm. Larson Gallery is located on the corner of 16th Ave and Nob Hill Boulevard on the Yakima Valley Community College Campus.

Dr. Pepin-Wakefield's book, "Suitcase Filled with Nails" is available for purchase at Larson Gallery. For more information about the exhibition, gallery or Larson Gallery Guild membership, visit our website or "like" our page on Facebook.

Jane Orleman showing at Oak Hollow.

Jane Orleman is showing new work at Oak Hollow Gallery.

Come and see her new 30' mural.

LGG Artist of the Month, January: Jan Monoian

Jan Monoian 

Jan is a retired office manager for Memorial Physicians of Yakima, Wa.  Jan has painted with watercolor, acrylic, collage, and oil pastel. Jan is currently a volunteer with the Larson Gallery.  She is the wife of Stanley Hughes.

Abaya and Beyond, Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield, artist.

Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield, artist

Yvonne and David Lynx, Gallery Director

Photography by Gary Miller

Larson Gallery Artists of the Month, January: John S. Barany

John S. Barany 

jsbarany@aol.com

jsbArts.com

 

A Prenuptial Agreement..."Bites"

Lidded Bottle

Artist’s Bio: At 8 years I walked slowly past 3 boys all crouched over something on 30th street ,  a block from our new house.  One was flipping a propeller on a plane hooked up to a battery with little thread leads.  Flip, Flip, Flip, Flip,  Pop,    “Owww” as the motor backfired and hit his finger and he shook it and then again to the Flip, Flip, Flip, buzz, screammmm  as the engine roared.  One of them held it by the tail, one backed away wide-eyed from the noise and spitting hot fuel, and the third ran to the middle of the street, picked up the U-control handle holding wires attached to the wing, got ready, and waved the signal to let go the banshee.  The plane scooted down the street and took off flying in a circle controlled by the kid with the handle and it buzzed around doing loops, squares, wing-overs, upside-downers, figure eights, and then motor suddenly stopped and it floated silently down and skidded to a halt.   I walked home, glued up some toothpicks into my own plane, satisfied myself that it wouldn’t fly under any circumstance, got over my stranger fears, walked back down the street, rang the doorbell and made a new friend who showed me how to make model airplanes right.   What little successes I’ve had, what little progresses I’ve made, what little differences I’ve brought to bear have all been due to others who have answered the bell, opened the door.

Stairway to Heaven

Living With Art:  I wake up, wash up, eat, go out the kitchen door, reach for the key, unlock the studio, turn on the lights and the music, switch on the lathe, make chips fly for an hour or 2 and rough out a box, a vase, a platter, a lid.   I go upstairs to do a little carving, transfer to the paint department and spray a little urethane, walk over to the photo corner and take a pic, upload to the PC and Photoshop the pot pics and email them to Cheryl at Larson, meet with Pat to center the drive shaft on the broken-arm lathe, call Sandy to get details for the Black Madonna platform, finish drilling the holes for the bees on the beehive vases for the Master Gardeners Plant and Art Sale, line up Eric and Graeme to speak at Mid Columbia Woodturners,  sweep the gallery and start a little fire, eat dindin in the easy chair by the woodstove,  check messages, think up a plan for tomorrow, and then it’s beddybye ‘til 7A next.

Revenge of the Red Wigglers

An American Girl

Encaustic Workshop by Kathryn Kaye

Encaustic Workshop

Saturday, Jan. 5.

Kathryn Kaye, instructor.

Sunday, Jan 6

Here is how you do it.
Kathryn Kaye.