April’s Artist for Phinneywood Art Walk 4/11
This month we’re featuring the work of local Phinneywood artist Pat Gallagher.
Art walk this month is Friday the 11th. Come on in any time to take a look!
From his Artist Statement:
A lamp can just be a lamp, and that’s just fine. But then, a lamp can be a dragon, a visitor from another planet, or a table top mushroom cloud. A lamp can break out of the imagination, drive 10 miles over the speed of light, and illegally park half a century in the past, half a world away. Show me the toaster that can do all that.
This is a sampling of three different styles I call Critters, Spacepunk, and Thermonuclear for the Home.
Little Green Dragon evolved from farm equipment – its tail is more than a century old. Unlike us, its parts are not all the same age.
Mururoa and Bikini, both South Pacific atolls that provided some well illuminated beach time for French and American nuclear test personnel, were carved from African padouk, aluminum, and the high copper brass of a vintage marine spotlight. The glass is vintage, too.
Arecibo and Tharsis hail from more humble beginnings – doorknobs, candleholders, and the stolen body parts of other hapless lamps that met their untimely end in my laboratory.
I live and work on Phinney Ridge. When I’m not dissecting marine spotlights or accidentally belt sanding my own hand, I’m a mechanical engineer and climber. If you have any questions about these pieces, feel free to contact me.
Pat Gallagher
PatGallagherArt@Yahoo.com
206.271.4153
http://patgallagherart.com/
We will be showing his work until the beginning of May. Come on in! Submit purchase inquiries directly to his email or phone.