LOVE BUZZ Featuring:Lea Barozzi, Michelle Gallagher, Jacqueline McIntyre, Brenda Scott, Bridgett Spicer
May 2 - June 2, Thursday-Sunday, 12-5 pm First Friday Artwalk: May 3, 5-7 pm, with artists in the gallery
Sidestreet Arts is all a-flutter about our upcoming May show, Love Buzz. We have asked five very different artists to create pieces for this bee-centric exhibit. Painters Lea Barozzi and Jacqueline McIntyre, painter and comic book artist Bridgett Spicer, ceramicist Michelle Gallagher, and functional ceramicist Brenda Scott will be in this delightful show. All will bring their A game, or—er, Bee game?
About Jacqueline McIntyre:
Jacqueline McIntyre creates with oils, collage and assemblage--utilizing many different materials. Among these different mediums, Jacqueline feels that collage is the most expressive, helping her to find balance and order in each painting. Her favorite subject matter is nature--especially birds or flowers. She is also fascinated by the forms, colors and uniqueness of flowers--whether living or wilting to their final beauty. When the petals are dying, they curl and twist in so many interesting shapes, sometimes forming beautiful abstract patterns, it’s almost as if they have danced into their new form.
About Brenda Scott:
Brenda grew up in the north woods of Wisconsin and made her way to Oregon in 2005. Her interest in art started at an early age by drawing on her mother’s walls. Clay came to her accidentally, but she was instantly in love with the medium and the process.
Most of Brenda’s work is functional and should be used daily. A morning cup of coffee can be elevated to a higher level by enjoying the moment with an artful handmade mug.
When Brenda is not in the studio, she is working in the garden and tending to her chickens and other farm chores on her 38-acre farm just outside of Portland, OR.
About Bridgett Spicer:
Bridgett Spicer enjoys working in a variety of mediums: pen & ink, acrylic paint, collage and digital illustration. But most of all she enjoys working in a mixed media situation--or what she calls an “art mélange.” And what inspires Bridgett? The color blue, spirals, Paris, coffee, coffeehouses, jazz, Picasso, cats, cartoons, Vespas, portraits, Peanuts comics, Abstract Expressionism, typography, Modern Art, French comic books ...among other things. Bridgett is also the creator of “Auntie Beeswax,” which appears in Portland’s Willamette Week.