Counsel Langley: Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part 1

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part 1

View 42 artworks by 26 emerging Northwest artists--including paintings, prints, photographs, ceramics and sculpture--in Seattle City Light's Portable Works Collection. The featured artworks are part of a larger recent purchase by City Light totaling 86 artworks by 56 artists. The purchase was made possible with city 1% for Art funds. The rest of the artworks will be on display in a second exhibition from October through December.

Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
700 Fifth Ave., Level Three Concourse
July 1 - Sept 29, 2009

Artist Reception
Tuesday, July 14
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Remarks at 5:45 p.m.

Artists included:

Justin Beckman
Leo Berk
Gabriel Brown
Christopher Buenning
Jesse Durost
Tia Factor
RoseAnne Featherston
Geoff Garza
Kevin Haas
Kristina Hagman
Stan Hammer
Ben Hirschkoff
Jenny Hyde
Etsuko Ichikawa
Margo Knight
Scott Kolbo
Counsel Langley
Fulgenico Lazo
Julie Lindell
Hugo Ludeña
Steven Miller
Fred Muran
Melody Owen
Chauney Peck
Jamie Potter
Kinu Watanabe

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Using acrylic, ink and immodest amounts of glitter my work is the balance between two opposing approaches. One, loose painting techniques such as dripping, pours, splatters, which I use to create effective representations of natural elements—weather, water, clouds, smoke, flora, erosion, growth, galaxies . . . . The other approach, that of the tool user, with pen and ink and architects' templates, drafting implements and compasses, I fastidiously draw controlled lines, concentric circles, grids and repetitive dots; these reflect structures and infrastructures that we build.

I am influenced by the look of outer space, computer chips, dramatic weather, electric circuits, decay, rock-n-roll glamour, plans and diagrams, b-rate sci-fi control panels, urban environments, fluid turbulence, engineering schematics and architectural drawings. In the end my dominate subject matter remains the human condition; why and where we build, how we feel, what we do, and what happens when these things intersect.

By the way, musicians IOU. Someday, with my lines, dots, colors and sparkles, I hope to do what you do with an eight letter alphabet.

—Counsel, 2009

Native to the Northwest, Counsel Langley's award-winning work has been exhibited regionally in numerous solo and juried shows, published in select book projects, such as, Jennifer Borges Foster's Filter II and Visual Codec's One Shot, and is held by Seattle City Light's Portable Works Collection. Langley received a BFA in Metals from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1999. Metalsmithing’s emphasis on small-scale details and rich surfaces directly impacts her technique as a painter.

At present, she resides happily in the Pacific Northwest with her commercial fisherman husband and two children.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part 1

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