Skagit Valley in Color – Woodcut Prints by Gene Jaress
April 13 – July 7, 2023
ARTIST STATEMENT
My primary focus has become woodcut printmaking since moving to Skagit County in 2007. Printmaking affords me a balance between technical expertise and artistry. It allows production of unique pieces, resulting in affordable art of high quality.
The pieces in this show are from three series:
Skagit Landscapes, which document iconic places in Skagit County
Summer of Smoke, landscape impressions during times of wildfire smoke
Street Portraits, from images sketched over 30 years on scraps of paper, backs of business cards, whatever was handy in the moment
Visit the Exhibit in person. Admission is free, every day.
Thank you to our generous sponsor:
ARTIST BIO
I’ve been an artist all my life. The extensive high school shop and art instruction in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Spokane, Washington educated me in the basics of woodblock printing, silkscreen, jewelry, wood sculpture and leatherwork. I was able to start selling my work at that point.
Art studies continued through combat in Vietnam with photography and drawing.
Later, I was accepted to the Cornish School of the Allied Arts and studied with Paul Heald, William Cummings, Charles Stokes, Dale Owen, Stephen Hazel, Anne Praczukowski and Gordon Anderson. I studied environmental design in construction through an Antioch College affiliated degree program at Cold Mountain Institute on Cortes Island B.C. Moving to Vancouver, I continued to study art, and made a living as a jeweler, learning a lot in that very international community. Eventually back in Seattle, I was hired as a professional jeweler, collaborating with jewelers from all over the world. After years of work, I became a master jeweler. Over the past 15 years, I worked in oils and sculpture before settling on printmaking as a means of expression.
Skagit Valley in Color – Woodcut Prints by Gene Jaress
Mount Baker From the Skagit Estuary 3/25
Woodcut print
16.5″ x 18.5″
$475
Abandoned on McLaughlin Road
Oil on Canvas Panel
52″ x 44″
SOLD
Big Rock 1/20
Woodcut print
21″ x 21″
$550
Fishing on the Skagit River 1/10
Woodcut print
22.5″ x 16.5″
$475
Full Moon Over Skagit Field 1/10
Woodcut print
21″ x 17″
$475
Mount Baker Between the Foothills in Skagit Valley 1/22
Woodcut print
24.5″ x 20.5″
$650
The Wind In the Old Tree 2/20
Woodcut print
21″ x 16.5″
$550
On the Horizon
Oil on Canvas
48″ x 48″
$2,500
Poplars Along Best Road 3/15
Woodcut print
21″ x 17″
$475
Rainbow Bridge Over Swinomish Channel 1/20
Woodcut print
20″ x 14″
$475
Red Tulip Field, Second Edition 1/27
Woodcut print
20.25″ x 20.25″
$550
Refined Living In Anacortes
Oil on Canvas
26″ x 18″
$2,400
Skagit Tulip Fields North of McLean Road 2/15
Woodcut print
17.5″ x 20.25″
$475
Sky Over Skagit Field 1/10
Woodcut print
16″ x 18″
$425
Smoke at Sunrise
Oil on Canvas
52″ x 44″
NFS
Street Portrait 1/5
Woodcut print
18.375″ x 14″
$475
Street Portraits – Neighbor 1/9
Woodcut print
18.5″ x 15″
$475
Street Portraits – Sleeping Man 1/10
Woodcut print
18.25″ x 16.5″
$475
Street Portraits – The Patron 1/10
Woodcut print
18.5″ x 15″
$475
Street Portraits – Yellow Sunglasses 1/10
Woodcut print
18.5″ x 16.5″
$475
Summer of Smoke – Sunrise 6/10
Woodcut print
22.25″ x 13.5″
SOLD
Summer of Smoke – Sunset 3/12
Woodcut print
20.5″ x 20.5″
$550
12 Crows
Linoleum Block Monoprint
24.5″ x 18.25″
$425
Twelve Crows
Monoprint
22.5″ x 17.5″
$475
Twilight Red 2 1/7
Woodcut print
15.25″ x 14″
$425
Winter Blueberry Field 4/23
Woodcut print
24.5″ x 20.5″
$650