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Meet the Artists Invitational Reception, Friday, December 5, 2008, 5:00 – 8:00 PM

Dorothy McCuistion Treasures features all of the Impromptu Gallery artists: Bill Colby miniatures prints, Betty Ragan photo collages, Dorothy McCuistion prints, Peter Serko and Bea Geller photos, Trinda Love paintings and hand-knit scarves, Becky Frehse paintings and LeeAnn Perry stone sculpture. Joining the members are their guests: ceramicists Dan Barnett, Jane Kelsey-Mapel and John McCuistion as well as Tacoma jewelry artisans Joni Joachims and Cheryl DeGroot.

What is art but a gift, a treasure to keep or pass along to someone you love. The Impromptu Gallery opens the month of December with a gallery full of gift-giving treasures.

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Joni JoachimsFaith Hagenhofer’s one of a kind pillows offer comfort and joy.  Pieced and embroidered handmade felt is matched with exquisite silks, linens (some hand-dyed) and lush upholstery fabrics. The pillows are bright, detailed, inviting, and affordable pieces of art, whether they grace your home or are your gifts for special friends.

Remember that gorgeous, little baby slipper painting by Becky Frehse that you wanted last year? Becky will offer many small treasures such as those; oil paintings, mixed media, and drawings. All are framed or ready to present and display as they jump out of their holiday wrappings!

Bill Colby brings new work in the Rain series, Fish series and nature miniatures. There is a new Spring rain, a new Winter rain and two new small fish etchings with watercolor, perfect for appreciating our ubiquitous northwest rainfall year-round.

Leann Seaburg PerryTrinda Love, artist/designer, brings one of a kind hand-knitted, crocheted and felted purses and scarves; simple matted photographs of local scenes; packaged gift sets of her cards in various themes; and of course her lush oil paintings of various sizes.

Winter is here and LeeAnn Seaburg Perry shows off her icy and romantic “Winter Stroll”. With it is a new piece called “Inner Glow”, placed by a window the rays of the sun warms up the viewer. A peachy alabaster is the perfect stone for a sculpture called “Lady Fair”—she is lovely and restful to behold.

One of Betty Ragan’s treasures is “Hidden Window”, a black-and-white photographic print from the interior of a cathedral in Southern Germany. This image is a Baroque treasure. It contains paintings, sculpture, and the ornate and rhythmical shell and acanthus leaf motifs that are so typical of Baroque architectural decoration.

Becky Frehse Re-discover several of Dorothy McCuistion’s favorite monotype prints from Impromptu Gallery exhibits over the past year. The whimsical “Over the Rabbit Hole”, the stately “Bicycles #1: Green” and the dreamy “Reverie” are a few of the selections that are part of Treasures.

Select a treasure for your loved one at the Grand Impromptu Gallery in December and January—a gift that will continue to bring joy long after the holiday magic fades.