The featured artist at the Rob Schouten Gallery for April is Kathleen Otley, who describes her work as "contemporary primitive." She says she strives to bridge time between an era when the human presence was in balance with the natural flow and spirit of the universe.
Kathleen began her artistic career as a weaver, but soon discovered special talent for working with farmed willow for basket weaving and began to create her well known willow wall sculptures.
These stunning pieces hold a quiet magical quality that transform ordinary walls into ritual space and enhance living spaces with a graceful presence.
In addition, she has turned her attention to creating beautiful new pieces of art in encaustic, or wax, on wood that incorporate avian imagery with three dimensional objects, and pieces that feature a center of woven metals surrounded by a wax border with fragments of writing or patterns. Some works feel distinctly Asian, while others tend toward abstraction.
The Rob Schouten Gallery is one of the Galleries at Greenbank Farm. Winter hours are Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and weekdays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM; Tuesdays are by appointment only.
For more information email info@robschoutengallery.com or phone the gallery at 360-222-3070.
To hear an interview with Rob Schouten, visit KWPA Radio.
To learn about the origins of the Rob Schouten Gallery, see the Whidbey Island Life Examiner.
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