Waterworks Art Show to Feature Farms

Art Hansen and David Ridgway share a love of the land, notably the farms of the Skagit Valley. While each artist paints the farm from an intimate close-up viewpoint and off in the distance, both Art and David’s vision convey that illustrious place farms hold in our imagination and the actual physical landscape.

Farms represent the way food is grown, the way farm machines work the land and how these human interaction affects the land. David’s freshly painted oils displayed with Art’s watercolors dating from 1990’s – 2010, all work to create a unique and exciting visual representation of farms.

Art Hansen, turned 85 this year. His life has taken a different path since his wife of 52 years, Gerda died. She had been ill for a few years. Art still bicycles avidly, and recently found a new printmaker to work with, as his former printer, Elizabeth Taper no longer prints. He’s not painted in watercolor for a few years. The pieces at the gallery are from Art’s personal collection and are truly remarkable.

David Ridgway is a self taught artist in his 60’s, currently living in Bellingham. His paintings are reminiscent of American or Canadian Landscape painters from the 1920’s or 1930’s.  Painting the land in it’s simplest forms, distilling shapes into colors creating memorable landscape so the beautiful Skagit Valley.

​Reception for the artists: Saturday, September 13, 4-7 PM, Both artists in attendance. For further information contact Ruth Offen 360.378.3060