2011 Calendar

Just arrived from the printer! Includes 12 full-color high-resolution images of pieces from the past year (or so)... $20.00

(I currently have four on hand, but will place an order for more based on requests. Order must be placed by 12/29)

BREAKING NEWS

I've been commissioned by LAIR Design in Seattle to complete 12 pieces for

"The Station at Othello Park" luxury apartments
in Rainier Valley, Seattle — to be completed in March, 2011.

The paintings will be placed in the main lobby and other tenants' common areas.

SOLD
"Power Play II"
Mixed Media —36" x 72"

NEW GALLERY REPRESENTATION!

I'm pleased to announce that my work is now represented in PORTLAND, OREGON!

at
GALLERY 903
903 NW Davis Street
in the heart of The Pearl District

"12th and Couch"

Mixed Media — 48" x 24"

at Gallery 903, Portland, OR

BIG!

GROUP EXHIBITION IN TACOMA:

Handforth Gallery 2010 Exhibitions

presents

BIG: an exploration

September 23 - November 6, 2010

Handforth Gallery @ the Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library

How BIG is big? Can BIG be small? Is BIG a size? What about an idea, and attitude, a vision? Shoes are BIG (especially if you have to fill them) but just how big? Can something be so BIG that it's actually small? If someone doesn't have a BIG future ahead of him, does that mean he has a small one? How small? Can something be both small and BIG? Why does BIG sometimes seem so small? Is it because small has more letters? Is BIG absolute? Relative? Both? Neither? BIG is small from a distance. Tiny, even. What's that all about? What's the BIG deal?

BIG: an exploration — featuring work by , Marsha Galziere, Chuck Gumpert, Anne Haley, Judy Harvey, David Hodge, Karl Krogstad, Christopher Mathie, Ryan Molencamp, Phil Roach, Mauricio Robalino. Alexis St. John and Chris Sharp. The exhibition continues through November 6, 2010.

"Leaving the World For a While"
Mixed Media — 48" x 72"

Gumpert and Currier

A good match at Childhood's End

The Weekly Volcano
By Alec Clayton on July 7, 2010

BETWEEN DARKNESS & WONDER: A mixed media painting by Chuck Gumpert

Now showing at Childhood's End Gallery in Olympia are paintings by Chuck Gumpert and Alfred Currier, plus a group of the very popular half-man, half-bird ceramic sculptures by the husband-and-wife team of John and Robin Gumaelius. I'm going to limit my comments to the paintings by Gumpert and Currier, two radically different artists whose contrasting styles complement one another nicely.

Gumpert is showing a group of a dozen loose, organic, abstract paintings that appear to be informed by, but not imitative of, nature. A lot of them look vaguely like undersea vistas or galaxies and star clusters in deep space. The paint is thick and loosely applied, often splattered or brushed on wet and allowed to pool on the canvas. He uses mostly earth tones - dull greens and browns.

Interestingly, what makes some of Gumpert's paintings very successful is the thing that keeps others from being successful: the mixture of figures and other recognizable natural forms with his organic abstract shapes. In a painting called Between Darkness & Wonder there is a figure that is not visible at first, but which becomes obvious upon closer study. Once this figure becomes clear, it gives definition to the entire painting. It's an excellent combination of figurative and abstract art. But superimposed on it is a splatter of white paint that looks like a star cluster seen in the heavens, which separates too much from the rest of the painting and seems contrived. (In the photograph of this painting seen here the separation is not obvious; the photo is more successful than the painting.)

Similarly, there is a painting called Coral Concerto that would easily be the best painting in the show except there are two shapes that look like shadowy figures from a noir detective story, thus making the whole painting seem too illustrational. If these two shapes were more abstract and less figurative it would be a much better painting.

• CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF THE COLLECTION:
  http://www.chuckgumpert.com/current.htm#CE

Currier is showing paintings of Paris street scenes that look like a combination of landscapes and city scenes as painted by the French Impressionist Alfred Sisley and the modern American Edward Hopper. These paintings are strong, well composed and, despite the obvious subject matter, more about color and shape than about city streets and gardens. There is no attempt at originality in Currier's paintings. What he does has been done many times before and often by greater artists; but that doesn't seem to matter.

These are beautiful paintings. His colors are magnificent - especially on the glowing awnings in his street scenes - and I love his dramatic use of strong light and cast shadows. Look at the buttery yellow awning in Rainy Days, Paris and the angular shadows on Daily News, or the flickering reds of flowers and masterful placement of figures in his Alla.

Gumpert and Currier [link to article in The Weekly Volcano]

Through July 31, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday
Childhood's End Gallery, 222 Fourth Ave. W, Olympia
360.943.3724

ANOTHER New Gallery!

I'm also proud to announce that I am now represented in Olympia, WA
at
CHILDHOOD'S END GALLERY
222 4th Avenue West, Olympia, WA

"Mapping My Microcosm"
Mixed Media — 30" x 30"

available at Childhood's End Gallery, Olympia, WA

New Gallery Representation!

I'm thrilled to announce that I now have gallery representation in
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA!
at
SWENSON FINE ART
460 South Coast Highway
in the heart of Laguna Beach

"Ockham's Razor"
Mixed Media — 48" x 60"

available at Swenson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA

Spring Unveiling — Cannon Beach, OR

I will be featured at DragonFire Gallery for the biggest Cannon Beach event of the year...

"Spring Unveiling" Art Festival

April 30, May 1 & 2, 2010

Friday, April 30: Collector's Preview — 4 - 6 pm

Saturday, May 1: Unveiling

New work by Chuck Gumpert, Mandy Main, Catherine Foster

2 pm

Sunday, May 2: Light Brunch — 11 - 1 pm

DragonFire Gallery

123 S. Hemlock Street

Ecola Square

Cannon Beach, OR 97110

Here's a sneak peek...

"Leaving Melbourne"
Mixed Media — 36" x 36"