Rhea Giffin-"Almost Got It" cat-6.25x2.75x7in.
Rhea Giffin-"Erleichda" cat-6.5x5.75x6.25in.
Rhea Giffin-"Intrigued" cat-7x2x8in.
Rhea Giffin-"Grace Anatomy" cat-7x2.5x7in.
Rhea Giffin-"Wants Up" cat-7x2x8in.
Little cat Series
Rhea Giffin-Sacrificial Limb & The Fear Caller's Redemption
Rhea Giffin’s mixed-media artwork featured at the Cheryl Burchell Gallery, 413 1/2 Sherman Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, October 1- November 7, 2009. Artist reception FRIDAY, October 9th, 5-8 p.m. in conjunction with the downtown Coeurd’Alene Artwalk. (208) 765-2739
Rhea Giffin - Celebratory Thoughts and What Nots
Rhea Giffin - Bobbing For Answers
Two of my artworks were accepted for the Juried Show at this year’s Art on the Green festival. Look for them in the three-dimensional section in the juried show tent west of the main stage.
Currently at the Third Street Gallery
2008 Participating Artists:
Nick Bode
Bonnie Brainard
Michelle L. Carr
Katherine Clancy
Louise Colson
Peggy Conrad
Rhea Giffin
Luis Guerrero
Wendi Gunter
Faye Haug
Monica Hulubei
Atsuko Yamashita Jussaume
Rosemary Kimball
Laurel MacDonald
Nancy Morris
Gina Murray
Skip Phillips
Tracy Randall
Linda Rasmussen
Joanne Reece
Knitters for Peace
Jennifer Rod
Gordon Talley
Bill Voxman
"Mindful Navigation" from The POA Series by Rhea Giffin
What is it? It’s a haphazard venture into my own personal “pockets of autism” through dimensional “paintings of apples” and other playful papier mache and mixed media sculpture that loosely illustrates my poem or the other way around. As an artist, embracing, questioning, sorting out my sensitiivities, thoughts and observations is what drives me. For this series, Apples serve as a universally symbolic, light-hearted disguised guide for this expedition’s contemplation of complexities of thought, ironies and emotion accompanied by an occasional orange or pear. This exhibition is in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s Art @ Work program. Runs January 6 – March 29, 2009, 5-8 pm., Kress Gallery in River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave., third level, Spokane, Washington, USA. For art rental or purchase information, contact Ryanh@northwestmuseum.org A reception will be held on Friday, February 6th in conjunction with Spokane’s bi-annual Visual Arts Tour. Hope you can attend.
The Poem:
POA (from Mindful Navigation: The POA Series)
Paintings Of Apples
Pockets Of Autism, Alphabets and Apples
Stopping, Chewing, Spitting Out or Swallowing.
Swallowing Pieces, Swallowing Whole.
Pieces Of Allegory, Audacity and Anger
Portals Of Adaptation
Practicalities Of Anxiety, Anonymity and Abnormality.
Why be normal?
Parties Of Aardvarks
Promenade Onto Ark
Feast on Provisions Of Ants
Aunts and Uncles
Provide Pieces Of Apples
Pieces Of Apples and Pretext Of Answers
Pretext Of Answers and Presumption Of Altars
Prayers Of At-one-ness
Pourings Over Ambulances
Postdiluvian Attitudes
Pessimism Of Anarchists
Pornography Of Anatomy
Promises Of Ancients
Priests Obscuring Audacity
Portentousness Of Animism
Apples and Amis. Apples and Enemies.
Poisonous and Sweet. Toxic and Sweet.
Pestilence Of America. Apple Pie and What-not.
Perils Of Angst. Poisons on Articulation. Positions Of Altitude. Perils Of Annihilation, Ambivalence.
Poverty Of Application. Prayers Of Amusements. Poverty Of Artists.
Presence Of Anger. Pockets Of Attitude, Audacity, Abandonment. Pain Of All.
Pachyderms Of Africa and Asia.
Perilous Pretorian Pathways Obstruct. Offering Only Annihilation.
Planetary Pain. Outrageous. Overwhelming. Astounding Apathy.
Predictions Of Avalanches. Pockets Of Pain. Indigestion.
Perplexed, Puzzling, Pondering, Projecting.
Prisoners Of Addiction, Avoidance, Atrocity, Atrophy.
Purging Over-Accumulations, Oppressive Attitudes, Overwhelm, Off-putting Apathy
Possessions Obscuring Action
Pockets Of Articulation, Answers, and Altars.
Pockets Of Autism, Alphabets, and Apples.
Parcels Of Arithmetic. Patterns Of Ambivalence. Peels Of Apples.
Pleas to Openings of Awareness.
Pitiful Offers of Absolution. Pretend Ownership of Autonomy.
Pomegranates Of Awe, Abundance, Amazements.
Pleas to Ponder Poetry Of Apples and Pockets.
Paintings Of Apples and Acronyms.
Paintings Of Apples and Ponderings.
Parings. Pairings. Pear Rings Of Apples.
©2008Rhea Giffin
Thanks to neon artist, Ken Yuhasz of Spokane http://www.acmeglassworks.com for collaborating with me on this piece. In conjunction with the Spokane Symphony’s Festival in celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday, it will be part of an invitational exhibition, A House Divided: The Legacy of Lincoln at the Chase Gallery in Spokane City Hall January 5 – March 2, 2009. Other participating artists are: Tobe Harvey, Scott Kolbo, Garric Simonsen and more… An artists reception will be Friday, February 6th from 5 to 9 p.m. in conjunction with the Visual Arts Tour. www.spokanearts.org Same day and time as my “Mindful Navigation: The POA Series” exhibit at the Kress Gallery across the street in River Park Square, third level.
my ever helpful assistant and cupcake in process
Ken Yuhasz Working His Magic
I am honored that my art chair, ”Dali’s Darlin’ Ziraffe” is featured in the May 2008 Lark Book publication, 500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional and Innovative Designs (page 45). The book is indeed, “eye candy,” as are all of Lark’s 500 series publications.
Click here to see American Style review (pdf)
By-the-way, this chair is available for sale or rental through The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s Art @ Work Program. Contact Ryan Hardesty, ryanh@northwestmuseum.org