Nature as Teacher

Evening view of the Blue Whole Gallery

"Shadows & Reflections"

    The Blue Whole Gallery looks forward to showcasing its guest artist, Barbara De Pirro, for the month of March with an exhibit of her artwork entitled "Shadows & Reflections".   A painter, sculptor, installation artist as well as an educator, Barbara looks upon Nature as a open door that invites the artist to combine various elements of color, surface texture and mediums.  With her expertise in acrylics, she stretches and expands the use of different elements so that what is created can be seen anew in an artistic format.  Take part in this exploration and view the artwork of  Barbara De Pirro as seen here and at the Blue Whole Gallery on March 6th, 2015 from 5 to 8 pm. and throughout the month.    

Barbara De Pirro working on an installation of her work.

    Using her expertise in acrylics, Barbara expands her range by incorporating reclaimed materials of plastic, paper and thread by cutting, shaping, sticking and weaving these elements together creating shapes and forms different from their original existence and use.  Her art work aims to make people think and reflect on their relationship with the environment and their attitude towards reclaimed materials.   

"Breath"

"Disperse"

"Entangled"

"Parallets"

  

   
  



















    Much of Barbara De Pirro's art is composed of recyclables that she transforms into organic forms. These transformations expands her palette and incorporates multiple mediums and techniques.  She also explores the printed image revealing textures and patterns by transferring images without a press, using water based medium, acrylic paints & slow drying methods. The results are seen here.

"Spring"

    
       What a refreshing world of art Barbara De Pirro offers the viewer.  It is an adventure into diversity that allows an artist varied techniques using textile, fiber, paper, found objects and acrylic paint expanding the realm of creativity.  Share in this exploration of "Shadows & Reflections" in art revealing the artist's message.  Visit the Blue Whole Gallery on First Friday March 6 from 5 to 8 pm. where Barbara De Pirro & her artwork will be presented.

The Artist welcomes your contact including interviews.

Barbara De Pirro

at depirro@earthlink.net

Art Talk 

open to the public 

by Barbara De Pirro 

will take place on Wednesday, March 25, at 6:30 pm. 

at the Blue Whole Gallery 129 W. Washington St., Sequim

Recogniton of artistic skills.

A Must See Art Show

   The 2015 Annual Washington State Juried Art Competition and Show runs from January 28 - February 28 at the Collective Visions Gallery (CVG) in Downtown Bremerton at 331 Pacific Ave.  The Show features 130 pieces of art work selected from nearly 800 submitted works by 270 artists from 70 Washington cities.  This is one of the largest and most prestigious art competition in the Pacific Northwest.  Greg Robinson, executive director and curator of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, juried this year's competition.  Among those artists accepted into this 2015 CVG Show are two members of the Blue Whole Gallery, 

Karen Rozbicki Stringer

"Nothing Endures But Change"

  

Ryoko Toyama

"Harvest Time"

     Congratulations are in order to both artists for having their art work selected to this prestigious show.  Additional praise goes to Karen Rozbicki Stringer since her photograph entitled "Nothing Endures But Change" was awarded second place in photography from the many that were considered.