Gallery One re-opens in February with an exhibition of new works by Richard C Elliott. For the first time in twenty years, Elliott returns to painting with a grouping of large scale op-art inspired works. Like the American modernist painters of the mid-twentieth century, Elliott attempts to create a new way of painting, and thus a new way of seeing. Free from social or personal statements, the works in Primal Op are not without cultural or personal reference as Dr. William B. Folkestad describes in a recent paper about Elliott’s work:

For decades an interest in designs from baskets, quilts, pottery, cloth and wood, most of Native American origin, have found their place in Elliott’s private and public art….These most recent works are a tentative exercise in palette, scale, and medium with results varying from vibrating near-monochromes, and mandala-like repositories of stilled form, to computer-generated investigations of line and color.
(Regarding Richard C. Elliott’s Most Recent Work)

Elliott challenges our visual paradigms, thus making his work demanding to look at. In his return to the idea of painting for painting’s sake, he hopes to take us to new levels of experience and understanding. Join us at Gallery One for the opening reception of Primal Op during the First Friday Art Walk on Friday, February 2 from 5 to 7 p.m., with introductions beginning at 5:45 p.m. For more information about Gallery One’s exhibitions and programs, contact the gallery at 509.925.2670 or visit us at 408 N. Pearl, in the heart of downtown Ellensburg.

Exhibition Dates: February 2 - 24, 2007 Opening Reception: Friday, February 2, 2007 5-7 pm
Opening Introductions: 5:45 pm

For more information on Richard Elliott's work go to www.reflectorart.com