Bellevue, Wash, Artist Creates "Statements" in Paint
Submitted by: Flash Media Services
2008-10-13 23:09:34
Issaquah, WA (OPENPRESS) October 14, 2008 -- A walk through Lucille Berkowitz' condominium (aka art studio) is a journey through 50 years of telling, expressive paintings. Her family room holds a collection of one of her current favorite subjects, Kokopelli, known as the Casanova of cliff dwellers. Gargoyles and outlandish colored horses also tantalize, along with lunch frequenters in Seattle's Freeway Park, street musicians, athletes, vacationing photographers, and more.
Berkowitz' paintings will be displayed in a show titled "Statements," Oct. 25, 2008 to Dec. 6, 2008 at Pogacha of Issaquah, 120 NW Gilman Blvd. After Dec. 6, the show will move to Pogacha of Bellevue, 119 106th Ave NE, where it will run until Jan. 17, 2009.
A woman from the Midwest with many decades of life experience, Berkowitz describes much of her work as "just trying to get a visual across of people, activities and places that are to a degree quite interpretive but easily identifiable."
Many of her paintings have been inspired by her late husband, Leonard Berkowitz's fine art photographs. Berkowitz often took Leonard's real life subjects and rendered their photographs into acrylic paintings. "One doesn't necessarily try to do exactly what the camera can do, but hopes that the struggle, effort and energy come through." With Berkowitz' imaginative touch, the colors become more fanciful and the characters often take on a different definition.
For more information about Berkowitz' exhibit and Pogacha restaurants, call 425-392-5550, or visit the web site at www.pogacha.com.
About the Artist:
Lucille Berkowitz was born in South Dakota, grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and has lived in Bellevue for the past 25 years. With a few intermittent art classes, she developed her talent as she worked. Married to professional photographer Leonard Berkowitz, she joined him in many gallery shows under the banner of "His and Hers." In recent years, Berkowitz has exhibited at Cabbalo Art and Design in Kirkland, Youth Eastside Services, Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue Art Museum, and Bellevue Regional Library. She can be reached at lusulb@verizon.net or 425-881-2744.
