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November Staff Recommendations

Rodriguez’s graphic depictions of difficult-to-swallow topics feel tangible. The bold lines of the background draw attention to the small figures above the scene. One figure is shouting from a helicopter and pointing a gun, while the other also shouts and gestures frantically from a high-rise building. Both frame the central two figures who bare horns and tails to mark them as evil. Interestingly, the largest figure, assumed to be the artist dressed as a businessman, is hunched over with his hand in his pocket, tired. Even his pointed ears and large wings droop. The artist reminds us there’s no peace for those who choose evil from their positions of power.

Jean Gumpper | Reaching Out
Davidson Galleries is pleased to present Reaching Out, an exhibition of new woodcuts from Contemporary artist, Jean Gumpper, created from 2020 to 2024. Gumpper focuses on the edges of water and land, the lakes, rivers, marshes and ponds where we witness renewal, harmony, and growth. She captures glimmers, arcs, and reaching tendrils seeking light, moving upwards and reaching outwards toward each other.
October Staff Recommendations
'...This piece expresses how I often feel when I am out of place in a new place. Traveling far from home or starting over somewhere new can be a surreal experience...'
Artist Feature | Kevin Fletcher
Kevin Fletcher, Underemployed Longshoremen Looking Wistfully at an Empty Cargo Ship. Monotype   Davidson Galleries is pleased to share new monotypes from Contemporary artist, Kevin Fletcher. In these works, we revisit familiar places with fresh eyes. We stand in warehouses, beside...
Albert de Belleroche | Drawn to Beauty

The October exhibition at Davidson Galleries features selected works from Modern artist, Albert de Belleroche, including newly added lithographs. Join us at our new location to view Albert de Belleroche: Drawn to Beauty.  

September Staff Recommendations

'...As summer winds down, I am reminded of all the house chores I’ve left piled up, including washing the duvet. I love Langford’s humor around this chore. I sympathize laughingly with the person in the etching struggling in each scene to make the duvet fit inside the cover. This piece gives me a welcome lighthearted feeling as I look forward to the fall season...'

Welcome Home

Davidson Galleries is pleased to present the inaugural exhibition of our new location, Welcome Home, featuring works by Pacific Northwest artists Marit Berg, Virginia Hungate-Hawk, and Stephen McMillan as well as selections from our Modern and Antique collections.

August Staff Recommendations

'...heat and frenetic energy of summertime always spark a desire in me to escape to scenic and remote areas, where shady forests and bodies of water are plentiful. Viewing Eva Pietzcker's moku hanga woodcut 'Cape Flattery' transports ...'

Grand reopening
News and updates  Our grand reopening is Thursday, September 5! We are happy to announce that Davidson Galleries will be opening to the public in-person on Thursday, September 5. Please join us for the Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk...
July Staff Recommendations

'...Arnoldi was able to freely enjoy the printing process with abandon and utilize the knowledge of the master printers who create consistent, beautiful impressions. It involved a unique way of printing, using the separate, cut blocks with overlaid inks in different viscosities, so that the blocks could be printed together simultaneously...'

Artist Feature | Carol Summers
Carol SummersCarol Summers: The Never-ending Journey Davidson Galleries is pleased to share new additions of color woodcuts from Carol Summers created between 1978 and 2014. Known for his monumental woodcuts in brilliant color, Summers showcases the great scale he is...
June Staff Recommendations
'...Carrie Lingscheit’s intaglio prints explore the symbolism and subtleties of human behavior and relationships. This enchanting and somewhat absurd etching, depicting a masked woman with an armful of beloved ferrets (or some other musteline creature), inspires some curious narratives in my mind...'
Featured Artist | Art Hansen
Davidson Galleries is pleased to share new additions of etchings and watercolor paintings from Pacific Northwest artist, Art Hansen. These works show a wide range of Hansen’s most iconic imagery: poppies, roses, gardens, and ponds. Taken directly from his everyday life on Vashon Island, small fragments of the ordinary world are crafted into epic fairy-tale scenes in Hansen's hands.
May Staff Recommendations
'...using his stone as if it were a sheet of paper and not an expensive, precious, tool for the final stage of printmaking. He was a talented printer, editing and altering his drawing on the stone. But much of the character of his lithographs comes from the fact that he didn't have to worry about the financial challenges of being an artist. Each impression is its own, not preoccupied with being a perfect match for the edition but rather welcoming variation...'
Featured Artist | Artemio Rodriguez

Davidson Galleries is pleased to share new additions of linocut prints from contemporary Mexican artist, Artemio Rodríguez from 2000 to 2010. These works range between highly political, confrontational messages like My Blood Is Your Oil and contemplative, meditative scenes like Cuando Lees Pasan Muchas Cosas (When You Read Many Things Happen). Rodríguez constructs captivating stories that we can absorb instantly or for hours on end.

Featured Artist | Kumi Obata
Kumi Obata  Kumi Obata, The Other Side of the Paddle  水たまりの向こう側. Intaglio, monotype.   Davidson Galleries is pleased to share a new collection of miniature intaglio prints from Japanese artist, Kumi Obata. In her latest works, she has built gentle, poetic worlds filled with...
Reopening
We’re back online! Our website is now available for you to view and purchase artworks! Thank you for your patience while we reviewed and updated our inventory. There are already over 4000 artworks ready and waiting for you. We are still...
April Staff Recommendations

'...delightfully charming. It’s as though I am looking through a window I wiped condensation off of to better see the snowfall outside. A pet dog is even reflected in one of the streaking, water droplets. The winter scene feels comforting and cozy, complete with a tiny bird flying around the dormant trees in the snow...'

Featured Artist | Seiko Tachibana
Davidson Galleries is pleased to share a new series of intaglio prints from California-based, Japanese artist Seiko Tachibana, titled Cosmos-Scene (2023). Tachibana’s work emphasizes connection, dissection and relationships in elements such as water droplets, ferns, and constellations. The artist seeks structures and patterns under the microscope and finds their image again through the telescope. Her work frequently develops into large series that demonstrate her determination to explore phenomena from every angle.
December Staff Recommendations
'...Takeda’s depiction of the death card is filled with eyes wide open, including on the intense central figure with their hands gracefully crossed, staring straight back at the viewer. In tarot, drawing the death card isn’t always a bad thing. ...'
Featured Artist | Keisei Kobayashi
Kobayashi’s new works from the Eden series continue to place mankind securely in the background and emphasize the beauty and harmony of nature. Trees, vines, flowers, and coral overtake buildings which are often the last elements to be seen, far in the distance or high in the sky. Our attention is instead drawn to the animals, the otters who join birds in the sky, or the birds who join otters in the sea –it’s difficult to say where they are – whose elegant movements mirror each other’s. Kobayashi expresses a balance amongst life that goes beyond even ecosystems’ self-regulation. There is a seamless flow from land to sea to sky and back to land; we rise from the soil to the sea’s edge at the horizon, only to find we’re already back in the sky or back in the tree’s roots and the forest has begun to grow again.