Artists Kathleen McHugh and Scott McDougall Exhibit At The Phinney Center Gallery In July

PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 17, 2009 -
- Artists Scott McDougall and Kathleen McHugh
- Exhibition of Recent Paintings
 -July 3 - 31, 2009 Artist Reception Friday July 10 7pm-9pm
- Phinney Center Gallery, Phinney Neighborhood Association
(206) 783-2244
6532 Phinney Ave. N.
Seattle, WA. 98103
www.phinneycenter.org
Gallery contact:
Jeanne Dodds
PNA Arts Coordinator
Phinney Neighborhood Association
6532 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA 98103
206.783.2244
arts@phinneycenter.org
http://www.phinneycenter.org/arts.shtml

Kathleen McHugh is a Seattle painter who was awarded her BFA from the Cornish Institute in 1982. She has been exhibiting nationally and internationally, teaching art and
facilitating community arts initiatives ever since. This year, her work has been included in several international exhibitions, selected presentations of artist work, and publications which were distributed at international art fairs in the United States and Europe.  Her work is included in the book "Contemporary Artists of the World 2008-2009" which was presented at "Artexpo Las Vegas 2008".  In March 2009,  the book Arte Euroamericano, in which her work is represented,  was archived in the library of the Museo De La Mujer, Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Kathleen is certified by the Museum of the Americas, and her work was part of a select artists presentation by the museum at Art Dubai in March 2009.    She was awarded "Mencion de Honor" by Academia Internazionale "Greci-Marino" Accademia Del Verbano Di Lettere, Arti, Scienze, Italia,  at the X Salon De Invierno 2009 Galeria Esart, Barcelona, Spain. Her work will be published in " The Book of Contemporary Women Artists " in September 2009, which  be archived with the Library of Congress, the Rutgers University Library that specializes in women studies, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Kathleen is currently exhibiting a suite of paintings which uses water as a setting to explore the themes of identity and relationship through the eyes of a siren or mermaid. Examples of her work may be viewed at http://www.mchughart.net  .
Scott McDougall is a self-taught artist who has been working professionally since 1972. While growing up in Humboldt County in northern California, Scott started surfing and has had a fascination with waves ever since. His first commissions were in 1970 creating hand drawn and lettered concert posters, which he still produces to this day, using many of the same techniques.
Scott's work has been featured in books and periodicals such as: Communication Arts, Art Direction, Step By Step Graphics, Airbrush Action, The Art of Modern Rock, Some People Can't Surf - the Graphic Design of Art Chantry, Details, Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, Guitar World, Request, Masters of Rock, Texas Monthly, The Golden Road, UCLA Magazine, Seattle Weekly, Washington Magazine & the Rocket. For the past 2 years, he has been designing and illustrating cd packaging for the Grateful Dead.
The suite of paintings currently on exhibit was inspired by a recent trip to coastal Mexico.
You can check out the graphic work and paintings of Scott McDougall at:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~uforick/mcduck
Kathleen McHugh and Scott McDougall are having a joint exhibition at the Phinney Center Gallery in July. The combination of works by two artists with distinct approaches and techniques makes for a lively and enjoyable exhibit. The artist reception is on Friday July 10 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.