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Current Exhibit Jon Langford Ab The Flagman Holly Farrell Sarah Jane Perkins Tom + Melissa D. John Taylor Gregory Blackstock's Collections Kevin Titzer & Casey McGlynn Howard Finster Bill Miller & Scott Griffin TRiO Jennifer Harrison Dale Gottlieb James "Buddy" Snipes Jimmy Lee Sudduth A Snowball In Hell Four X Northwest Clint & Scott Griffin Kevin Titzer John Taylor 2005 Gregory Blackstock Jennifer Harrison Bill Miller Casey McGlynn Rick Borg Kevin Titzer Gregory Blackstock Jack Savitsky John Taylor 2003 Open House Folk Fest 2003 Blame Canada #3: Griffin Bros. Blame Canada #2: Casey McGlynn Blame Canada #1: Jennifer Harrison The Toy Show Scattered, Smothered & Covered Folk Fest 2002 Antjuan Oden John Taylor 2002 Mark O'Malley Shoup & Sudduth Method of Annie Charlie Lucas John Taylor 2001 Yard Art Jesus Says Buy More Folk Art Scattered, Smothered & Covered Annie Grgich Zeitgeist Folk Fest 2000 August Open House Livin' In Louisiana Daniel Belardinelli Buddy Snipes Folk Fest 99 Rick Borg Best of the Northwest The End Is Near! Birds, Babes, & Bluesmen - Tom D. Shiny Happy Paintings Making Our Way Carol Myers & Wally Shoup Mose Tolliver: Art Objects from the 1980's Profile of the Future Primitive Scattered, Smothered, & Covered How Do You Like Them Apples? Kindred Spirits of Alabama Ready Or Not, Here We Come

Kevin Titzer Kevin Loves pies! Kevin will be flying in from Indiana, and for the opening, judging and handing out handmade prizes for the best homemade pies. Call for pies! If you wish to bake a homemade pie and enter to compete, contact the gallery! Email us to enter - gallery@garde-rail.com OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: Thursday October 4, 2007 - 6pm-8pm OPEN DAILY: Wednesday thru Saturday 11am-5pm CLOSING: Saturday November 24, 2007 WHERE: Garde Rail Gallery - 110 Third Avenue South - Tel.206.621.1055 Kevin Titzer creates sculpture using wood, metal, and other debris found near his home by the Ohio River. A native of Evansville, Indiana, the 34 year old has been making art for most of his life. Kevin's subjects are playful, yet carry a darker edge and suggest that much more lies beneath the surface. "My process is fairly simple. I start off with driftwood that I collect from the Ohio River (Evansville is located next to the Ohio River and I live about five blocks away). On its banks is where I scavenge most of my raw materials. Mostly the wood I use is driftwood. After tumbling around in the water, the wood is usually nice and soft and easy to carve. It also strips the bark off for me. Back at my studio I start to rough out the figure with hand tools. Typically the torso, legs, and base are all one piece of wood. The circumference of the base is the size of the log I started with. A head, arms, and hands are carved from smaller pieces of driftwood. "The next step is painting. I use many washes of acrylic paint on areas I want to represent skin. All of the wooden pieces are then attached with wooden pegs. When this is done I begin surfacing the outside with metal. I started surfacing my work with tin when I lived in Terra Haute, IN. I lived there for a short time and was working with a cousin of mine who was a blacksmith. There was a surplus of reclaimed ceiling tin from old buildings in the shop. I usually try to utilize what's around me, so I began playing with the tin. I still use the ceiling tin and also old candy tins (for more color) and sometimes plastic. Usually the only materials I buy are nails, and acrylic paint (for the heads and hands) - most everything else is recycled." At the end of the process, I often fashion props for my figures to suggest a narrative. I enjoy telling open-ended stories with my work." Kevin makes his living as an artist collectors from across the country follow his work.

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