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NEW CHILDREN’S BEDTIME STORY INTRODUCES POP SURREALISM TO KIDS

Mr. Free — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:05:52 +0000

This summer, Seattle artist and recently-published author Steve Ouch brings surrealism into the world of Children’s Bedtime Stories in a way never done before. The pop surrealism style imagery introduces children to the wild imagination of balancing hippos and cows who say meow.

“SteamPotVille is about teaching kids early to build on their imagination and be creative,” says Ouch. “We must focus on keeping our imaginations alive as we age. I encourage children to embrace and develop the wonders of creativity early on.”
While Ouch’s work is clearly a example of surrealist imagery, it possesses a strong sense of design as well. He refers to his work as “photo montage” though that might be a modest or incomplete term, as it does not convey the complexity and innovation that comes to the fore upon viewing.
“I spend time deconstructing a scene I develop in my head, then I rough it out on paper. Next, I take pictures and apply them to the layout in Photoshop, over and over, until I feel like the image is strong enough to stand on its own. “
Ouch’s juxtaposition of surprising images is both enticing and captivating – for adults as well as kids. Blending his childhood experiences, photographs and digital images is what led to the creation of the whimsical world of SteamPotVille – a place where you might find a pear smirking at you, a teapot serving carousel rides, or even pair of flippered feet on the verge of entering a Hiroshige-inspired tsunami wave – all in one scene, fitting together as seamlessly as pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. All for the sake of firing up the curiosity, drawing out the viewer’s own imaginative perception.
Ouch’s text supports the visual experience. In SteamPotVille your journey begins just like every other day – albeit in a town built of cowboy campfire coffee pots. But, at night when you fall asleep you begin to dream and the world turns upside-down. Solving the mystery behind the strange occurrences in the town is only half the fun. SteamPotVille encourages readers to take an active role, pushing us to take an intimate look at each page and then come up with new stories in examining the topsy-turvy art. It’s clear SteamPotVille isn’t as simple as just another Children’s Story.

“Each page (of SteamPotVille) has about 150 hours of illustration time. When you spend that much time on one piece, the characters start their improvisations. Adjusting the text to express this phenomenon makes the book a better read. That’s a flexibility that comes with being the author and the illustrator.”

Ouch’s accomplishments as a media innovator and online digital strategist has also awarded him prestigious work with companies like Ford Motor Company and Intel. Individual pieces from his collection, along with selections from his recently published SteamPotVille, can be viewed online or in collections in Seattle.

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South Seattle Art Scene Finds Home In Georgetown

Mr. Free — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:07:10 +0000

The art scene in Seattle is booming in an unexpected neighborhood, the industrial heart of south Seattle’s Georgetown. South of the endless skyscrapers of the financial district, an artistic renaissance is blossoming amid the old warehouses and factories, home to dozens of artists, galleries, and independent craftspeople.
Nestled between airfields and train-tracks, highways and waterways, Georgetown has been steadily morphing for years into Seattle’s premier arts district. The area overflows with everything from independent breweries to sculpture studios, from tattoo parlors to art schools, all revolving around each other to create an artistic anchor in south Seattle. Home to the once a month art festival, Georgetown’s “Art Attack!”, Georgetown is the living and breathing core of Seattle’s new artistic community.
Georgetown has become a rapidly growing center for the marginalia of Seattle. That which does not easily fit into other corners of the city, the communities which could not exist in the wealthy or conservative corners of Seattle have found a home in Georgetown. Here is a community devoted to marginalia, to the endless intricacies and details that make a world class city like Seattle alive and vibrant, the brilliant artists and chefs, writers and brewers, designers and musicians. That which fits outside of the status quo.
“Georgetown is an entirely welcoming community, a place where I can walk right out my door and have an interesting conversation with anyone I run into on the sidewalk” says local Georgetown artist Steve Ouch “My next door neighbor is a sculptor, and there is an art school operating right over my head. Across the street there’s an artisan brewery, and a community run coffee shop. It seems like everyone here is completely devoted to doing what they love, and that makes the community better for all of us.”
Georgetown as a community has had a long and stories history. Before being annexed by Seattle in 1910, it was known as a saloon town, famous for it’s loose laws and horse racing, causing one Seattle preacher to call Georgetown the “cesspool of Seattle”. The success of Boeing and the Rainier Brewery breathed life in Georgetown, making it one of the northwest’s biggest success stories, a thriving industrial center. However, Economic hard times and job losses have changed the face of Georgetown, and the low rents and amazing buildings have drawn artists from across the northwest to this unique intellectual oasis.
That is what Georgetown is, then, a homeland between railroad tracks and syscrapers for Seattle’s dispossessed, the artistic van guard of the northwest, the place where marginalia truly takes center stage. An area full of contradictions, but as full of beauty, love, and integrity as any in the nation.
Want to read more about what’s going on in Georgetown? Check out the areas unofficial home online Here.

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