BLVD Gallery Presents
“Atomic Autobody – New Works by Warren Dykeman”
November 14 - December 6, 2008
Opening Reception Friday November 14 6p - 10p
BLVD Gallery
2316 2nd Ave Seattle Wa 98121

View available work HERE

BLVD Gallery proudly presents Atomic Autobody, an exhibition of new works by Seattle based painter Warren Dykeman. The artist returns to the gallery with a new body of work comprised of paintings and drawings that draw upon elements of folk art, handmade sign lettering, digital art, and collage. Utilizing a variety of materials, Warren creates work that contains an intriguing awkwardness which produces a rhythm between contour, color, and mistake. With a nod to the past, Warren embraces the new technology of the digital age combining his experience as a graphic designer to create compositions that use vector style graphics as a jump off for his unique take on primitive folk art styles.

Warren Dykeman grew up in the desert of eastern Washington in Kennewick, just outside of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Having lived under the shadow of America’s atomic ambitions, Warrens work is informed by the Cold War era Americana that surrounded him in those formative years. The show’s title, Atomic Autobody, references these early years when his father worked as an Auto Body Man at a shop with that name. Warren is featured in November on Art Zone In Studio with Nancy Guppy on the Seattle channel. Currently, Warren Dykeman is a graphic designer and lives in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle, WA.

For more info:
Web Site: http://www.warrendykeman.com
Art Zone Video: http://vimeo.com