Northwest Art Alliance Partnership with PCC Community Markets
Our partnership between Northwest Art Alliance (NWAA) and PCC Community Markets gives artists an opportunity to display and sell their artwork at several local PCC locations. This is another way NWAA works to connect the power of art to the community. We invite you to visit these exhibits at participating PCC Community markets.
ONLY Artists that have been accepted to NWAA (Best of the Northwest) Shows in the past can apply to display at the PCC Community Markets. If you are interested in exhibiting in the PCC Market, contact us.
The display typically hangs approximately 6 months in the assigned store. No rental fee or commission will be charged to the artist. Artists are responsible for their own sales.
PCC Community Markets is a triple-bottom-line food cooperative with over 118,000 active member-owners. Founded in the Seattle region 1953, PCC now operates 15 stores in the Puget Sound area, including the cities of Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Edmonds, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle. The Seattle stores are in the neighborhoods of Ballard, Central District, Columbia City, Fremont, Greenlake, View Ridge and West Seattle. The co-op also plans to open a new store in Madison Valley. Find the store near you HERE
Currently on display
Diego Fidelis-Guimaraes - Blu88 Art Studio
For my paintings I use acrylic paint, modeling paste, and a few different brushes sizes. I usually draw the lines with a pencil on the canvas first. The choice of colors is a very thoughtful process in my compositions, I might change one or two while I am working but they are previously planned and tested. With a dry brush I apply the paint, two or three layers for each color of my composition to make it strong and bold. The curves and edges are meticulously painted to achieve a perfect line where the colors meet each other. For its final effect, I use a special splattering technique I developed to apply the dots uniformly, creating a subtle “terrazzo” look.
My colors are bold and strong. Besides being influenced by music, I also find inspiration in the shapes I see in nature, animals, and architecture. Where I think my work stands out is in my unique way to play with the lines where they dance with freedom and infinity creating sounds and rhythms through my paint brushes. A very interesting detail about my creations is that I have the ability to hide figures, whether they are related to music or animals in a more abstract and geometric way.
Embracing Nature's Tapestry
In a world that often rushes past the delicate wonders of our planet, my exhibit seeks to offer a moment of pause, reflection, and profound appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us on our spectacular planet. I love to use my art to support causes I believe in. In this case the proceeds of the exhibit sales will go to fund the great work of Northwest Art Alliance and Island Conservation NPO’s.
Through the lens of photography and the creative expression of my mixed media encaustic paintings, this body of work draws upon the profound and intricate relationship we share with the natural world.
The photographs capture fleeting moments of awe-inspiring landscapes, from the grandeur of towering mountain ranges to the intricate beauty of a butterfly. In each image, I seek to capture the profound and often hidden connections that exist within nature. The harmonious coexistence of land, sea, and wildlife are the pearls of nature. Through my encaustic paintings, I aim to evoke calm and a serene mood, often shrouding subjects in various degrees of gauzy reveal- created by the bee’s wax medium.
Ultimately, "Embracing Nature's Tapestry" is an ode to the wonder that surrounds us, a reminder of our responsibility to safeguard it, and an invitation to join in the journey of giving back to our planet and our community. Together, we can weave a brighter future, where the love of nature and the spirit of collaboration lead us toward a more harmonious coexistence on our spectacular planet!
With Gratitude, Gregg Goolsby - Artist and Photographer, OSP Images
Over the years, I have produced award-winning images for many commercial industries worldwide. Through my commercially driven artwork, I’ve come to recognize that each of us needs to rediscover that all-important sense of our lighter side.
Today, choosing to move beyond my successful commercial career, I work for the joy it brings to both me and others. Working with traditional watercolor painting and contemporary media, my goal is to produce works of art described as fearlessly authentic, whimsical, and sophisticated. As a Northwest-based artist, I use my skills to reignite a joyful spark in each of us.
I have always been inspired by mid-century commercial illustrators. Today its hard to discover any commercial illustration done entirely by hand and I am bored by “contemporary” computer generated artwork. So you can call my work an amalgam of mid-century hand produced artwork and ideas with the aid of modern computers.
Working with traditional watercolor painting and contemporary media it is my goal to produce works of art described as fearlessly authentic, whimsical, and sophisticated.
Lauren Knollmeyer
My work explores the quiet, complex, and often conflicting realities of motherhood—its beauty and intensity, its joy and isolation, its capacity to both ground and unravel us. As an artist, mother, and former engineer, I’m constantly seeking balance between these roles, and painting has become both a refuge and a means of reflection. Through layered oil glazes, I create luminous portraits and soft landscapes that feel like memories—tender, imperfect, and true.
At its core, my practice is an attempt to make visible what is often left unsaid. I hope my work offers others a moment of pause, recognition, and light in the messy, miraculous experience of becoming and being a parent.
I am fascinated by the grand works of art created by “Mother Nature” and enjoy turning nature’s art to a human purpose. I delight in the beauty revealed as an apparently non-descript piece of wood becomes a polished, functional art-piece.
An engineer by training, I’m drawn to forms that are functional and elegant. As an outdoorsman, I enjoy the intricate and natural. As an artisan, I strive to combine these features into something purposeful and attractive.
I have been turning for about 18 years and have had pieces on display in dozens of exhibitions in Western Washington and nationally. I make functional works, hand-crafted from nature's treasures. Specializing in exotic, burl, and embellished wood turnings of bowls, peppermills, pens, and other goods.
I have always been enamored with nature. I take my time on hikes, noticing the beauty that many may walk past. Most of my photos were shot with a Nikon DSLR. I have finally been able to upgrade to a mirrorless camera setup. Now, without worry for as much neck pain, and a longer lens than I've ever had, I believe I will be able to capture more of the wildlife our beautiful state has to offer. I love to bring the PNW indoors for all to enjoy all year round.