Float, Flitter, Fade | New Work by Noah Overby
Inspired by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, Noah constructs poetic images from cloud forms, floral images and decorative patterns. These paintings use a simple, pared down visual vocabulary to explore themes of tranquility and impermanence. They are intended to convey a hushed-dream like mood that sparks memories and associations for the viewer.

Seattle P-I calls Float, Flitter, Fade a best bet!
As a twist on Tacoma Art Museum's title, "Sparkle Then Fade," Noah Overby offers "Float, Flitter, Fade" as the name for a sweet but rigorous series of landscapes in the sky. These Images are small, but they have scale and suggest a wide sky in acrylic paint and collage on canvas. -Regina Hackett

Seattle Weekly, I Saw This:
... Overby's clouds are almost uniformly puffy: rounded, exaggerated versions of what we so rarely see in Seattle- white clouds against a blue sky. For the most part, these clouds are not wet indicators of oncoming storms. Most are not dark or menacing, though they might leak just a dribble of rain. One thin dotted line, one drip of paint goes long down the canvas. A literal mark of wetness (now dry) symbolizes rain... -Adriana Grant (Read Full Article)

Showing December 3rd - 28th, 2007 - Extended through January, 2008!
Reception - Thursday Dec 6th, 6-9pm

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