Folly a Deux Opens at Orcas Center July 2

Triple Salmon Poster created by Mark Foster Grant for the Folly a Deux show with two receptions, July 2 and July 22

Contributed by Bev Leyman

The July 2nd Art Exhibition opening at Orcas Center will “blow you away”!  Nationally and internationally known artists Kate Scott and Marc Foster Grant will present “Folly a Deux” (the Madness of Two), works of beauty, power, satire and whimsy.  The show opens Friday, July 2nd, at 5:30 p.m. with a reception for Kate Scott.  The reception for Marc Foster Grant will be held Thursday, July 22nd, at 5:30 p.m.  The show runs through August 3rd.

Marc Foster Grant.  What can you say about him?  He is an extraordinary painter and creates dynamic artwork.  He finds his inspiration in the comings and goings of pedestrian life and wants to make people laugh and share his delight in the visual world.

After he earned a Masters Degree in Print Making, his work earned him several notable awards including a first in the New Paltz Intercollegiate Printmaking competition, juried by Louise Nevelson, and the James D. Pheland Award, a purchase prize for the Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts at the fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.  One of his pieces is in a permanent collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Kate Scott’s art has been described as whimsical, heavy, political, intellectual, fun and a conceptual satire on the human condition, the “story” stuff.  In the last 6 years She started doing more graphic work, like the big renderings of her favorite small designs…marbles, buttons, paper clips etc. Kate, like Marc, has always sketched and painted.

"Chrysler" by Kate Scott

She graduated with a degree in Applied Art and Design from Calif. Polytechnic state University at San Luis Obispo where two important things happened: she learned how to really look at something, and gradually began to think of herself as an artist.  Kate’s works are held in collections up and down the West Coast and in New York city as well as Richmond, Virginia.  Several of her art pieces may be seen at the Lambiel Museum on Orcas Island.  Contact Kate at greatscott@rockisland.com.