Sugar Spin
Brittany Powell Parich and LeBrie Rich
Brittany Powell Parich, My Kit Kat, 2015, watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
LeBrie Rich, Kit Kat, 2019, needle felting, stitching on wool felt, 3" x 5" x 1"SOLD
Brittany Powell-Parich, Good & Plenty, 2015, watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
LeBrie Rich, Chuckles, 2019, needle felting, stitching on wool felt, 2" x 6.75" x 1", SOLD
Brittany Powell Parich, Gummies, 2015, watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
LeBrie Rich, 100 Grand, 2019, needle felting, stitching on wool felt,2" x 7.25" x 1.25", SOLD
Brittany Powell Parich, Junior Mints, 2015, watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
LeBrie Rich, 5th Avenue, 2019, needle felting, stitching on wool felt, 1.75" x 7.75" x 1.25", SOLD
Brittany Powell Parich, Milk Duds, 2015, watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
LeBrie Rich, Abba Zaba, 2019, needle felting, stitching on wool felt
Brittany Powell Parich, Mint, 2015, watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
LeBrie Rich, Skittles, 2019, needle felting, stitching on wool felt SOLD
Ms Rich and Ms Powell Parich recognize their childhood nostalgias for candy – don’t we all! From the bright graphics of candy wrappers to enticing advertising campaigns to major holidays built around sugar filled concoctions, we are constantly reminded of sweets. Ms Rich has created a selection of wool, hand-felted candies that range from a 5th Avenue bar to the York Peppermint Pattie for the exhibition. Ms Parich, renders in subtle watercolors, stylized paintings of Kit Kat, PayDay, Snickers and more that dialogue from their frames with the felted sculptures. This exhibition highlights the saturation of candy in contemporary culture but in calorie-free form.
About the Artists:
Brittany Powell Parich works in many mediums – watercolor, ceramics, fiber, wood - and the work flows seamlessly as she experiments in each material and technique. She says, “In much of my work, my interest lies in the everyday.” She has exhibited widely with work in both solo and group exhibitions at the Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; the Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT; the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA; the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID. She has been awarded residencies at Oregon’s Caldera, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in CA; the Robert Rauschenberg Residency in FL; and Yaddo in NY. Ms Powell Parich received her BFA from Oregon State University in 2000 and her MFA from California College of the Arts in 2004.
Learn more about the work of Brittany Powell Parich here - www.brittanypowell.com
LeBrie Rich has been exploring the visual possibilities and emotional resonance of felted wool since 2004. Her work has appeared internationally in a variety of settings, including museums, galleries, storefront windows, and art-vending machines. Venues that have shown her work include the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space in New York, NY; Portland Art Museum and Blackfish Gallery both in Portland, OR; and Albus Gallery in Fukuoka, Japan. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Rauschenberg Residency (2013/2015), Ucross Foundation (2018), and Kayamori House (2012) in the mountains outside of Nara, Japan. Rich’s felt sculptures, collages and wearable fiber projects as well as her youth workshops have been written about in the New York Times, Hand/Eye Magazine, the Oregonian and Portland Monthly.
Learn more about the work of LeBrie Rich here - www.lebrie.com
Brittany Powell Parich works in many mediums – watercolor, ceramics, fiber, wood - and the work flows seamlessly as she experiments in each material and technique. She says, “In much of my work, my interest lies in the everyday.” She has exhibited widely with work in both solo and group exhibitions at the Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; the Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT; the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA; the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID. She has been awarded residencies at Oregon’s Caldera, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in CA; the Robert Rauschenberg Residency in FL; and Yaddo in NY. Ms Powell Parich received her BFA from Oregon State University in 2000 and her MFA from California College of the Arts in 2004.
Learn more about the work of Brittany Powell Parich here - www.brittanypowell.com
LeBrie Rich has been exploring the visual possibilities and emotional resonance of felted wool since 2004. Her work has appeared internationally in a variety of settings, including museums, galleries, storefront windows, and art-vending machines. Venues that have shown her work include the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space in New York, NY; Portland Art Museum and Blackfish Gallery both in Portland, OR; and Albus Gallery in Fukuoka, Japan. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Rauschenberg Residency (2013/2015), Ucross Foundation (2018), and Kayamori House (2012) in the mountains outside of Nara, Japan. Rich’s felt sculptures, collages and wearable fiber projects as well as her youth workshops have been written about in the New York Times, Hand/Eye Magazine, the Oregonian and Portland Monthly.
Learn more about the work of LeBrie Rich here - www.lebrie.com