Heather Watts show at La Luz April 1 and afterparty! - Beyond Tiki

D DJLee Member Joined: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 175	D DJLee Posted posted on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 7:45 PM Hey all - Heather Watts is in town for her first full-on show at La Luz de Jesus, also sharing the space will be three other artists, Mark Gleason, Daniel Lim and Danni Shinya Luo Heather's show is called "Small Heroes" and moves away from the tiki theme for a moment - the works are her best yet. She's come out from Canada for this show and I just found out that she didn't do a TC post so here I am at the 11th hour! ALSO - we're having an after party for Heather at Taix Restaurant in Echo Park - my band, The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra will be playing at set at 11:30 and of course Taix charges no cover! Hope to see you - below is a press release for the show and a bit about the after party. Best from Lee! Heather Watts - "Small Heroes" preview the show here: http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Watts/Watts2011.htm Suffused with pessimistic shadows and redemptive illumination, Canadian pop-surrealist painter Heather Watts' intricate paintings harness the pageantry of anthropomorphic heroes and martyrs to tell the story of individuals grappling with forces larger than themselves. “Some of the pieces for this show are quite dark thematically, but I'm not interested on focusing on the darkness for its own sake in my work, I'm interested in using it to show light, to paint darkness as something that reveals light, to see the darkness as a canvas for light, an opportunity for light to shine” states the artist. Watts, who is well-known for her tiki-inspired paintings has exhibited works in galleries across the US and overseas, including La Luz de Jesus, Strychnin, The Shooting Gallery, M Modern, and Roq la Rue among others. She is a self-taught painter with a Bachelors Degree in Asian Area Studies from the University of British Columbia. http://www.heatherwatts.com Official After Party with The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra Free admission! Taix Restaurant 1911 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 484-1265 http://www.taixfrench.com In celebration of this show and La Luz de Jesus' out-of-town guests, Heather Watts (Vancouver, BC) and Mark Gleason (Palo Alto, CA) there is an official after-party in the bar at TAIX, a beautiful French restaurant established in 1927, just a short drive from the gallery on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra features vocalist Jane Cantillon, her husband Richard Ross on guitar, percussionist Michael Pfeffer and La Luz de Jesus publicist Lee Joseph on bass. The combo plays a hybrid of urban garage folk. The show starts at 11:00 pm and the band starts at 11:30 pm. No cover charge!

Hey all - Heather Watts is in town for her first full-on show at La Luz de Jesus, also sharing the space will be three other artists, Mark Gleason, Daniel Lim and Danni Shinya Luo

Heather's show is called "Small Heroes" and moves away from the tiki theme for a moment - the works are her best yet. She's come out from Canada for this show and I just found out that she didn't do a TC post so here I am at the 11th hour!

ALSO - we're having an after party for Heather at Taix Restaurant in Echo Park - my band, The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra will be playing at set at 11:30 and of course Taix charges no cover!

Hope to see you - below is a press release for the show and a bit about the after party.

Best from Lee!

Heather Watts - "Small Heroes"
preview the show here: http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Watts/Watts2011.htm

Suffused with pessimistic shadows and redemptive illumination, Canadian pop-surrealist painter Heather Watts' intricate paintings harness the pageantry of anthropomorphic heroes and martyrs to tell the story of individuals grappling with forces larger than themselves. “Some of the pieces for this show are quite dark thematically, but I'm not interested on focusing on the darkness for its own sake in my work, I'm interested in using it to show light, to paint darkness as something that reveals light, to see the darkness as a canvas for light, an opportunity for light to shine” states the artist.

Watts, who is well-known for her tiki-inspired paintings has exhibited works in galleries across the US and overseas, including La Luz de Jesus, Strychnin, The Shooting Gallery, M Modern, and Roq la Rue among others. She is a self-taught painter with a Bachelors Degree in Asian Area Studies from the University of British Columbia. http://www.heatherwatts.com

Official After Party with
The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra
Free admission!
Taix Restaurant
1911 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 484-1265
http://www.taixfrench.com

In celebration of this show and La Luz de Jesus' out-of-town guests, Heather Watts (Vancouver, BC) and Mark Gleason (Palo Alto, CA) there is an official after-party in the bar at TAIX, a beautiful French restaurant established in 1927, just a short drive from the gallery on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra features vocalist Jane Cantillon, her husband Richard Ross on guitar, percussionist Michael Pfeffer and La Luz de Jesus publicist Lee Joseph on bass. The combo plays a hybrid of urban garage folk. The show starts at 11:00 pm and the band starts at 11:30 pm. No cover charge!