The show will run through the end of June

VANCOUVER – Artwork from local artists Jason Litts and Allan Oliver is currently on display at the Rebecca Anstine Gallery. The show will run through the end of June.

The gallery is on the sixth floor of the Clark County Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St. It is open 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.

Artist statements:

Jason Litts

Jason Litts is an autodidactic artist with an eye towards the surreal. The Pacific Northwest is a source of inspiration for most of his work. Litts’ piece in the current show is triptych entitled “Beyond the Grasp.”

The hard hat diver symbolizes an attempt to insulate against the environment. To explore areas where we feel vulnerable and exposed. These treacherous arenas are both external and internal. 

The triptych is composed using glazing techniques of Prussian Blue, Cadmium Orange and Titanium White. 

Allan Oliver

I connect water with health and happiness. An example of this consciousness is the way I repeat the words “love”, “grace”, “gratitude”, “acceptance” and “peace” during my swimming workout. Both in body and spirit, my experience with water is deep. Maybe it’s inevitable that I’d be drawn strongly to liquid acrylic art since physical interactions of water and paint make it possible.

After a fifty-year career in art and design, I’ve learned something new, energized by watery paint, applied and manipulated in many fascinating ways. By its nature, liquid acrylic art is abstract, but I plan and choose colors and composition to achieve significance and meaning. The combination of intention, discipline and magic keeps me working in the studio and helps maintain my sense of wonder and contact with God.

Information provided by Clark Co. WA Communications.