My admiration for Lisa Sweet is growing. I was impressed with the pieces she had in the recent "Finish" show at The Evergreen State College and even more impressed with her work in the current show at Childhood's End Gallery - "Printmakers: The Art of the Hand Pulled Print."It features prints by seven artists: Sherry Buckner, silkscreen; Kristen Etmund, woodblock; Stephen McMillan, aquatint; Mimi Williams, linoleum block; Yoshiko Yamamoto, linoleum block; and etchings, engravings and woodcuts by Sweet.
Sweet is known for her somewhat surrealistic paintings of saints and biblical figures and others that combine contemporary imagery with a fine Northern Renaissance painting style. Technically her painting is exquisite. I've never before seen her prints. She has three pieces in this exhibition.
"PRINTMAKERS: THE ART OF THE HAND PULLED PRINT," through May 31, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Childhood's End Gallery, 222 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.943.3724