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Artist Spotlight :: Scott J. Morgan

Artist Spotlight :: Scott J. Morgan

Our artist highlight is Scott J. Morgan! Check for more of Scott’s works under our artist section. Wonderful, and affordable. The below piece is great for beginning collectors, or have something to celebrate- celebrate with art, snap one up today! B2 represented artist :: Scott J. Morgan of Vermont paints from cute and small scale, to fabulous and large scale. Open Season series #1 Oil on canvas 2009 8"x8" $325

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Art Review :: Northwest Mystics : Artistically, iconic and historical works in downtown Tacoma

Art Review :: Northwest Mystics : Artistically, iconic and historical works in downtown Tacoma

The "Northwest Mystics" exhibition at Tacoma's B2 Fine Art Gallery is a museum worthy exhibition of works by the Northwest School and the Hood Canal Colony. From the 1920s through the '50s and ‘60s, these were the artists who put the Pacific Northwest in America's art consciousness: Guy Anderson, Elton Bennett, Kenneth Callahan, Waldo and Corwin Chase, Mary Froderberg, Morris Graves, Orre Nobles, Mark Tobey, James Washington and others. It is rare when a commercial gallery is able to get access to such iconic, artistically and historical works of art. Read More - Northwest Mystics Art Review

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Art Review :: SPIN 1 :: AMERICAN VINYL — GOSPEL, BLUES, COUNTRY AND FOLK

Art Review :: SPIN 1 :: AMERICAN VINYL — GOSPEL, BLUES, COUNTRY AND FOLK

Musical performances during openings at B2 Fine Art Gallery are nothing new, but the gallery is branching out into music in a big way with the first of a two-part series of art celebrating music. SPIN 1: American Vinyl Exhibition is the first of two shows with portraits of musicians in photography and paint augmented with vinyl records to buy, sell and trade; gallery talks and musical performances throughout the duration of the exhibition. This first show focuses on gospel, blues, country and folk, and includes art and photography celebrating giants of music from Woody Gutherie and Robert Johnson...

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Art Review :: “Bathers of the Sun, Bathers of the Moon”

Art Review :: “Bathers of the Sun, Bathers of the Moon”

Leonardo Lanzolla's swimmers(La Bagnanti) are making a big splash at B2 Fine Art Gallery in Tacoma's Triangle District. If you saw Lanzolla's paintings in his last show at B2, that was just a warm-up. The paintings in this show are far superior. Read More - Art Review

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Art News :: Where have all the galleries gone?

Art News :: Where have all the galleries gone?

Andrea Erickson recently closed her gallery, Flow, which was formerly Lisa Konoshita’s gallery, Mineral. Fulcrum is now open only two days a week. In Tacoma, The Helm, Madera, Art on Center and its various incarnations, and Read More

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Art Review :: I’M EVERY WOMAN EXHIBITION — JILL NEAL

Art Review :: I’M EVERY WOMAN EXHIBITION — JILL NEAL

It's hard to seriously consider Jill Neal's pictures art. As printed images on coffee cups and greeting cards and wine labels and tote bags they are witty, joyful, delightful, inventive and just a heck of a lot of fun. But serious art they're not.  Read More - Art Review

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Art Review :: AZUL – PRIMARY BLUE MOOD

Art Review :: AZUL – PRIMARY BLUE MOOD

I am honored to be in the "Azul" exhibition with five excellent artists at B2 Gallery. I will not write about my own paintings, but will comment on the other artists. Read More - Art Review

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Art Review :: “Azul” dives to depths of blue Art Review

Art Review :: “Azul” dives to depths of blue Art Review

  It sounds like a tenuous theme for a group show: Art with blue in it. But “Azul,” which opened last week at Tacoma’s B2 Fine Art Gallery, is anything but shallow. Instead it dives to sophisticated depths, sailing smoothly over diverse genres and media and covering a surprisingly wide range of emotion. Read More  

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Art Review :: B2 GALLERY SHOWS WORKS BY FOUNDATION OF ART AWARD NOMINEES

Art Review :: B2 GALLERY SHOWS WORKS BY FOUNDATION OF ART AWARD NOMINEES

  Tacoma’s B2 Gallery is currently hosting a show of work with contributions from each of the 40 artists that have been nominated to receive the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation’s Foundation of Art Award.  Read More

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Art News :: Foundation of Art Award highlights past and present winners at B2 Gallery in downtown Tacoma

Art News :: Foundation of Art Award highlights past and present winners at B2 Gallery in downtown Tacoma

  Hard to believe that the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation has been presenting its annual Foundation of Art Award for five years now, but it’s true – and the community-funding non-profit is celebrating the anniversary with a show at downtown Tacoma’s B2 Gallery spanning 40 nominees and winners from the award’s past five years. The result is a cohesive exhibit that skims over some of Tacoma’s best artists and their recent work, including this year’s winner glassblower Oliver Doriss. Read more 

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