Art Auction at Matzke Fine Art Gallery

'sprig'      Barbara De Pirro

(acrylic on wood)

The 2nd Annual Live

ART AUCTION FOR THE ARTISTS

Invitational

April 23rd, 2011 (saturday) PARTY starting at 4:00. Seventy five pieces of fine art (all mediums) will be auctioned. A $ 20. per person registration fee auction night. The Auction starts promptly at 6pm. Preview the art work April 16th,17th and 23rd, 11 to 5pm

Matzke Fine Art Gallery

2345 Blanche Way,

Camano Island, WA

360-387-1239 or 360-387-2759

http://www.matzkefineart.com/

While you're there be sure & check out the sculpture park!

in the studio: ice, honey, amber

What begins as a humble disc of ice precariously balanced

within the branches of an apple tree,

translates into this unexpected sculptural detail

representing ice, honey or amber.

'fractured'     Barbara De Pirro

(acrylic encapsulated styrene & steel)

'unearthed'     Barbara De Pirro

(crocheted fiber encapsulated in acrylic & steel)

H'Arts Benefit Auction

'fruttosio'      Barbara De Pirro

H'Arts 2011

Helping the Arts Benefit Auction

February 26, 5-10:00 PM

Schack Art Center

http://www.schack.org

(425) 259-5050



reflections......

'kelp plastica'      Deception Pass on-site      Barbara De Pirro

reflections on the last decade & beyond

meander here....

'vortex plastica' - Spaceworks Tacoma



'vortex plastica'         Barbara De Pirro
(photo credit: Duncan Price)

'...With its expert use of garden-fresh color (the expanse of recycled bottlecaps is mindful of a field of blooming flowers), the art piece has the power to attract, delight, surprise and repel  (when it is discovered what the material is), in short order. No wonder – like a figment from a nightmare, vortex plastica was inspired by the North Pacific Gyre, which carries an enormous and deadly “garbage patch” of plastics and refuse that is perpetually locked in its ocean currents....'
Lisa Kinoshita, Spaceworks Tacoma

Installation runs through February 28, 2011

For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html
http://www.depirro.com/press.html

'vortex plastica'       Barbara De Pirro

(photo credit: Duncan Price)

Spaceworks Tacoma is a joint initiative of the City of Tacoma, Shunpike,
and Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce

Funding for this project was made possible in part by Spaceworks Tacoma
and Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP).



Studio Tour - Art at Work Tacoma

'entangled'       Barbara De Pirro
crocheted fiber, acrylic & steel

Exhibiting my interior sculptures, fossilized forms unearthed and unleashed…

November 6 & 7 (Sat. & Sun)

10-4 PM

Location: Court C Studios, 705 Opera Alley (Court C), Tacoma
(studio # 26)

For a map and information about all of the artists, www.ArtAtWorkTacoma.com

'fractured'       Barbara De Pirro
acrylic, styrene & steel

'outsider/insider' - CoCA Seattle

'vine plastica' detail     Barbara De Pirro

(crocheted plastic bags, temporary installation, over 500 tan bags)

November 4 - 30, 2010

CoCA Pioneer Square

310 First Ave. S. Seattle

The former Elliot Bay Bookstore is transformed into an environment of outdoor artworks from the 2010 exhibitions. Outdoor Sculptures from Carkeek Park and Cougar Mountain come indoors to play. http://www.cocaseattle.org/

'vine plastica' detail     Barbara De Pirro
(crocheted plastic bags, temporary installation, over 500 tan bags)

For a glimpse of the outdoor installations of this work:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html
http://www.depirro.com/press.html
http://depirro.blogspot.com/2010/06/heaven-and-earth-ii.html
http://depirro.blogspot.com/2010/07/overgrowth-and-understory.html

Funding for this project was made possible in part by Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP).