A Walk through BLVD

When it comes to art, Seattlest is in the "we know what we like" camp. We're not unversed in art theory or history, but when you cut to the chase, we want to look at pretty pictures. That's one reason we're so fond of Roq La Rue and now BLVD -- Kirsten Anderson and her cohorts have an eye for pretty that resonates with us.

Hordes of people came to BLVD's opening last Friday night. We took Little Miss Seattlest with us and she had a grand time, although she was far more excited by the people than the Groundswell pieces. (She was more taken with the Travis Louie paintings at Roq La Rue, because they came with stories we got to read to her.)

Check out other photos of the evening by Mahalie, artist Robert Hardgrave, and Kirsten herself.

Our five favorite pieces from Groundswell:
1) Sylvia Ji's "Garden of Sin" -- if we'd had $2500 on us, there would've been a little red dot by this painting's name before the end of the evening.
2) Robert Hardgrave's pieces, especially "Fire Release"
3) Joshua Petker's "3 Girls"
4) Warren Dykeman's "Youth and Gasoline"
5) Joshua Krause's "Ah, the divine matching of sensibilities (with a little help from those pesky neutrinos)" #2

Were you there? Which pieces did you like? (You can check it out this weekend if you missed it.)