Teresa Bravo "George's War" (assemblage)
Gail Frances "Untitled" (digital collage)
susan Black "Nuclear Winter" (watercolor with pastel)
APOLITICAL/ BE POLITICAL

George Bush took a few hits at this year’s “Apolitical/ Be Political” show in the West Wing Gallery.

Teresa Bravo’s mixed media assemblage “George’s War” is a scathing criticism of the president and the cost of life among American soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Gail Frances’s humorous but blistering digital collage “Untitled” presents George Bush as a war-like Messiah leading a flock of sheep to its doom.

Other political subjects range from Susan Black’s watercolor and pastel “Nuclear Winter” to Jean Lannen’s “ The Political, the Promise and the Blah-Blah-Blah.” Susan Bistline’s assemblage “Politics-Flash, Dash & Cash” incorporates shredded US currency into the image. Deborah Corsini’s “Anti-War Metal-In Harm’s Way” uses rubbings from the Vietnam War Memorial in her work. Melinda Lightfoot manages to present a humorous feminist take on the Supreme Court.

Among the apolitical pieces that stand out are Annette Poitau’s captivating “Untitled (Triptych),” Andrew Leone’s awesome “Nanoose Bay (Indian John),” and Basil Brummel’s serene “Surrender to the Flow.” Deborah Lattimore’s striking “Golden Gate Bridge” stands out, as does Barbara McNeill’s haunting “Chaos,” and Mariene O’Neill’s mesmerizing “Possesed-Consumed-Transformed.”

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Jean Lannen "Dried Daisy #1" (photo painting)