The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 42

C-10 Tacoma Sun Jan 30 1983 The News Tribune Entortolnmont Art Hansen captures the world around him Vashon Island artist is being featured during February in one-man show at Tacoma gallery r-r-i'V 1 rrr 1 when be returned after Joining the Army He earned master' de gree in fine art at the University of Minnesota la 1097 and la INI tho Hansons bought land oa Vaikou where they built the homo that weathered them through many financial storms Now life la comfortable for them and their By CHERYL TUCKER Appearances can ba deceiving and revealing Take Art Han en (or instance Looking at the l-foot-l lanky and weather-browned Hansen yon night figure him for an outdoor man the kind of guy who chopa bla own wood tenda cattle keeps an orchard and vegetable garden And you'd be right sometimes Hansen IS doee an thoee thlngi en the 11-acre Vaahon bland where he's lived alnco INI But he tends to let those chores elide until his art has become too much for him when he's "burnt after long hours working on bla precise ly rendered drawings "It's very Intense work ao I work tin I get said Han aen Then be retreats to his wood many old maaters who ha vs taflu need development as an artist For tboae works Hansen has a bullHa model himself Ha does it with minor If not evident by now Hansen's art reflects very small world the one that surrounds him on the island thal'a been hie homo for more than 10 years He can get inspiration looking out hie living room window across Colvos Passage to tbs Olympics ind ooo poppy or rose can provide grist for many works do bonks full of drawings Thera wont bo loo many I'll use an anglo or something will be rigM and develop It into painting or lithograph ho aid At the American Art Co how hie lithographs command flit to 1275 watercolors at 11100 and largo drybruah oil painting la 12400 Harnett's been interested la art lines Junior high when be made posters tar school activities His loth-grade art teacher at Ballard High School Orro Noblea Is the one who got him started in art ns career "A teacher cm do that get you fired up Hu helped me enter hows and get a scholarship to Hansen said 22-year-old Knut a UW tar and 17-year-old Ben a senior at Vaabou bland High ScbooL show at American Art Co is his first one-man show la Tacoma although ho had 12 la Seattle galleries three la New York City and om at the Seattle Art Museum The gallery la publishing a fin art poster of one of Hansen's roses (pictured) la conjunction with his how Tho poster which will bo distributed nationwide coats 130 unsigned HO signed The public la Invited to tho opening of Hansen'e show at 0 Wednesday at American Art 2040 Sixth Avs Gallo hour O-an 10 am to I pm weekdays 10 am to I pm Saturdays and ao to 4 pm Sundays Art Art Hansen graphs of flowers and vegetables on the wall at American Art COl OMfll flnt where a show of his work lay and then I cat Wednesday "1 draw them pile garden and orchard where bla work Is more than therapeutic The wood Is a necessity for the Hansen home as It's the only fuel it uses And the garden produces many of the subjects Hansen uses la Me art "All this stuff I've grown it" uld Hansen IndicaUng Utho Hansen also draws people usually a row of them at a tavern or lunch counter their faces over tapping one another reminiscent of paintings by lotto one of the Hansen created Roses for gallert fine art poster At the movies Mm ssmsiw uauuuuauHuuuuuuuuoowauuuuuu P-Hmt WaCtuTid MoltSwii 5f SlSmTw 30 An occentrte Junkyard lady (Katharine Hapbum) halpe two boys build and fly a hot-air balloon 3(2 v(M par- CiBCltflflfl 42 1 PM "CUT CUY OXtt wmmcm- Mm cwmsms mmvm mrarw am mms vmir if ri (W mmm smsi Ms nmpMf pw Coming for the next Sundays at IM pm wmilmumw -TM MW Mm Im Mil If I ssuwse TW MmM Ctl2G3 tak 27 "MY fUGU' Pulitzer Prise in 1091 as America's "moat promising and deserving art "It very minor award a study award" said Hansen "It sounds better than it wan" The Pulitzer "merit badge" was followed three years Inter by a Fulbrlght Fellowship to study la Germany Then and traveling la LHBWWI Europe be uw works by tba great vH4aaet-MeTiaiaaviiiMi VUMMI-MPfMilMfa ia im viuroo -tm tm" tx ax ex 101 1AC0M4 MMX TWIN TMHR SvN im TACOMA Wf IT CNIIMA Xm4X- 1 MM' U4LI1LX fRI4 Ml TMi III wmiw IMMI IN Mfc 7VL HR MNM RllllrM IXSKSX Ilil: III NAeeoMMAixcmCMA-niwMMiPmm hm iwr" I AO) "Mr iiiin TNI INI IMI "TM TrMO jw AMR AnMa IX IX MR JR IN tWl MA-TACN OrnWyA- fcX TM ML I -nmwMw-t AN IX IASI IASI J(H fw AX MR IX -NNmrt-llXfcXKXMLMI 9 "warn or or MisiuTioaAivavir hh 20 "MBHUnONM VHVir SON Of HKI A Manh 12 "0SBM BUM Of WVOMBW KaaaoaBauuuaaaaaaaBauaaaaBaBaaBB RMRTO F1 MW 1 XX WM Mat" I LX 11 TIWU fmr 4 ML "CW (Ml mccr cmm tm imr tm MwmchmmT "Mwwet RHIM- awa emui WBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBUU Mall TwiflB I vnaii 1 7ASS UST SUSfBMD I1' I snows istso-sieo MMiXMO 47LA2? 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