Davidson Galleries

Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1939 - 2006
Date finished: 1966

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):

"Don Paulson grew up in Auburn, WA; was a contributor to Seattle Gay news; wrote about historic Seattle cabaret night clubs; and was a part of many LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. Dawn (Paulson’s art pseudonym) created many works on paper that boil down large feelings and moments into simple color palettes and shapes. In this tiny, travel-size piece, a small white butterfly swoops away from hard, straight lines into a blurred abstract shape. Paulson seems to have gifted us a moment of joyful resistance to prescribed paths laid out by society."

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Medium: Color woodblock
Dimensions: 13 x 9 3/8 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1917 - 1999
Date finished: 1947
Edition: 2/10

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):

"The end of the summer is always a disappointing time for me, but experiencing Takahashi's End of Summer is the complete opposite. It has a warmth, a natural glow and flow that are captivating. Passages of color overlap and overflow as a reminder that time changes continuously and effortlessly, and summer will come again. This piece was made in 1947 but feels like it was made yesterday. The freshness of the color and ink on paper, the timelessness of the woodblock technique all relate to the universality of this feeling, this yearly transition that we're all seeking to understand and endure across decades."

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 12 x 12 inches
Artist details: American, 1963
Date finished: 2013
Edition: AP of 3

Recommended by Catherine (Collections Specialist):

"Deborah Maris Lader's prints captivate me with their symbolic storytelling and strike a beautiful balance between dark and whimsical. This surreal lithograph, with its poignant symbolism, tells a complex story about personal growth and freedom. The girl holds a bird, calling out to its flock beyond the wall, and a kite that has begun to escape through a hole. She holds on to them as if they are parts of herself she can't quite let go of, especially while she herself is tangled in vines, passively trapped behind the wall. Her face looks vaguely pensive as she watches the flock of birds, perhaps wondering if she could free herself one day. I hope she does."

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 20

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):

For me, ‘Go Out Together’ is about how individuals make up a community. While I sometimes feel like a nonentity walking around my city, artists like Lee Chul Soo remind me that I’m part of a greater network, that while I’m just one person experiencing the city in my own way, that itself makes me a member of the community. The simple composition gives me time and space to look around, examine each moment, and give it the value it deserves. I try to look at my neighbors (and of course the dogs) with the friendly eyes that Lee Chul Soo uses.

Medium: Color mezzotint
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 7 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1948
Date finished: 2005
Edition: AP

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):

Peter Jogo’s mastery of color mezzotint never ceases to amaze. He expertly replicates sharp angles of light refractions in the glass vase of water, while simultaneously capturing the soft glow of light reaching us from behind the delicately overlapping flower petals. Rather than relying on the stark black and white of most traditional mezzotints, Jogo effectively employs the triadic harmony of purple, orange, and green to tie the full composition together. As summer winds down, this beautifully portrayed bouquet of cut flowers reminds us to enjoy the last rays of sunshine before fall arrives.