Auburn: Community Center Gallery Esther Loopstra Contact: Allison Hyde, Arts Coordinator 253-931-3043 arts@auburnwa.gov<mailto:arts@auburnwa.gov> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2024 ___________ The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of Esther Loopstra at the Community Center Gallery, on view May 9 - July 11, 2024. My work takes the viewer on a passage, revealing the abstract essences of these systems and blurring the lines between our human internal systems and the nature around us. Many times the work depicts what looks like living organs or organisms, viewing them from the vantage point of a landscape you could navigate and engage with. My mixed media paintings unfold like a journey, and I flow with my intuition, developing layers, and working back into them, allowing the paintings to change and grow. When painting on canvas, I use acrylic and latex paint but add surprising materials like joint compound, collage, liquid latex, and acrylic mediums, along with markers, crayons, and pencils. When I create on paper, I use a more simple approach with fluid acrylic, masking fluid, acrylic ink, and pencil. I also create stream-of-consciousness poems that I incorporate into the work. - Esther Loopstra [cid:image001.png@01DAA237.292061E0] Creatures in the Depths, Esther Loopstra Community Center Gallery Auburn Community and Event Center - 910 9th St SE, Auburn, WA 98002 ____________________________________________________________________________ This art installation is coordinated through the City of Auburn, Parks, Arts & Recreation Department and with the support of the Auburn Arts Commission. Questions? Contact Allison Hyde, Arts Coordinator at 253-931-3043 or arts@auburnwa.gov<mailto:arts@auburnwa.gov> Information on City of Auburn cultural arts program can be found at www.auburnwa.gov/arts<http://www.auburnwa.gov/arts> or call 253-931-3043. Thank you, Amanda Jenkinson | Arts Assistant Pronouns (she/they) In office Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays City of Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation 253.804.5043, ajenkinson@auburnwa.gov<mailto:ajenkinson@auburnwa.gov> The information contained in this electronic communication is personal, privileged and/or confidential information intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it has been addressed. If you read this communication and are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication, other than delivery to the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail. Thank you.