Artist Open House with Joy Hagen at Wm. Grassie SnoRidge Tasting Room

Our Snoqualmie tasting room welcomes new art on the walls for the months of June & July by artist Joy Hagen. Come join Joy for her artist open house and learn about her pieces. 10% discount on wine for open house attendees.

The daughter of a forester, my early childhood was spent living in the jungle in the Philippines, and in Panama. Back in Seattle, summers meant hiking and camping around the Pacific Northwest. Forests and woodlands have been my sanctuary and solace for almost as long as I can remember. My art speaks to remembered moments through selected bits and pieces of the natural world, usually referencing trees. I create “assembled landscapes” using reclaimed materials and melted beeswax mixed with resin and pigment, known as encaustic medium. Papers, fabrics, stones and wayside plant materials from my yard and travels, plus what I call the detritus of prior works, all become storytelling elements as I contemplate loss, devastation and erosion versus perseverance, fertility and new growth. I find that I learn something new with every walk in nature. It is what brings me peace and gives me my voice in my art making.

Hagen is owner, manager and resident artist at Studio 103 in Seattle’s Pioneer Square area. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Cities of Covington, Kenmore, Kent and Seattle, and with Swedish Medical Group in Everett and Redmond, and Swedish Cancer Institute in Edmonds.

You may also like the following events from William Grassie Wine Estates:

• This Wednesday, 11th June, 10:00 pm, Candle Pop-Up w/ Castlelight Candle Co at Wm. Grassie SnoRidge Tasting Room in Snoqualmie
• This Saturday, 14th June, 12:00 am, Live Music with Chase Rabideau at Wm. Grassie SnoRidge Tasting Room in Snoqualmie
• This Saturday, 14th June, 12:30 am, June Open Mic Night at Wm. Grassie Duvall Tasting Room in Duvall

Also check out other Arts events in Snoqualmie, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Snoqualmie.