BY KAREN BOSSICK
New York-born Dara Mark made her mark early as one of the first women to graduate from Yale College with a major in architecture in 1971. She went on to get a Master’s in ceramics from the University of California-Santa Barbara.
And, more recently she created a body of paintings called “The Healing Garden,” made over a five-year period after her husband died. The watercolor on layered Yupo paper paintings, which reflect her emotional state during various stages of grieving and healing will be on exhibit during tonight’s Gallery Walk from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Friesen+Lantz Gallery.
Accompanying Mark’s works will be the carved and hewn tree trunks of Jason Middlebrook; the colorful totems, cairns, and flags of R. Nelson Parrish, and new works by Ketchum encaustic artist Suzanne Hazlett.
The gallery, at 320 North 1st Ave. North, will be open for Gallery Walk from 5 to 7:30 p.m. tonight—Friday, July 8—along with other Ketchum galleries.
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