Larry Calkins & Becky Street | back40 prints

September 5 – 28, 2024

Opening/First Thursday Art Walk: September 5, 5 – 8 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, September 14, 1:30 pm

Becky Street has honed her sense of color, pattern and composition over a 40-year career in Interior Design. In 2015 she began applying these design elements to printmaking. Her work has been exhibited at Shift Gallery in Seattle and Museo in Langley, WA.

Larry’s animal cut-outs are inspired by his own menagerie that he knows and loves. The shapes are simple, yet he captures the personalities and quirks of each animal. Becky adds color, pattern and repetition to create to create a narrative for each piece.

Together, Larry and Becky have produced a collection of monoprints and drypoints from charming and often humorous shapes that make up the back40 print collection.

About the artists:

Becky Street spent much of her childhood in St. Louis, MO. When she was not riding horses, she began drawing and painting in the home of a neighboring artist. This began her love affair with both animals and art. Becky lives in Seattle, WA where she is a printmaker and collage artist.

Larry Calkins grew up in Harlan, OR where his family has lived for five generations. He worked in the photo industry before turning to making art full time. Currently his work is shown in galleries across the U.S. He is also an art instructor at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Larry and his wife live on Tiger Mountain with a beloved menagerie including mules, chickens, dogs and cats.