Art/Not Terminal. One can see why this gallery, just for its name seeps well into the Belltown cement. When Art/Not Terminal opened, they took over a building that was used as a terminal. So people wouldn’t get confused and would realize that the Terminal no longer exists they hung up a home-made sign saying ART/NOT Terminal; the name stuck, with both meanings intended as they say.
The exhibition this week is Carlo Costellano and the painting that jumped out at me, not because it was one of the first I saw, was a piece called Barmaid.
Belltown, now the new nightlife of Seattle with trendy bars and restaurants, Barmaid is a good depiction of, though not intended to be, the new life that Belltown has created; late night chats atop a bar stool; drinks being poured and secrets being spilled to the bartender.
An aspect of this gallery exhibit that brings about not only the feel of Belltown but also of Seattle is the fact that every painting’s focus is of a person. It is about the people and the uniqueness of them. You have the actor, the woman with a vale, the girl sitting, and the young model. Yes like Belltown and Seattle what makes it great are the people that fill the streets, that live and bring their unique skills to this metropolitan area.
People watching is a skill easily picked up when in Belltown and that skill makes it all the much easier to walk into this exhibit and stare at the panted people in front of you.
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