An Artist's Alternative Take on Fairy Tales & The Beauty of Salt

Title illustration for this show








Veronique Le Merre is an artisit whose paintings have a different take on fairy tales. She's originally from France and lives in the U.S. The name of her show is titled "The Little Enchanted World of Fairy Tales" and it's currently at the 110 Gallery near Pioneer Square.

Here are some examples of what's in this show:

• Little Red Riding Hood as a young girl with awakening sexuality. 
• The Beast under the power of the Beauty.
• The Mermaid getting hooked.

I found her paintings very thought-provoking as they give a more adult, alternative interpretation of the stories that many children heard and read as they were growing up. I loved her use of color.

This is definitely a show for grownups, not children. Going to view these paintings with friends would certainly provoke stimulating discussions.

Veronique has her own website. You can also find her on Facebook.

Her show continues until June 2, 2012.

Below are some photos of Veronique Le Merre with her paintings of Mermaid and Little Red Riding Hood.

The Beauty of Salt

I visited Bellevue Arts Museum and saw an amazing artwork in the Making Mends exhibition that really touched me.

This is what I wrote right after I spent some time looking at this artwork by Motoi Yamamoto:

Imagine spending weeks

Creating a work of art 

Using ordinary salt.

Taking something so ordinary

Making something so beautiful

With it.

I'm crying

Tasting the salt

In my tears.

If I cried

Right now

Over these

Amazing 

Mountains and Labyrinths of Salt

My tears would dissolve 

and wash it 

away.

Here's a video I found that shows him creating it.

This exhibition only continues until May 27, 2012.