The sky looks a bit different to her over there, she added.
“The face on the moon seems tilted just slightly different,” Eagon said. “I love traveling there. Some of the places I’ve seen the sky from are ancient ceremonial landscapes, the moors, Avebury Stone Circle.”
Her show, which runs through May 30, will highlight works that “express my connection to the expansiveness and mysteries of the universe,” she said.
Leah Jackson, owner of Angst, said she’s loved watching Eagon grow as an artist over the past several decades.
Eagon’s work has been popular at the gallery in past shows, Jackson said.
“Her work has always intrigued me,” Jackson said. “When I first met her she was doing Polaroid transfers and teaching a class on that.”
That type of art is done by pulling apart instant photos or other media and pressing them on paper or another medium.
“She’s taught a lot of Polaroid transfer classes in our area,” Jackson said. “No two transfers ever come out the same — even if the images are the same. It’s an interesting medium.”
Some of Eagon’s work in the new show includes Polaroid transfers, but most are paintings, Jackson said.
“She uses some paints that have a kind of luminescence,” Jackson said. “It brings a glow to some of her work.”
Some of the new works are circular images of a super moon rising in the Pacific Northwest and starry skies.
“I’m grateful for the exhilarating and magnificent night sky putting on its best light show, and the mysterious landscape of crop circles,” Eagon said. “Locally, I have seen Perseid meteor showers, the super moon rising as the sun set on the horizon of the Pacific Ocean, and many unforgettable and brilliant starry nights. My circle paintings are inspired by these vivid experiences.”
Along with the gallery exhibit, which is open at 1015 Main St. from noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through May, Eagon will also give a talk about her art. The lecture is from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16.
Eagon will also be on hand for the closing party from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 30.
“Those will be great chances to chat with the artist and learn more about her work,” Jackson said.
About 25 pieces will be on display through the month.
“I think her work is fantastic,” Jackson said. “I hope everybody will come by to have a look.”
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