“Constellations” examines the evolution and the interconnectedness of their work. One thing leads to another— and sometimes the next thing is an unexpected, surprising place. 

“Constellations” is also meant to capture the feeling of assembling the stars in the night sky into pictures that tell epic stories of times past. Together, these images form a singular “picture” of our lives.

We invite viewers to explore the places of these works in their own ‘bigger picture’. How do we connect to each other? 

Brandy Burgess is a writer, watercolor artist, and education technologist. Much of her work centers around digital interpersonal communication, as well as intrapersonal communication, and the exploration of what it means to exchange information between others and the self. Written words also occasionally feature in Brandy’s visual art in defiance of the demand for clear-cut boundaries, and her refusal to choose which artistic boxes suit her best. 

She can be found haunting local libraries, snowshoeing with strangers in early Spring, struggling through a video game at 3am, or binge-watching her favorite anime on the couch for the thousandth time.

Ethel Mays began printmaking under the tutelage of master printer Frank Espada. While she adopted his photographic black-and-white archival printing philosophies, she expanded upon them with the application of color and movement during her studies with monotype and linocut printmaker Katie Gilmartin. Fantasy and science fiction influence her compositions, and titles of the images help tell a story of what might be happening in a work. She produces her monotype prints at Laika Press in Reno; Myrtle Press in Sacramento; and at Chrysalis Studio in San Francisco. She is a Seattle University Humanities graduate.