First I heard the music then it led me to these spacious places...

Original Paintings and Limited Edition Prints now available.

Please contact Jim and Lisa Papp, (206) 335-1278, info@planetpapp.com. Thank you.

My art is about aloneness and being in a place of mystery and awe and wonder, beyond the ordinary world. In these timeless places, stones and planets inscribed with ancient symbols arrive like ancestral messengers from across the ages. Feelings of return and recognition, reawakening and remembrance are revealed. These are healing places for me and, hopefully, also for the viewer.

As subjects I use Mayan places and symbols which have inherently expansive and peaceful qualities. In this framework the Earth is alive, the Sun has a mind and the Galaxy has desires. My present works are acrylic on canvas, paper, and wood. I have exhibited in Washington State galleries including Kirsten Gallery, Second Story Galleries and Gotrocks Ultrafine Gallery in Seattle, Childers/Proctor Gallery in Langley, and Parallax Gallery in Startup.

I learned painting from the Dharmic Engineers and made collaborative art with them for 12 years. Our group work included environmental art installations and The Door Project. My music is the sound of the places I paint. Haunting melodies of synthesizer, flute and voice led me to remember these spacious plazas. Questing for harmony the songs travel to meet my vision of vastness, simplicity and grace.

And - I'll paint almost anything to look like rock... My commissions have included furniture, storefront signs, clothing and even a refrigerator painted to look like a huge chunk of granite!

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JIM PAPP - ART SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

FORM SPACE LIGHT GALLERY - Seattle - May - Oct.2006

VISION, MYTH and MAGIC - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Sep.-Oct.2001

25th ANNIVERSARY - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Nov. - Dec.1999

PARALLAX GALLERY - Startup - Mar.1999 - Mar.2001

GOTROCKS ULTRAFINE GALLERY - Seattle - Dec.1998- Dec.2002

TIMELESS VISION - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Oct.1998

WORLD ARTISTS FOR TIBET - Bayview Studios, Langley - Aug.1998

WORLD ARTISTS FOR TIBET - Seattle Center, Seattle - Aug.1998

VISION, MYTH and MAGIC VIII - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Sep. 1997

The DHARMIC ENGINEERS on WHIDBEY ISLAND - Bayview Studios, Langley - Aug. 1997

DRAGONS, DRAGONS and MORE DRAGONS - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Sep.1996

VISION, MYTH and MAGIC VII - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Sep.1995

The DHARMIC ENGINEERS On WHIDBEY ISLAND
- Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley - May 1995

The SHORT SHOW - Hazen Gallery, Kent - Nov.1994

BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM GIFT SHOP - Bellevue - Dec.1993

VISION, MYTH and MAGIC V - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Oct.1993

WESTWORKS 93 - Second Story Gallery, Seattle - Sep.1993

RENTON CITY ANNUAL ART SHOW - Renton Community Center - Aug.1993

The DHARMIC ENGINEERS ANNUAL SHOW - Second Story Gallery, Seattle - May 1993

VISION, MYTH and MAGIC IV - Kirsten Gallery, Seattle - Sep.1992

JIM PAPP - ART INSTALLATIONS

MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
- Sand Point Arts & Cultural Exchange - Jul.1999

THE DOOR PROJECT *
- Dance On Capital Hill, Seattle - Oct.1997

THE DOOR PROJECT*
- First Thursday Gallery Walk, Seattle - Sep.1997

THE DOOR PROJECT *
- Choochokam Festival, Langley - Jul.1997

THE DOOR PROJECT *
- artsEdge Festival, Seattle Center - Jun.1997

THE DOOR PROJECT *
- Green Lake Path reopening, Seattle - May 1997

THE DOOR PROJECT *
- Westlake Park, Seattle - Mar.1997

COMMUNION *
- Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham Jun. 1996

ENVIRONMENTAL ART PROJECT*
- Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie - May 1995

PSYCLOTRON *
- Second Story Galleries, Seattle - Dec.1992