Mixed Takes
Susan Wooddell Campbell
February 27 to March 30, 2025

opening reception: Sunday, March 9, 2-4:00 pm

It’s no coincidence that MIXED TAKES evokes both the infamous 1980s mixtapes (personalized music playlist, for those too young to remember) and the notorious shaming word mistakes. But is there really any such thing as a mistake when it comes to the happy accidents that are part of the creative process?  MIXED TAKES aptly describes my process of using different registrations, passes and media as “takes” to employ rhythm and movement in creating my personal play list (emphasis on play). 

Still a painter at heart, I love using printmaking techniques as an adjunct in building work and creating relationships and dialogues between pieces. I have been exploring viscosity print techniques, which share intriguing qualities with painting in oil – a first love. The show contains several examples of oil paintings and related viscosity prints.

Other pieces are related through the use of found objects – in this case, industrial paint stir sticks, which gave birth to Indigo Trail, Bamboo Sun, and Glyph. Providing a range of final results or takes, my play and exploration using woodcut and viscosity techniques has resulted in a mixtape / mixed take of my creative world.

View works from members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery.

View works from members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery.

View works from members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery.

View works from members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery.

View works from members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery.

Works by Members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 9, 2:00-4:00 pm

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape.

Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.”

—Andrew Wyeth, American painter.

As we move toward winter, a certain quietude falls over us. It is time for contemplative thought and a different perspective. We dream and we reflect. Then, as the Solstice arrives, and days lengthen, a new vision begins. Sometimes it takes the eyes of an artist to usher us into this quieter world. We at Washington Printmakers Gallery offer up our visions of this introspective time as we invite you to celebrate this season and its sense of promise.

All Member Group Exhibition

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 5, 2:00-5:00 pm

August is a golden month. Many have left home and are exploring our country, whether in National Parks, at the seashore, or in other hidden corners of this nation. It is a time to reflect on the beauty and complexity of America. Woody Guthrie’s famous song, This Land is Your Land, speaks of this beauty with his iconic words, which Bruce Springsteen once said comprise “the greatest song ever written about America.” Our printmakers and photographers offer their views of Guthrie’s ballad, each from a personal perspective. This rich collection of images promises to make you reflect on our country’s glory as we look deeper into our souls."

Members’ Exhibit

Gala Celebration for WPG’s New Location: Saturday, February 11, 4-8pm

It’s a new year, and we have a new gallery! 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Horoscope of the Moon, and this animal is the luckiest in the 12-year cycle. Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity. 2023 is predicted to be a year of hope. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are believed to be vigilant, witty, quick-minded and ingenious. We hope for the same with our new beginning at Washington Printmakers Gallery, now located at 1675 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

Opening reception: Sunday, November 6 from 2pm–4pm | Closing reception: Sunday, November 27 from 2pm–4pm

In this solo exhibition, artist Susan Wooddell Campbell embraces a variety of different media. She has studied paper making, painting, printmaking, and sculpture at the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, The Art League of Alexandria, Washington Studio School, and the Corcoran School of Art, all in the greater Washington DC area. She says, “I began as a painter, and then found printmaking techniques opened up new opportunities for layering and compositional flexibility. Today, whether it is intaglio, gel press, linocut / woodcut relief, or even digital, each dive fuels exploration that invariably begets combinations I couldn’t have imagined beforehand.” The pieces in this show share movement and gesture, all pursued in a variety of different techniques. In terms of tools, the artist says she’s “all over the map,” but it is all in pursuit of discovering new ways to express herself as she breaks down and translates essentials of the observed world."

Opening reception: Saturday, July 16 from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Life is a constant flow. Water is the essential element that makes life flow. Without Water, there would be no life on earth. Water is the essence of life.

In this exhibition the artists of the WPG, through their printmaking, photography and digital art, depict their understanding of this theme in its external and internal form, in its symbolic and real form through their various interpretations of what this mighty element means to them.

Harmony - 15 Interpretations describes our artists’ responses to the present disharmony, created by polarizing politics, the lingering pandemic, climate change challenges…and our response as we seek to achieve harmony in our own distinct ways.

Reception Postponed: Our previously advertised reception on January 15th is being postponed to a later date, still to be determined.