Former islander in Seattle gallery show

Former Bainbridge Island artist Bob Lucas will show new art at Jeffrey Moose Gallery along with fellow artist Suzanne Haddon from Oct. 16 through Jan. 9.

Former Bainbridge Island artist Bob Lucas will show new art at Jeffrey Moose Gallery along with fellow artist Suzanne Haddon from Oct. 16 through Jan. 9.

The show at the Seattle gallery includes paintings, drawings, fused glass, wood sculpture and video.

Lucas grew up in Tacoma, the son of an engineer, and his career revolved around the Bainbridge Island/Kitsap County art scene and his “Bobland” studio in Suquamish. Haddon grew up in Fall City where her father worked as an artist.

Both artists have a long history with Jeffrey Moose Gallery going back 20 years and together they started a series of highly popular “Goddess” exhibitions.

Lucas, who now lives in Costa Rica, has an exhibition history dating back to the mid 1970s when he was juried into an exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. He was a co-founder of the experimental Bainbridge Island co-op gallery Net Contents, and his work was in high demand during his years in Kitsap; institutions and private collectors commissioned numerous sculptures and enamel on glass works.

Working in paint, glass, metal, concrete, found objects and video, sometimes in deft combination, Lucas’ work is often highly personal and self analytical in nature, exploring relationships and inner conflicts. His concrete fish heads and tails, as well as the four-legged Darwin fish, are found throughout Puget Sound.

A reception, featuring Skype appearances by the two and live music, is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.