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Thousands of individual flowers and plants grown in Meggan Joy鈥檚 Seattle garden form the contours of her ethereal figures.

A disclosure: I鈥檓 one of those people who clings on to summer for dear life.

Over the centuries, humanity鈥檚 relationship with wilderness has becoming increasingly fraught, as we continue to diminish natural green spaces in favor of roads, buildings, and manicured lawns.

New Year鈥檚 resolutions are a personal affair, but if I may: Why not add 鈥渟ee more art鈥� to the list? 

There鈥檚 a calm to the sweeping canvases of local artist Brian Sanchez, but a current runs through all of them: a sliver of neon-green here, a svelte curve of scarlet separating a field of mossy green.

This December, Seattle鈥檚 art scene is offering a number of ways to get inside while celebrating the works of artists who have made Washington their home.

With 85 galleries scheduled to present artworks at this year鈥檚 Seattle Art Fair, running July 21-24, there鈥檚 plenty to enjoy from both local and national artists alike.

The works in Seattle-based printmaker Kim Van Someren's latest show The Slant of Line at J.Rinehart Gallery resemble tilted, abstracted structures or machines that need to be attended to.