Riparian Reflections - Opening Reception September 4th 5-8 pm
Artists' Talk - Saturday, September 6th, 3-4:30pm
Artists' Meet & Greet, a wrap-up reception - Saturday, September 27th 3:30-5:00 pm
Gallery 114 member Nancy Helmsworth with guest artists, ceramicist Lisa Conway and
plant-based fiber artist Julie Johnson create work inspired by water.
This promises to be an engaging exhibit, with multiple mediums with complimentary energies.
Nancy Helmsworth continues her work inspired by kulla kulla Creek, flowing alongside
Lower Macleay trail in Forest Park and within the Bird Alliance of Oregon.
She works to integrate the human history of the area, the desire to measure and control,
as it collides with the beauty, resilience and powerful persistence of any body of flowing water.
The more humans try to dominate nature, the more they interfere with the natural systems.
In their desire to possess and extract, they simplify and destroy.
Nancy Helmsworth - Water worn stones creating the pool in the late summer, 36"x36"
acrylic paint on panel.
Lisa Conway’s ceramic sculpture references water and nature from an intimate and sensual standpoint,
rooted in our own physical bodies. She is inspired by the ability water has to calm and slow the
world around us, even as water itself as a material is continually in motion and in transition.
Water can feel incredibly strong and even muscular, while still being utterly transparent and
ephemeral.
Lisa Conway, “Body Water Drop”, 12x15x12. Ceramic and glaze
Julie Johnson's sculptural works are made with plants she gathers in both urban and wild settings.
Each plant represents a particular place, season and ecological role. Her inspiration for this work
is kulla kulla ("bird" in chinuk-wawa) Creek Watershed of Forest Park - it's riparian areas, water flow
and quality, and some of the human influences in this uniquely urban setting.
Julie Johnson, “Turbulence”, 15”d x 11”h, wild willows, sculptural random weave basket.
Come see us - it should be a delightful show -
1100 NW Glisan St.
Thursday - Sunday noon-5pm and by APPOINTMENT - contactgallery114pdx@gmail.com
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