Nice looking show at the Walters

Thanks you to the Walters Cultural Arts Center for hosting our show Layers.

Special thanks to all who skillfully hung the show. The pieces in proximity tell a story and emphasize certain visual features or themes.

Last night it was hard to settle down. I worried about my gallery talk and at 2:30 in the morning - wishing I had said this, or that, I came downstairs and made this google slide show to articulate a way to view the work.

As a teacher - this is my preferred method. I just can't help myself.

https://bit.ly/2UI9js0

I appreciate the opportunity to share!

Layers - 3 person show at Walters Cultural Arts Center

New Work and a few you have seen (on this blog) before.

Should be a wonderful show at the Walters Cultural Arts Center.

Opening Reception: 
February 4, 5-8pm

2nd Reception: March 3, 5-8pm

527 East Main Street
Hillsboro, Oregon

I plan on having a print sale at the February 4th event - so come and get a deal on some monotypes.
...there is no gallery commission on these, so the prices will be good.

Thank you Lunaria Gallery in Silverton!
How nice to be honored with inclusion in the show and with the "Members' Choice" award.
I look forward to showing my work with you sometime in the future.

Three of my monotypes that were included in the show:

Done...almost done

done

almost done

The smaller nurse log paintings are complete

These are 12"x12" paintings, with thread or thread and brass nails added! :0

I think they capture my thoughts about the intersection of humans and nature. Also the thread is adding a new element refering to other ideas - spider webs, surveyor's lines, embroidery, cats-cradle string games.

These are just my iphone pics - not the professional shots I will get in a few weeks.

The work will be included in my (3 person) show "Layers" at the Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro - February -through March. More details coming.

forest thoughts, progressing

I have made several smaller paintings this summer and am working on this larger one, 24"x 24."

It is not done, but at a critical point where I need to make the finishing decisions. As this style is new to me, I am not quite sure, or am unsure about my next steps. I am keeping an open mind and heart* while trying to be patient as I wait for the resonating solution to come to me and not forcing a completion.

What to do with the background area?
Allusion to night sky is what comes to me....

* heart - may sound woo-woo, but a logical solution is easy, but my goal is a heart-felt resonating resolution and sometimes that takes the fresh look that comes with letting the painting rest for awhile.

summer - studio time :)

I am continuing my thematic shift towards my concern for the planet! - specifically TREES.

The Pacific Northwest is blessed with a climate supportive of tree growth and past civic leaders in Portland set aside Forest Park - a forest in the city, close and with many hiking paths. I go there to appreciate nature and take a "forest bath" - which is especially therapeutic in this tumultuous time.

So...I am shifting my painting efforts to the subject of trees. When I began working I discovered my interest was specifically on nurse logs - the fallen trees that support all kinds of life and new growth. How optimistic?

I did a test painting - unfinished below.

While I am waiting to decide on the final elements I took a printmaking break this week. These monotypes will be taken to 3/4 completion, I'll put them away and put the unifying, finishing touches on them another time. So don't judge yet please.

 

More to come soon!