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Abigail Vancannon’s ‘Balancing Act’ 7 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Abigail Vancannon’s oil paintings capture the beauty in the everyday, suggesting the nostalgia of the 1950s. The inspirations for her Americana portraits and scenes are classic car shows and antique s...
Minjae Lee’s ‘Flower’ 31 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
With marker and ink, Minjae Lee, a self-taught artist, layers bright, intricate patterns over female portraits. The images call to mind his South Korean heritage and push a contemporary aesthetic. Alt...
Marcus Payzant’s ‘Yellow Collection’ 24 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Marcus Payzant’s soft yet texturally rich images transform the mundane and the random into the complex. “I’m inspired by setting boundaries and then trying to figure out how I can break those boundar...
Karen Lederer’s ‘Punchcard’ 17 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Karen Lederer saturates her paintings in colors and dynamic patterns, and they “revel in excess,” she says. “I create work that rejects the rigid aesthetic directive of formalism in favor of bold col...
Two young artists to watch for 15 Jul 2013 | 08:42 pm
Ziyan (Lisa) Tan’s “Basket of Life” (top) and Jessica Traugott’s “Unexpected.” Earlier this month, the Creative Self-Expression contest honored two up-and-coming artists for their winning work. Spons...
Joyce Ho’s ‘Finale’ 10 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Film and theater inspire many of Joyce Ho’s paintings, and her work reflects her multiple artistic passions. Ho’s work with Riverbed Theatre Productions in Taiwan influences her artistic use of “light...
Anatomy of an art colony 8 Jul 2013 | 08:10 pm
Artists share the heart and soul of four art communities. by Hillary Casavant Grand Marais Art Colony. On a warm spring afternoon, artists gather in the Rocky Neck Cultural Center for a group criti...
Barbara Ernst Prey’s ‘The Collection’ 3 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Barbara Ernst Prey has become an iconic American painter, renowned for her vibrant landscapes and watercolor scenes of Americana. She was appointed by the U.S. president to serve on the National Counc...
Inside the mind of an art critic 26 Jun 2013 | 05:50 pm
Find out what art critics are looking for in a gallery exhibition. Art critic Richard Speer of Willamette Week. Photo by Joseph Clifford Blanchette. by Melissa Hart Richard Speer doesn’t spook easi...
Bryan Ramey’s ‘Nectar’ 26 Jun 2013 | 05:05 pm
With a fluid combination of charcoal, ink and paints, Bryan Ramey infuses his work with the surreal. Inspiration for his illustrated dream worlds comes from “the darker, more primitive side of man: th...
