ABOUT THE ARTIST

I am both a painter and a scratchboard artist. I use texturing techniques to create depth and layers in my work, employing all types of mediums and tools including heavy gesso, crackle mediums, pallet knives, steel wool, sharp needle tools, and colored inks.

My art blends figurative and abstract elements, and reflects our spiritual and emotional connection to the environment. Surface textures and cracking techniques help illustrate nature’s fragility, and give each piece a unique, organic and contemporary style.

Raised in one of the oldest communes on the West Coast, it isn’t surprising that I’ve embraced nature as a subject. My childhood home was a cabin in the woods—without a telephone or electricity—and I often found myself sketching under the comforting canopy of the forest, alone with my imagination. My connection to nature is profound and unbreakable.
 

Education

BA Fine Art – University of California at Santa Cruz

Current Gallery Representation

Artistic License Gallery – Santa Fe, NM

Past Gallery Representation

2015 - 2020 - The Annie Meyer Gallery – Portland, OR

Solo Exhibitions

2016 – "Open Studios Art Tour" – Portland, OR

2014 – "Winter Series" – Clark Lewis, Portland, OR

2011 – "Sentimental Reflection" – Gallery 135, Portland, OR

2010 – "Flight Series" – Barile Wine Bar – Portland, OR

2009 – “Until Now” – Virtuoso Studios – Portland, OR

Group Exhibitions

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2022
2021 – "Studio Tour Participant" – Eldorado – Santa Fe, NM

2014 – "The Big 500" – Peoples Art of Portland – Portland, OR

2013 – "One Day on Earth" – Union Pine – Portland, OR

2012 – Cascade Aids Project Art Auction – Portland, OR

2011 – "A Celebration of Words & Letters" – The Gerding Theater – Portland, OR

2010 – “First Thursday Open House” – tenfour agency – Portland, OR

2009 – “Cowboys of the Americas” – Onda Gallery – Portland, OR

2008 – “Mail Art” – Pachyderm Gallery – Portland, OR

2008 – “Overkill #2” – Jace Gace – Portland, OR

Grants & Awards

2016 - Belle Foundation for Cultural Development

Articles & Writing

Annie Meyer Gallery named in "Portland's Coolest Neighborhoods"