Fairy Forge at the Limelight
“Fairy” is a self taught artist specializing in innovative recycled art parts and pieces found from heavy machinery, military and auto junk yards. Her creations range from garden art critters and robots to 3d abstract wall mounts, assembling “inspirational odds and ends” to create unique and intricate other-worldly constructs.
www.fairyforge.com
Ashley Costa brings a new collection of striking stencil panels to The Nest Lounge. These panels range from tongue-in-cheek political satire to more jabbing yet playful prods at the Establishment and The Man. Ashley has spent most of her time perfecting the stencil-spray method in her bedroom, which she explains, “looks like an underground NYC subway graff wall.” Come on by the Nest, grab a beer, and check out this fresh new collection!
The Nest
1801 NE Alberta
Portland, OR
Casey’s personal touch on her work is uncompromising – a signature Fortune Cookie message with every beautiful landscape, a textual device that adds the artists’ commentary to every work: including touching and candid scenes of Portland, New York, New Orleans, and others.
Casey Rae Wickum grew up in the midwest where she received a degree in Environmental Photojournalism from The Photography Institute at Lansing Community College. Casey lived in New Orleans for some time before moving to Portland in 2001. She lives and works in Portland, OR.
http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/exhibit/44/casey-rae-wickum/
Eastbank Commerce Center
1001 SE Water Ave
Portland, OR
Working mostly in spray paint medium, Myrick makes stencil interpretations of animals, people and the world around us. She lives and works in Portland, OR.
The Cricket Cafe
3159 S.E. Belmont Street
Portland, OR
A student of Japanese and Fine Art, Michelle’s work shows the technical side of illustration while encompassing the gentle brush stokes of Calligraphy and the quiet explosions of color often depicted in works of graffiti. Much of her newer works are made on recycled wood, exposing the grain, while maintaining the subtle imagery to float freely.
Michelle L. was born July of 1986 in Fountain Valley, California. She spent fourteen years in California before moving to Portland, Oregon for high school and college. She attended The University of Puget Sound for two years and Portland State University for three years, where she earned her two Bachelors of Art degrees in Japanese and Fine Arts in 2009. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
www.michellenguyenart.com
Seven Planet
412 NW Couch, Suite 112
Portland, OR
Mark Randall presents his latest collection of works in The Flower Childs Show. This body of work is a stunning display in the airy, open and high-ceiling Slinde & Nelson venue. Pieces range from a 15 foot by 1 ft. corrugated tin wheatpaste collage, to 4′ by 4′ wooden panel collages and smaller pop-iconography homages laced and studded with beaded necklaces, faux-flowers from nearby cemeteries and a kitchy Feliz Navidad singing greeting card. You don’t want to miss this show!
“The theme of this group of work is really a continuation of using imagery that 1.) I like, always the selfish motivation, 2.) That hopefully evokes some response in the viewer and 3.) Makes the viewer, if they are honest with themselves, wonder why that image, that stereotype, does what it does…Enjoy the show. ” M. Randall
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Slinde and Nelson Law firm
825 NW Glisan St
Portland, OR
Adam Brock Ciresi brings his newest collection of paintings, “Politics as Unusual” to Slinde & Nelson for the month of February. Adam was born and raised in NYC, and currently lives in Portland, OR. After making some astonishing progress in on his style and technique in 2009, Adam decided to pursue an arts education here in PDX. We’re lucky to have him in part of the arts community in Portland. Keep you eyes on this quick-thinking, deliberate, rapidly rising local artist! He’s going places!
A spectral display of our local talent: Last summer the Painted Door Show brought together 50+ Portland artists in a live paint extravaganza in the pearl. This month at Water Avenue, selected works from this incredible event are on display.
Works hang the month of Feb.
Heidi Elise Wirz- Selected works in this solo show at East Bank, combining new works with Heidi’s soft, but elusive “girl graf” styles.
Reception: TBA. Works hang the month of Feb.
Tim writes, “As I’ve progressed with my craft, I find myself influenced by Japanese and Chinese painting and woodblock design — the spontaneity of Zen ink washes, the textures of Japanese woodblock prints, the inherent beauty in decay and weathering. For this collection I’ve carved slightly abstracted nature scenes on reclaimed wooden “canvases” in order to examine beauty in the inevitable processes of decay and rebirth, forgetting and discovery.”
Shows throughout the month of Feb.
Brenda Dunn and Chris Haberman at Seven Planet - Selected works of both of these prolific local artists will hang the month of February at this local “eco-friendly” community market store.
Reception: First Thurs, Feb 4. 6-8pm.
