Portland Open Studios Tour 2018 @ THE FIELD GALLERY

The Field Gallery is pleased to invite you as a participant of 

Portland Open Studios Tour 2018!!!

We will be open OCTOBER 13-14 & 20-21 from 10- 5pm

Featuring the work of resident artist Brian Wischer
New original works & prints will be available.

^ (above) Yaquina Head Light, 24x24" Paper on Canvas by Brian Wischer 

NEW WORKS by BRENDA DUNN

Brenda Dunn is an artist/illustrator and curator currently living and working in Portland, Oregon. Brenda’s specialty is her vintage inspired pinups that capture the sultry, glamour of the forties and fifties. Her pinups have been shown throughout the Northwest and in numerous publications. Her works were also featured in 3 seasons of TV show Portlandia.

In addition to the pinups, she also specializes in fashion illustration. Brenda has worked with several designers and boutiques in Portland. She has also had her work featured in Portland and New York Fashion Weeks.

Find the gift that says everything without needing words.

Join us this Thursday for the opportunity to own a piece by Brian Wischer, owner and operator of The Field Gallery.

*The Field Gallery is part of the OLD TOWN #WinterWindowWalk & we will have our display lit everyday until Christmas!!!

First Thursday Artist Reception / Show Runs Dec 1  - 18th

Artist's Statement:

"Arborous Ouroboros: Within Trees", a new body of work from Nikolos Ayres, is a collection of paintings, monoprints, and rubbings made from tree stumps and wood slabs. Ayres sometimes makes his pieces in the forest at the site of a clear-cut. He also collaborates with local Portland arborists at Urban Timber Tree Service to glean slabs from trees they have removed for homeowners. Ayres carves, sands, burns, and brushes the slabs in his workshop before making his prints and rubbings. His pieces show the lifetime of the trees from the inside. Weather patterns, levels of health, events in history, atmospheric conditions are all apparent in the images made from direct contact with the growth rings in the wood. Blending dendrochronology with visual art, Ayres' pieces serve as a sort of memorial, visual records of a lifetime, symbols of impermanence and the eternal cycle of death and rebirth.

First Thursday Artist Reception / Show Runs Sept 1 - 18th

David's Artist Statement:

The question David is exploring in this series is, "How does the "light" outside his studio window play with the pure spectrum of color between land and sky, day and night, fantasy and reality?"

The paintings created in this series, "Impressions of Color", were created by the subconscious mind. The reflections through the studio windows allow David to 'chase the light and color' of the spring and summer hues. David's subconscious impressions captivate an expression of wonder. 

David believes that art should always make one feel something: Something that is unexpected, raw, and natural.

First Thursday Artist Reception / Show runs Nov 5th - 15th

Artist Statement

My work primarily depicts imaginary life forms: plants and creatures that populate a possible future, neither utopian nor dystopian, showing beauty while hinting at the opposite possibility. The life forms are the result of an altered environment, whether intentional or not: mutant/bio-robotic/engineered. Many of the pieces incorporate mazes, tangles or other visual pathways to engage the brain and help the viewer get lost in the art.

Evident in the aesthetics and the nature/future themes, I am influenced by Japanese art including textiles and ceramics: it is rarely conscious emulation, but instead a seeping through into my dreamscape what I absorbed when I lived in Japan as a child & teen.

The meticulousness/obsessiveness of my approach is balanced by the intuitive aspects of creating. I particularly appreciate it when people have a strong emotional response to my work while simultaneously connecting to its analytical side. 

THE FIELD GALLERY will also be open from 6-10pm

featuring THEO MONTOGOMERY / Artist in Attendance

with LIVE music from SAVAGE NIGHTINGALE