My love affair with clouds began early as I flopped on the grass next to my best friend and watched the clouds float by. Many years ago I spent 3 days camped alone on the Alford Desert. The canvas of the sky began with brilliant … read more.

Like many people, I am anxious about climate change and its existential threat. As an antidote to the hopelessness that can feel overwhelming, I have made it my practice to cherish the beauty of nature as if is right now, in this very moment. I … read more.

Living in this time and place provides all that is needed to give me abundant information from which I make art. My thinking about how language and visual art interface continues to motivate me. They complement, explain, clarify, connect with, and can only be understood … read more.

Marilynne Eichinger, former OMSI president, author, and artist, presents A Walk in the Woods. The thirty pieces in the collection were started during the COVID years while walking in the Arboretum and Tryon Creek State Park. Since the paths were narrow, looking up at the canopy above … read more.

It’s always exciting to see how talented the members of our congregation are. This year we have paintings in several media, assemblage, mixed media, etching, photography, and tapestry as well as the two pastels pictured here: Marie Jamieson’s “A Little Smile” and Jean Longwill’s “Determination.”

Through large diameter telescopes, Dave Kovich opens up the night sky to reveal the mysterious wonders of the universe.  The complex use of filters and multiple exposures reveals galaxies, nebulae, and other formations from light years away and eons ago. Brent Schauer, on the other … read more.

Three more Art Wall Committee members are showing their work. Nan Tupper Malone has a bright mixed media piece from her Asian Persuasion series as well as watercolors from other series. Julie Forbes combined recycled computer parts with old chrome car deco in her assemblages. … read more.

The Bridges Project

The events of the world increasingly push us to find our differences rather than our humanity and common purpose. Willamette Tapestry Artists chose to weave Willamette River bridges, structures that link neighborhoods, commerce, and cultures. These bridge tapestries emphasize the beauty in strong … read more.

Three Art Wall Committee members will be displaying their art this May.  Paintings by Lynn Thomas, etchings of Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, and pastels and stick figures of Matt Schiewe will provide an exciting variety.  Paint, collage – the dancing colors in Lynn’s work attest to her … read more.

It doesn’t take a religious person to recognize that the universe is infused with holiness. A former teacher once said, “We can find the Grand Canyon in our own back yard.” The act of seeing is a delight in itself. Take a close look. Even … read more.

You are all invited to express themselves with words or drawings in March. What brings you joy? What does compassion look like to you? What stories have been handed down in your family, shaping your world view? This is a month to share a bit … read more.

I have been painting for over 25 years. Prior to painting I worked in the travel industry. That all changed with the advancement of the internet, so I decided to pursue my first love, painting. I paint in many mediums, from watercolor, acrylics, to cold … read more.

Painting the natural world is a spiritual practice for me.  Working in soft pastels, I paint plein air and in the studio.  Being able to capture the landscape of the Northwest and put it on paper is a wonderful blessing in my life.  I began … read more.

I grew up in a home where both art and science were respected. My father was an organic chemist and my mother an artist, the daughter of one of the early naturalists in the Pacific Northwest. My grandfather traveled to Japan in 1910 and returned … read more.

I have been coming to Oaxaca, Mexico since 2008.  At first it was just for a few weeks but has evolved into a winter retreat of 3 months.  My love for Mexico began in 1960 when I participated in an exchange program with a girl … read more.

From Portland to Paris

This art show is a compilation of paintings created as a result of our travels to several wonderful places here in the USA and also in Europe. The show starts in Portland and ends in Paris with many paintings of places in … read more.

This year Connie Cleaton, Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, and Tupper Malone are showing their paintings; Matt Schiewe, his mixed media creations, and Julie Forbes her assemblages.

Jenn Feeney is a Portland based printmaker. She started her printmaking career in 2006 when she was introduced to monotype in a workshop. She knew right away she had found her medium. Having grown up around a commercial print shop that her parents owned and … read more.

Jenn Feeney is a Portland based printmaker. She started her printmaking career in 2006 when she was introduced to monotype in a workshop. She knew right away she had found her medium. Having grown up around a commercial print shop that her parents owned and … read more.

Natural Forces – Natural Colors

I am looking for the gems that the natural world has to offer. Whether it be color and tone or the rush of wind and rain, I yearn to capture it, save it and express it. … read more.

Photography is a chance to freeze an instant in time. It can give others or yourself an opportunity to consider a thing, a place or the light and how it effects our perception of the world. With our eyes on our phones or focused on … read more.

 During most of my career, my time was devoted to working in various real estate oriented endeavors. As I began to consider retirement, a more relaxed schedule allowed me time to accompany my wife, Susan Spears, on her various painting expeditions. This exposure … read more.

Willamette View, a continuing care retirement community on 27 acres overlooking the Willamette River just south of Milwaukie, is bringing you this exhibit. The community has recently attracted numerous artists, who find an open Art Studio; the possibility of personal art studios; and a place … read more.

The committee shows our own work during the summer months. One of Leslie Pohl-Kosbau’s etchings is featured here. In addition, July Forbes is showing assemblages and enhanced photos of some of her other pieces. Elizabeth Burger has a huge collage of hand-made paper and metal … read more.

My yearly trek to Mexico provides the inspiration for this series. When there, I live in a traditional Mexican neighborhood. I am immersed in lively music, noisy family doings, spicy cooking scents, feral dogs nosily barking and roosters, crowing all hours of the day. The … read more.

Eileen “ikie” Nolan Kressel is a printmaker and painter, a retired Clinical Social Worker and
Registered Art Therapist who for over twenty years was a member of Inkling Studio in Portland,
Oregon. Ikie grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., received a B.A. from Hunter College and … read more.

Ron Bloom, tapestry weaver, native of Brooklyn, New York, has
lived in Portland for the past ten years at Terwilliger Plaza where
he had his first exhibition. He has been a wool spinner and weaver
for fifteen years. In the late 1990s, retired from college … read more.

Every other year congregants have an opportunity to show their work in Fuller Hall. There is always a wide range of styles, media, and viewpoints that reflect the diversity of our congregation. This piece by Bill Kirkham is featured in this year’s show.

Print making first called to me 10 years ago after taking a class in monotype printing. Monotype involves applying oil-based ink with a brayer to create an image on plexiglass plate, then running the plate though a press. The result is a one-of-a kind-print on … read more.

Jean is a native Oregonian who has enjoyed living on both side of the Cascades. A resident of Lake Oswego, she found her love of painting later in life when a friend suggested she take a one day class.  Jean is left-handed and musically inclined … read more.

I’ve been painting for 30 years and teaching for 22. My work has evolved in many directions over the years.

I love the process of making art. It brings out a feeling that is calming and centering.  After all these years, I’ve gotten past the self … read more.

Janet Lindell is a Portland watercolorist.  She has studied and shown her work in Portland galleries and shows.  This show features her enthusiasm for watercolor batik.

These paintings have been done with a watercolor batik process on rice paper.  Working with watercolor on rice paper it is … read more.

In my first efforts at painting, I worked from photographs of my family that I had taken myself. Eventually I moved to more abstract work, using swirling shapes and bright colors in an attempt to suggest a universe of joy and energy. More recently I … read more.

This year our show features something special: Chalice is a collaborative collage, made during an auction party event at the Portland Child Art Studio (PCAS). Devon Mitchell from the Art Wall Committee and Azure Attoe worked along with eight fellow UU members to create this … read more.

I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah where I experimented with oil, acrylic and encaustic painting. After my second child was born in 2011, I began to work in collage and was juried into the Utah Arts Festival with this medium in … read more.

Playful Art & Nature
This exhibit has come together in two parts. One incorporates what I have found in nature that has inspired me. It might be the way the light is hitting a flower petal, or the way I interpret an expression of a … read more.

I paint from life paint hoping to pull out a universal element that speaks to all.  I try to bring something that rings true to Oregon. I don’t want to copy a landscape, I do try to tell an atmospheric  story, to offer a portrait of what I see.
… read more.

In his paintings, John Vance uses his own photographs, collaged together with movie stills and other found images as inspiration for the finished pieces. In his work, his aim is to try and capture some of the fleeting visual moments of his daily life as … read more.

Collage is the art of surprise. Surprise occurs by free associating unusual shapes, colors, designs and materials to produce something unexpected and hopefully joyous.
My subject matter is nature or abstract art, using organic and geometric shapes. I frequently use bits of nature in my … read more.

Oregon artist, Mila Raphael, has been recognized for her colorful watercolor paintings throughout the Pacific Northwest.  Her subject- matter is often inspired by the people she meets while traveling.  A recent series featured “Las Mujeres de Oaxaca” (‘The Women of Oaxaca’), a study that captured … read more.

Every other year we invite members of our congregation to show one piece of their artwork in an unjuried show. A wide range of styles and surprising content emerges to reflect the diversity of our fellowship.

We are an art gallery specializing in original fine art by award-winning local artists. The gallery is under the direction of acting partners Bert Cohen and Donna Sanson. In addition to the directors, the gallery represents eighteen artists who work in a wide range of … read more.

Phyllis Meyer is an award winning, full time artist known for her singular and personal style. She is a shape painter and enjoys exploring new techniques, media and subjects. Working in acrylic, watercolor and mixed aqueous media she paints abstractions often which include birds. Design … read more.

Our summer show features the work of seven of the Art Wall Committee members: Connie Cleaton’s mixed media collages, Julie Forbes’s assemblages, Mary Holderness’s water media paintings, Ann Olson’s paper mosaics, Leslie Pohl-Kosbau’s monoprints and etchings, Ruthann Shetler’s water media paintings, and Brent Schauer’s photographs.

Pattie Palmer-Baker has created a style of art which combines her poetry in calligraphic form with collages of paste paper. Although her calligraphic style is based on the 8th century Carolingian alphabet and her paste paper process is adapted from a 17th century decorated paper … read more.

A third generation Oregonian, I am always drawn to the nature in our state and have depicted animals and flowers from the outset.  Having the inspiration of my surroundings has always been an important facet of my work.  Initially, I received a degree in sculpture … read more.

Being raised in rural Oregon to the noble drudgery of farming one must find useful creative outlets. Having minimal entertainment, such as no television or internet, the mind becomes forced to look at the world around you as more than appears. Favorite pastimes included: Looking … read more.