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 attended the
School … 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 teaching in
Baltimore, he … 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.