Laura Ahola-Young: Padromes

Cascade Gallery at Portland Community College-Cascade Campus, presents watercolor paintings by Laura Ahola-Young, instructor in the Art Department at Lane Community College.  The exhibit dates are February 28 – April 4, 2013.

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 4:00 – 6:00 pm at  Terrell Hall 102, PCC Cascade Campus. Artist Talk: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 6:10 – 7:00 pm, at the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building (MAHB) room 223, PCC Cascade Campus. Gallery Hours: 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday

Cascade Gallery presents watercolor paintings by Eugene-based artist Laura Ahola-Young. Inspired by fleeting and destructive aspects of our biological world, Ahola-Young reworks her paintings’ surfaces with glazes and scraping in order to reflect history and memory of a structure. Within layers of paint and represented spaces, she reveals fleeting warnings - prodromes – as in early symptoms indicating the attack of a disease. She says, “When painting, I am actively creating while simultaneously destroying. . . . My work reflects my desire for absolutes and claims none.”

Originally from Minnesota, Ahola-Young received a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and MFA from San Jose State University. She teaches art at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.

Image:  Microbe: Alcanivorax borkumensis, 2011, watercolor, 15-3/4 x 34-1/4"

Laura Ahola-Young - PRODOMES, Oct. 30-Dec. 7

The PUB Gallery of Art presents an exhibit of paintings by Laura Ahola-Young on October 30 - December 7. An Artist Lecture and Reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 7, 2:15 - 4:00 pm, in the Little Theater.

The gallery is located at Peninsula College in Building J, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, Washington, 98362. Gallery hours are Mon. - Fri. 7:00 am - 8:00 pm; contact phone:  360-417-6476.

Image:  Homeostasis, watercolor and oil on paper, 30 x 24", 2012

Homage: The Artwork of Jim Ulrich - May 21 - June 25

Homage: the Artwork of James E. Ulrich will be presented by the Maude Kerns Art Center in Eugene, Oregon from May 21 to June 25. Over thirty of James' emotive and visionary works in oils and pastel will be displayed showing the breadth and depth of his studio practice. A reception will be held on Friday, May 21, 6-8 pm. A panel discussion is tentatively planned for Saturday, May 22.

The Maude Kerns Art Center is located at 1910 East 14th, Eugene, Oregon. tel: 541.345.1751. For more details, contact Kathleen Caprario Ulrich at caprariok@lanecc.edu or 541.463.5775.

Adam Grosowsky - Landscapes and Figures

Adam Grosowsky, instructor of painting and drawing, has an exhibit "Landscapes and Figures" at the Karin Clarke Gallery from September 1 to October 10. The opening reception was on September 4. The oil painting shown here is "Kaya with Green Blinds."

The Karin Clarke Gallery is located at 760 Willamette St. in Eugene; gallery hours are 10 am to 5:30 pm, Tuesday - Saturday. http://www.karinclarkegallery.com/

Satoko - One-person show in Tokyo - Towards Light

Satoko is pleased to invite you to her one-person show "Towards Light" at the Gallery UESTO in Tokyo. The exhibit runs from September 7-12. The Gallery UESTO is located in the Ginza in the center of Tokyo, Japan.

Satoko is giving a lecture in conjunction with the show at Meiji University in Tokyo on September 9.

Satoko Motouji teaches painting, watercolor, drawing, and basic design at Lane Community College. For more information, contact the Art and Applied Design office at 463-5409.

JS Bird - Storylines - February 19 - March 19

J.S. Bird: Storylines is an exhibit of work by LCC art instructor J.S. Bird. The exhibit is in the Main Gallery at The Arts Center in Corvallis, February 19 to March 19. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 20, 5:30 - 7:00 pm.

The Arts Center is located at 700 SW Madison Avenue, Corvallis, Oregon 97333. Gallery hours are 12:00 to 5:00 pm, Tuesday to Saturday. For more information, contact J.S. Bird at 463-5414.

Malia Schultheis at Fenario Gallery

Malia Schultheis' first show, "An Equation of Meaning," features her most recent work. She began to devleop a style under the instruction of LCC Art Instructor J.S. Bird.

Schultheis writes: My winter show at Fenario Gallery, "An Equation of Meaning", is titled to claim my revelation of the real. It's a reflection of the part of existence that I embody (my observations and perceptions that speak to the souls of so many others). Furthermore, we as humans, create, manifest, mold, define, develop, destroy, and understand with an ever evolving consciousness. I endeavor to illustrate this human consciousnessas I experience it,with an attempted objectivity.

The show of new drawings and paintings will be at the Fenario Gallery, 881 Willamette, Eugene, from January 16 to February 29. For more information, contact the Fenario at 541.393.3333 or at http://www.fenariogallery.com/